Atef Abu Bilal
Atef Abu Bilal (, ; born 5 February 1984) 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 Palestian 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.

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1984 births
Living people
Bedouin Israelis
Israeli Muslims
Footballers from Shaqib al-Salam
Bedouins in the State of Palestine
Palestinian men's footballers
Palestine men's international footballers
Maccabi Be'er Sheva F.C. players
Maccabi Ironi Netivot F.C. players
Shabab Al-Dhahiriya SC players
Shabab Al-Khalil SC players
Beitar Avraham Be'er Sheva F.C. players
Agudat Sport Nordia Jerusalem players
F.C. Dimona players
Markaz Balata players
West Bank Premier League players
Men's association football wingers
Arab citizens of Israel
Arab-Israeli footballers