Islam Batran

Islam Mohammad Moussa Batran (Arabic: إسلام محمد موسى البطران; born 1 October 1994) is a Palestinian professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for Thai club Nongbua Pitchaya and the Palestine national team.

Islam Batran
Personal information
Full name Islam Mohammad Moussa Batran
Date of birth (1994-10-01) 1 October 1994
Place of birth Hebron, Palestine
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Nongbua Pitchaya
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Shabab Yatta 45 (26)
2015–2016 Ahli Al-Khaleel 31 (20)
2016–2017 Wadi Degla 3 (0)
2017–2018 Ahli Al-Khaleel
2018–2020 Al-Jazeera 16 (10)
2020–2021 Al-Hussein
2021–2022 Hilal Al-Quds
2022– Nongbua Pitchaya 23 (3)
International career‡
2015-2017 Palestine U23[1] 6 (4)
2016– Palestine 20 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2022

Club career

Shabab Yatta

Batran signed his first professional contract with Shabab Yatta of the West Bank First League, where he was the team's top goalscorer in all competitions.

Ahli Al-Khaleel

Batran penned a two-year contract with West Bank Premier League side Ahli Al-Khaleel.

Wadi Degla SC

Batran signed a one-year contract with Egyptian Premier League side Wadi Degla in August 2016 following a successful trial.[1]

Al-Jazeera

He signed a one-year contract with the Jordanian Pro League club Al-Jazeera.

International career

On 30 October 2015, Batran was called up to the Palestine under-23 team for the 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship in Qatar, where he scored Palestine's only two goals, the first against Jordan and the second again Yemen.

In March 2017, Islam was called up for Islamic Solidarity Games tournament 2017 where he played against Algeria, Oman and Turkey, where he scored two goals and provided assists in his apps.

He scored his first senior international goal in a 1–2 loss against Iraq on 2 August 2019.[2]

Career statistics

International goals
As of 5 September 2019
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2 August 2019Karbala International Stadium, Karbala, Iraq12 Iraq1–01–22019 WAFF Championship
2 11 August 2019Karbala International Stadium, Karbala, Iraq14 Syria1–14–32019 WAFF Championship
3 5 September 2019Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, Palestine15 Uzbekistan2–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 24 June 2021Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar22 Comoros5–15–12021 FIFA Arab Cup qualification

References
  1. "VIDEO: Wadi Degla sign Palestine's Islam Batran". www.kingfut.com. 29 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-30.
  2. "العراق يقتنص فوزا شاقا من فلسطين ويتصدر مجموعته بغرب آسيا". كووورة. 2 August 2019.


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