Zaid Qunbar

Zaid Qunbar
Personal information
Full name	Zaid Qunbar
Date of birth	4 September 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Jerusalem
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Jabal Al-Mukaber
Number	9
Youth career
2011–2014	Hapoel Jerusalem
2014–2020	Beitar Jerusalem
2019–2020	→ Hapoel Hadera
Senior career*
Years	Team
2020–2021	Shabab Al-Dhahiriya
2021–	Jabal Al-Mukaber
International career‡
	Palestine U23
2023–	Palestine
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 January 2024

Zaid Qunbar (Arabic: زيد القنبر; born 4 September 2002) is a Palestinian footballer who plays as an attacker for West Bank Premier League club Jabal Al-Mukaber and the Palestine national football team.

Club career

Qunbar grew up in the Jabal Mukaber neighborhood in Jerusalem. He started playing on the Hapoel Jerusalem's youth team and then moved to Beitar Jerusalem. At the end of 2019, he left for Hapoel Hadera for two months.^[1]

On 13 May 2023, he signed for Al-Wehdat SC from the Jordanian Pro League, but after a month he returned to Jabal Al-Mukaber.^{[citation needed]}

International career

In January 2024, alongside his brother Shehab, Qunbar was named in Palestine 26-men squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.^[2] He scored his first international goal in a 2–0 win over Hong Kong on 23 January.

On 15 October 2024, Qunbar rescued Palestine during the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification against Kuwait where he scored a 90+3th stoppage time goal to equalise the match at 2–2.

International goals

Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	23 January 2024	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Hong Kong	2–0	3–0	2023 AFC Asian Cup
2.	15 October 2024	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar	Kuwait	2–2	2–2	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification