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{{short description|Palestinian professional football player|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Fahed Attal
| image = 
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| fullname = Fahed Adnan Foad Abdul Attal
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|1|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Qalqilya]], [[West Bank]]
| height = 1.80 m
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = [[Islami Qalqilya]]
| years1 = 2003–2007
| clubs1 = [[Islami Qalqilya]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 2006–2007
| clubs2 = → [[Al-Jazeera Club (Jordan)|Al-Jazeera]] (loan)
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 8
| years3 = 2007–2010
| clubs3 = [[Al-Jazeera Club (Jordan)|Al-Jazeera]]
| caps3 = 
| goals3 = 18
| years4 = 2010–2011
| clubs4 = [[Al-Wehdat SC|Al-Wahdat]]
| caps4 = 13
| goals4 = 5
| years5 = 2011–2018
| clubs5 = [[Shabab Al-Khalil SC|Shabab Al-Khaleel]]
| caps5 = 
| goals5 = 
| nationalyears1 = 2005–2012
| nationalteam1 = [[Palestine national football team|Palestine]]
| nationalcaps1 = 39
| nationalgoals1 = 14
| pcupdate = 
| ntupdate = 
}}

'''Fahed Adnan Foad Abdul Attal''' ({{langx|ar|فهد عتال}}; born 1 January 1985) is a Palestinian former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a striker.

==Club career==

===Move to Jordanian Premier League===
After grabbing the attention of scouts of clubs such as [[Al-Wihdat Club (Amman)|Al-Wahdat]]<ref>{{cite news | title=الوحدات الأردني يفاوض هداف العالم !!| work=www.kooora.com | date=2006-04-21 | url=http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?showarticle=9211&obj=3009733}}</ref> with a dazzling performance at the [[2006 AFC Challenge Cup]] Attal agreed a loan deal with Al-Jazeera of the [[Jordan League]]. After scoring 8 goals in his inaugural season, Attal was transferred on a permanent deal worth $21000 [[USD]].<ref>{{cite news | title=العتال رسمياً للجزيرة الأردني مقابل 21,000 دولار | work=www.kooora.com | date=2007-07-05 | url=http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?showarticle=23919&obj=3009733}}</ref> In 2010, he signed a one-year $50,000 contract to join Al-Wahdat<ref>{{cite news | title=العتال يوقع للوحدات مقابل "50" ألف دولار | work=www.addustour.com | date=2010-06-23 | url=http://www.addustour.com/ViewTopic.aspx?ac=%5CSports%5C2010%5C06%5CSports_issue986_day23_id246336.htm | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707084126/http://www.addustour.com/ViewTopic.aspx?ac=%5CSports%5C2010%5C06%5CSports_issue986_day23_id246336.htm | archive-date=2011-07-07 }}</ref> With the signing of [[Abdullah Deeb]], Attal chose to search for a new club. He signed a one-year contract with Hebron-based [[Shabab Al-Khaleel]] of the West Bank Premier League.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

==International career==
Attal was the all-time top goalscorer of the [[Palestine national football team|Palestine national team]], with 14 goals in 39 games until 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Team Statistics|url=https://www.footballpalestine.com/nt-stats/|access-date=2022-03-07|website= Football Palestine}}</ref> Twelve of Attal's goals with the national team came in the 2006 calendar year earning him recognition from [[International Federation of Football History and Statistics]] which cited Attal as the World's 8th leading scorer of international goals on par with the likes of [[David Villa]] and [[Bastian Schweinsteiger]].<ref>{{cite news | title=IFFHS 2006 World's Best Goalscorers | date=2007-08-02 | website=[[RSSSF]] | url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-scor.html| accessdate=2007-11-02}}</ref> Attal was also included in the [[Asian Football Confederation]] shortlist of 10 players for the [[Asian Footballer of the Year|2006 AFC Player of the Year Award]].<ref>{{cite news | title=AFC reveal list of nominees | work=FIFA.com | date=2006-11-17 | url=https://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=107686.html?cid=rssfeed&att=| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102055256/http://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=107686.html?cid=rssfeed&att=| url-status=dead| archive-date=November 2, 2012| accessdate=2007-11-02}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International===
:''Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first.''<ref>{{cite web |title=Fahed Attal |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/21155/Fahed_Attal.html |website=National Football Teams}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 16 February 2006 || [[Bahrain National Stadium]], [[Manama]] || {{fb|BHR}} ||style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 ||style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 2. || rowspan=2|18 February 2006 || rowspan=2|Bahrain National Stadium, Manama || rowspan=2|{{fb|PAK}} ||style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 ||rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 1–0 ||rowspan=2| Friendly
|-
| 3. ||style="text-align:center;"| 2–0
|-
| 4. || 1 March 2006 || [[King Abdullah Stadium]], [[Amman]] || {{fb|SIN}} ||style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 ||style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 || [[2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification|2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifier]]
|-
| 5. || rowspan=6|1 April 2006 || rowspan=6|[[Bangabandhu Stadium]], [[Dhaka]] || rowspan=6|{{fb|GUM}}||style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 || rowspan=6 style="text-align:center;" |11–0 || rowspan=8|[[2006 AFC Challenge Cup]]
|-
| 6. ||style="text-align:center;"| 3–0
|-
| 7. ||style="text-align:center;"| 5–0
|-
| 8. ||style="text-align:center;"| 6–0
|-
| 9. ||style="text-align:center;"| 8–0
|-
| 10. ||style="text-align:center;"| 11–0
|-
| 11. || 3 April 2006 || Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka || {{fb|CAM}}||style="text-align:center;"| 3–0 ||style="text-align:center;"| 4–0
|-
| 12. || 5 April 2006 || Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka || {{fb|BAN}}||style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 ||style="text-align:center;"| 1–1
|-
| 13. || 8 March 2012 || [[Dasarath Rangasala Stadium]], [[Kathmandu]] || {{fb|NEP}} ||style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 ||style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 || rowspan=2|[[2012 AFC Challenge Cup]]
|-
| 14. || 19 March 2012 || Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu || {{fb|PHI}} ||style="text-align:center;"| 3–4 ||style="text-align:center;"| 3–4
|-
| 15. || 14 May 2012 || [[Faisal Al-Husseini Stadium]], [[Al-Ram]] || {{fb|VIE}} ||style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 ||style="text-align:center;"| 2–0* || rowspan=2|[[2012 Al Nakba Cup]]
|-
| 16. || 22 May 2012 || [[Hussein Bin Ali Stadium]], [[Hebron]] || {{fb|IDN}} ||style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 ||style="text-align:center;"| 2–1*
|-
|}
*Unofficial

==Honours==
'''Al-Wehdat'''
*[[Jordan League]]: [[2010–11 Jordan League|2010–11]]
*[[Jordan FA Cup]]: [[2010–11 Jordan FA Cup|2010–11]]
*[[Jordan FA Shield]]: [[2010 Jordan FA Shield|2010]]
*[[Jordan Super Cup]]: 2011

'''Individual'''
*[[AFC Challenge Cup]] Golden Boot: 2006

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{NFT player|pid=21155}}
*{{FIFA player|283590}}
*[http://www.goal.com/en/people/palestinian-territories/56521/fahed-attal/national Goal.com profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305065356/http://www.goal.com/en/people/palestinian-territories/56521/fahed-attal/national |date=2016-03-05 }}

{{AFC Challenge Cup top scorers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Attal, Fahed}}
[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Qalqilya]]
[[Category:Palestinian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Al-Wehdat SC players]]
[[Category:Shabab Al-Khaleel SC players]]
[[Category:West Bank Premier League players]]
[[Category:Palestine men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Palestinian expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Jordan]]
[[Category:Palestinian expatriate sportspeople in Jordan]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games footballers for Palestine]]