Munas Dabbur

Mu'nas Dabbur^[2] (sometimes Moanes Dabour or Muanes Dabur,^[3][4][5] Arabic: مُؤَنَّس دَبُّور, Hebrew: מואנס דאבור; born 14 May 1992) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a striker for Emirati club Shabab Al-Ahli in the UAE Pro League.

Mu'nas Dabbur

Dabbur with Red Bull Salzburg in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Mu'nas Dabbur
Date of birth	(1992-05-14) 14 May 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth	Nazareth, Israel
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Shabab Al-Ahli
Number	9
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	Grasshoppers	82	(41)
2016–2019	Red Bull Salzburg	76	(44)
2017	→ Grasshoppers (loan)	13	(7)
2019–2020	Sevilla	2	(0)
2020–2023	TSG Hoffenheim	84	(17)
2023–	Shabab Al Ahli	5	(3)
International career‡
2011	Israel U-19	7	(3)
2011–2014	Israel U-21	22	(13)
2014–2022	Israel	40	(15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 June 2022

Career

He started in the Israeli Maccabi Nazareth and Maccabi Tel Aviv youth academies. In 2011 he made his senior debut with Maccabi Tel Aviv. In this season he made eight goals in 26 league matches. In the 2012-13 season he was part of the team which won the championship for the first time after a 10 years dry spell.

In 2014 he wnt to Switzerland and played for Grasshopper Club Zürich.^[6] On 16 February 2014 he had his first appearance at Zurich scoring two goals and assisting once in a 5–1 win against St. Gallen. Dabbur finished his debut season at Grasshoppers with nine goals and four assists in 15 league matches. During the summer of 2015 several clubs were interested in Dabbur but he signed a new improved contract with his club.

In May 2016 Dabbur signed with Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg for five years. In February 2017 Dabbur was loaned back to his previous Swiss club of Grasshoppers until the end of the season. After he came back he became two times (2018, 2019) top scorer of the Bundesliga.

On 17 January 2019, Dabbur agreed to join Spanish La Liga club Sevilla in a four-year contract, but stayed with his previous club Red Bull Salzburg until the end of the season.^[7]

On 7 January 2020, he signed a contract until 2024 with German Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim.^[8]

On 12 July 2023, Emirati club Shabab Al-Ahli announced the signing of Dabbur, for a reported fee of €1.5 million.^[9]

International career

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. 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. Dabbur announced his retirement from Israel on 26 July 2022.^[10] He played 40 matches for Israel and scored 15 goals.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 May 2023^[11][12][13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	2009–10	Israeli Premier League	5	0	0	0	0	0	—		5	0
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2011–12	Israeli Premier League	26	8	1	0	2	1	7	1	36	10
	2012–13	Israeli Premier League	26	10	1	0	5	0	—		32	10
	2013–14	Israeli Premier League	14	4	1	0	0	0	5	0	20	4
	Total		66	22	3	0	7	1	12	1	88	24
Grasshoppers	2013–14	Swiss Super League	15	9	0	0	—		0	0	15	9
	2014–15	Swiss Super League	32	13	3	3	—		2	0	37	16
	2015–16	Swiss Super League	35	19	2	3	—		—		37	22
	Total		82	41	5	6	—		2	0	89	47
Red Bull Salzburg	2016–17	Austrian Bundesliga	15	2	2	3	—		8	1	25	6
	2017–18	Austrian Bundesliga	32	22	3	0	—		20	7	55	29
	2018–19	Austrian Bundesliga	29	20	5	5	—		14	12	48	37
	Total		76	44	10	8	—		42	20	128	72
Grasshoppers (loan)	2016–17	Swiss Super League	13	7	0	0	—		0	0	13	7
Sevilla	2019–20	La Liga	2	0	1	0	—		6	3	9	3
TSG Hoffenheim	2019–20	Bundesliga	14	4	1	2	—		—		15	6
	2020–21	Bundesliga	22	4	1	0	—		7	6	30	10
	2021–22	Bundesliga	27	3	3	2	—		—		30	5
	2022–23	Bundesliga	21	6	3	2	—		—		24	8
	Total		84	17	8	6	—		7	6	99	29
Career total			328	131	27	20	7	1	69	30	431	182

International

Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dabbur goal.^[14]

List of international goals scored by Mu'nas Dabbur

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	3 September 2015	Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, Israel	Andorra	4–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
2	15 November 2018	Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel	Guatemala	3–0	7–0	Friendly
3				4–0
4	24 March 2019	Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, Israel	Austria	4–1	4–2	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
5	15 October 2019	Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva, Israel	Latvia	1–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
6				3–1
7	16 November 2019	Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, Israel	Poland	1–2	1–2	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
8	31 March 2021	Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova	Moldova	4–1	4–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA
9	1 September 2021	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	3–0	4–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA
10	4 September 2021	Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, Israel	Austria	2–0	5–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA
11	9 October 2021	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	2–1	2–3	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA
12	12 October 2021	Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva, Israel	Moldova	2–0	2–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA
13	15 November 2021	Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel	Faroe Islands	1–0	3–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA
14	29 March 2022	Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel	Romania	1–2	2–2	Friendly
15				2–2

Honours

Maccabi Tel Aviv

• Israeli Premier League: 2012–13

Red Bull Salzburg

• Austrian Bundesliga: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
• Austrian Cup: 2018–19

Sevilla

• UEFA Europa League: 2019–20

Individual

• Swiss Super League Top scorer: 2015–16
• Swiss Super League Top assist provider: 2015–16
• Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2015–16^[15]
• Austrian Bundesliga Top scorer: 2017–18, 2018–19
• Austrian Bundesliga Player of the Year: 2018–19^[16]
• Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2017–18,^[17] 2018–19^[18]
• Austrian Cup Top assist provider: 2016–17^[19]