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Muhammad Majid Muhammad Balah

Sector : Sports, Athletes

Личная информация

  • Страна местожительства: Palestine
  • Пол: Male
  • Born in: 1993
  • key_age: 31
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Информация

Muhammad Majid Muhammad Balah is a Palestinian international football player . He plays for the Palestinian national football team and recently joined Al-Masry Club of Port Said [1] . He plays in the position of the clear spearhead, the second striker , or as a winger on both ends of the field . He began his football career by playing for the youth teams of the Palestinian Friendship Club , then he moved to the club’s first team. He and his teammates were able to win the Premier League championship in the 2016-2017 season, runner-up in the league in the 2015-2016 season, and the 2013 Palestine Cup .

He also scored many goals that contributed to his team winning local championships [2] , and he was named the best player in the 2016-2017 season. He then moved to play in the Jordanian League , specifically from Al-Ahly Club for one season, then to the team with Ras [3]. He quickly terminated his contract with them and moved to the Omani League from Al-Orouba Club [4] and scored many goals with them and made others, to contribute to improving the team’s ranking in The table after he was suffering, and he was able to impose his name strongly in the Omani League , after which he moved to Saham Club and topped the league table with them under the leadership of the veteran Egyptian coach Mohamed Omar, before the coach resigned and the player clashed with the club’s management and resorted to FIFA to terminate his contract [5] , after which he moved to Omani Al Suwaiq Club , which was threatened with relegation [6] , and with them he was able to score many wonderful goals that contributed to keeping the club in the professional league and advancing it to fifth place after it had been in twelfth place with the teams threatened with relegation.

After his Omani career, Muhammad Balah returned to play in his homeland. He joined the Palestinian Friendship Club and participated with them in the second leg of the Premier League competition, contributing to 10 goals by scoring 7 goals and assisting 3 goals during the eight matches he played with them. [7]
In September 2021, the Palestinian international striker Mohamed Balah concluded his contract with the Egyptian club, Port Said, with a contract extending for four seasons, starting from the new season 2021/2022 until the end of the 2025/2024 season [8]. However, he was not lucky, as he suffered a severe knee injury (a cut in the Anterior cruciate ligament) [9] kept him away from the green rectangle for a long period before he recovered and offers from Palestinian League clubs rained down on him, so he returned and settled with his club where he rose to fame (Al-Sadaqa Sports Club) for the 2023-2024 season [10] and he participated in 4 matches during which he scored goals before sports activity in the Gaza Strip in Palestine stopped due to the war launched by Israel on the Strip . [11]

His life and football career

Muhammad Balah was born on September 4, 1993 in Gaza City . He grew up in an average family with 3 boys and one girl. He completed his primary and preparatory studies in UNRWA schools , then secondary school in government schools, and continued his education until he graduated from the College of Law and Judicial Practice at the University of Palestine . Balah described that his childhood had great influences on his fondness and passion for playing football with his friends and neighbors.

Balah began his journey in the world of football since he was six years old, where he began playing with his classmates in his primary school and in the alleys of the camp in which “ Al-Shati ” lived. At the age of 12 years, Muhammad Balah joined the ranks of the Palestinian Friendship Club, and joined the junior and youth teams until he reached For the first team, he participated in many matches and tournaments, and he and his teammates contributed to achieving titles. He was a mainstay in his team until the age of 23.

His club career

Mohamed Balah appeared at a great level from the first moment with the first team of Al-Sadaqa Club in 2013, and he presented very high levels that qualified him to reserve a key position in the team’s ranks, after which he led his club’s attack and took them to the podium, and with them he won the runner-up in the Premier League championship in the 2015-2016 season, and in the season Next 2016-2017, he was able, along with his teammates, to win the first league championship in the club’s history before being crowned the best player of the season [12] . Due to his distinguished level, veteran Jordanian coach and lecturer Nihad Souqar qualified him to play in the ranks of the Jordanian Al-Ahly Club [13] in the 2017-2018 season.

To participate with them in a few matches and a few minutes due to several circumstances, including his arrival to the team late, his lack of physical preparation, and his exposure to some injuries that kept him away from the matches or made him participate in a few minutes, and the club management offered him to play for another season with them, but he preferred to go through a new experience, and it came. At that time, he came from the gate of That Ras Club [14], but he soon ended his association with them and moved to the Omani Professional League , to play within the ranks of Al Orouba Club [15] and scored many wonderful goals with them and made others to prove at that time his talent in scoring goals in all possible ways, and then he moved to the club.

Saham Al-Omani , who contributed to their topping the Omantel Professional League table under the leadership of the great Egyptian coach Mohamed Omar , before the latter ended his association with the club, and the management intervened in disputes with the player, which led to a decline in the team’s results and its loss of the top spot in the league, so Balah left Saham and joined the Al-Suwaiq team , who were counting. He had to lead the club's attack line, which was struggling to stay in the professional league, and Balah succeeded in leading the team to escape the specter of relegation and finish the league in fifth place after it had been in twelfth place and one of the three relegated, through his contribution in scoring many goals. And other industry.

Mohamed Balah returned to his homeland after the end of his professional journey in the State of Oman to join his mother club. He joined the Friendship Club and contributed to scoring 7 goals during his participation in eight matches, which ended with the expiration of Mohamed Balah’s contract with his club, to begin a new journey of international professionalism by joining the Egyptian Club of Port Said by signing a contract. A period of four years, starting from the 2021 season until the end of the 2025 season, as a striker on the team.

The player Mohamed Balah was not lucky, as he suffered a severe knee injury (a tear in the anterior cruciate ligament) [9]. It kept him away from the green rectangle for a long period before he recovered, so that period was the end of his contract with the Egyptian club, which caused several problems for the player before his contract with the club was terminated and he returned. To his country, Palestine . [17] Before Muhammad Balah fully recovered from his injury, offers from Palestinian League clubs began to rain down on him, as the player is considered a great gain for any club that contracts with him, but he chose to represent his club in which he rose to fame ( Al-Sadaqa Sports Club ) to compete with them in the 2023 season and participate in 4 Official matches during which he scored two goals, after which sporting activity in Palestine stopped due to the war launched by Israel on the Gaza Strip .

 

His career with the national team

Muhammad Balah joined the ranks of the Palestinian national team for the first time in 2017 against the Maldives national team under the leadership of national coach Abdel Nasser Barakat in the 2019 Asian Nations Cup qualifiers . After that, he played many matches against the Olympic teams of Algeria , Bahrain , Oman , Yemen , Tajikistan , Bangladesh , Kyrgyzstan , Iraq and Syria , and contributed with the national team. His country qualified for the 2019 Asian Nations Cup with the Palestinian team for the second time in its history, in addition to winning the Bangabandhu Friendly Championship title in 2018 after their victory on penalties over the Tajik team .

Достижения и награды

His achievements and titles

Qualifying for the 2019 Asian Nations Cup with the Palestinian national team for the second time in its history
Champion of the 2018 Bangabandhu Cup with the Palestine national team
Premier League Champion 2016/2017 with the Palestinian Friendship Club
Champion of the 2013 Palestine Cup with the Palestinian Friendship Club
The best player in the league championship 2016/2017 season.
Best player in 2017.
Second top scorer in the league in the 2016/2017 season.  
Runner-up of the 2015/2016 Premier League with the Palestinian Friendship Club
Runner-up of the 2014 Super Cup with the Palestinian Friendship Club 

 

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