Mu'nas Dabbur

Mu'nas Dabbur[1] (or Moanes Dabbur,[2][3][4] Mu'nas Dabour,[5][6] Arabic: مؤنس دبور‎, Hebrew: מואנס דאבור‎; born 14 May 1992) is an Israeli[7][8][9] professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim and the Israel national team.

Munas Dabbur
Dabbur in 2018
Personal information
Full name Munas Dabbur
Date of birth (1992-05-14) 14 May 1992
Place of birth Nazareth, Israel
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 1899 Hoffenheim
Number 10
Youth career
2003–2010 Maccabi Nazareth
2010–2011 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 5 (0)
2011–2014 Maccabi Tel Aviv 66 (22)
2014–2016 Grasshopper 82 (41)
2016–2019 Red Bull Salzburg 76 (44)
2017 → Grasshopper (loan) 13 (7)
2019–2020 Sevilla 2 (0)
2020– 1899 Hoffenheim 20 (6)
National team‡
2010–2011 Israel U19 7 (5)
2011–2014 Israel U21 22 (13)
2014– Israel 25 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:19, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2020

Early life

Dabbur was born in Nazareth, Israel, to an Israeli Arab Muslim family[7][8] of Palestinian descent.[9] His brother Anas Dabbur is also a footballer, who currently plays as a midfielder for Hapoel Rishon LeZion. Dabbur's father Kasam died in a car accident in 2009.[10]

Club career

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Dabbur started his career in the Maccabi Nazareth and Maccabi Tel Aviv youth academies. He made his senior debut with Maccabi Tel Aviv on 2011. In 2011–12, he participated in 26 league matches for Maccabi, scoring eight goals.

In the 2012–13 season, he was part of the Maccabi team that won the Israeli league championship after a ten-year drought, providing the team with 10 goals in 26 matches. Dabbur started the season providing two important goals on 27 August 2011 against Maccabi Haifa, goals that were described as "extremely crucial" for the rest of the season in the tight race for achieving the title.

Dabbur ended the season after being injured for a one-month period during the warm up to the derby match against Hapoel Tel Aviv on 6 April 2013.[11]

Grasshopper

On 4 February 2014, Dabbur confirmed his transfer to the Swiss Super League after Grasshopper Club Zürich paid a transfer fee of $425,000 to Maccabi Tel Aviv.[12] On 16 February 2014, he had his first appearance at Zurich, when he came on from the bench in the second half scoring two goal and assisting once in a 5–1 win against St. Gallen. Dabbur finished his debut season at Grasshopper with nine goals and four assists in 15 league matches.

The 2014–15 season was comparatively less successful with Dabbur scoring 13 times in the league and 5 in the cup. He also provided 8 assists in the league, reaffirming his position as one of Grasshopper's best and most valuable players.

During the summer of 2015, several clubs were rumoured to be interested in Dabbur, including Werder Bremen and Palermo. However, the only two clubs to bid for him were the aforementioned Palermo and his old club, Maccabi Tel-Aviv. Both bids were rejected and Dabbur signed a new, greatly improved contract with Grasshoppers. Dabbur enjoyed a good start to the 2015–16 season, scoring 6 and assisting 8 goals in his club's first eight games including a goal and a hat-trick of assists in Grasshopper's opening game against Thun.

Red Bull Salzburg

During the 2017–18 season, Salzburg finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final.[13] On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Olympique de Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final.[14]

Sevilla

On 17 January 2019, Dabbur agreed terms to join Spanish club Sevilla FC. He agreed to a four-year contract but stayed with Salzburg until the end of the campaign.[15] Dabbur made his La Liga debut against Osasuna in matchweek 16, coming on as a substitute for Óliver Torres in the 78th minute.

Hoffenheim

On 7 January 2020, it was disclosed that Dabbur had signed a contract until 2024 with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim for a reported fee of 12 million euros.[16]

International career
Dabbur playing for Israel national in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

In 2013, Dabbur was part of the Israel U-21 national team that played in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship that was hosted in Israel. Dabbur started in two out of three matches during the group stage of the tournament, against the U21 national teams of England and Italy.[17][18]

In May 2014, Dabbur was named by coach Eli Guttman in the senior Israeli national football team's 25-man squad to play two friendlies against Mexico and Honduras.[19] He made his senior debut against Honduras in a 4–2 victory on 1 June 2014. He scored his first goal for the national team against Andorra in a 4–0 victory on 3 September 2015, in UEFA Euro 2016 qualification.[20]

Career statistics

Club
As of 5 November 2020[21][22][23]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 2009–10 Israeli Premier League 500000—50
Total 500000—50
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2011–12 Israeli Premier League 2681021713610
2012–13 Israeli Premier League 26101050—3210
2013–14 Israeli Premier League 144100050204
Total662230711218824
Grasshopper 2013–14 Swiss Super League 15900—00159
2014–15 Swiss Super League 321333—203716
2015–16 Swiss Super League 351923——3722
Total824156—208947
Red Bull Salzburg 2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 15223—81256
2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 322220—1975329
2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga 292055—14124837
Total 764498—412012672
Grasshopper (loan) 2016–17 Swiss Super League 13700—00137
Total 13700—00137
Sevilla 2019–20 La Liga 2010—6393
Total 2010—6393
1899 Hoffenheim 2019–20 Bundesliga 14412——156
2020–21 Bundesliga 6200—3496
Total 20612—342412
Career total 2641201916716428354165

International goals
Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first.[24]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.3 September 2015Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, Israel Andorra4–04–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
2.15 November 2018Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel Guatemala3–07–0Friendly
3.4–0
4.24 March 2019Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, Israel Austria4–14–2UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
5.15 October 2019Turner Stadium, Beersheba, Israel Latvia1–03–1
6.3–1
7.16 November 2019Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, Israel Poland1–21–2

Honours
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Red Bull Salzburg
Sevila
Individual

References
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  18. Israel U21 v England U21 lineup Archived 31 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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