Atef Abu Bilal

Atef Abu Bilal is a Palestinian-Israeli footballer who plays for Markaz Balata as a winger. He received his first call up to the Palestine national football team in 2010 against Sudan. He has since played for Palestine at the 2010 WAFF Championship, the qualifying rounds of the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup, and the 2014 World Cup qualifying stages.

Career

Abu Bilal is a product of Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.'s youth system. He played one Liga Leumit match and ten Liga Alef matches for the club, but has spent most of his career playing in the lower divisions of Israeli football. Abu Bilal was concurrently playing for Palestinian club Shabab Al-Khalil SC and Israeli fifth tier side Maccabi Segev Shalom F.C. during 2014, yielding him an unprecedented 99-year ban from Israeli club competitions.