Edgardo Abdala

{{short description|Chilean-born Palestinian footballer (born 1978)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Edgardo Abdala

| fullname = Edgardo Smith Abdala Montero

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|07|01}}

| birth_place = Monte Águila, Chile

| height =

| currentclub = Comunal Cabrero (manager)

| position = Defensive Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 2000–2002

| youthclubs1 = Fernández Vial

| years1 = 2003

| clubs1 = Fernández Vial

| caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2004

| clubs2 = Palestino

| caps2 = 6 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2004–2005

| clubs3 = Naval

| caps3 = |goals3 =

| years4 = 2005–2006

| clubs4 = Unión San Felipe

| caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2006–2008

| clubs5 = Ñublense

| caps5 = 70 | goals5 = 6

| years6 = 2009–2010

| clubs6 = Huachipato

| caps6 = 47 | goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2011

| clubs7 = Santiago Morning

| caps7 = 20 | goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2012

| clubs8 = Fernández Vial

| caps8 = 16 | goals8 = 2

| totalcaps =

| totalgoals =

| nationalyears1 = 2003–2008

| nationalteam1 = Palestine

| nationalcaps1 = 19 | nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 = 2016–2017

| managerclubs1 = Fernández Vial

| manageryears2 = 2017

| managerclubs2 = Colegio Quillón

| manageryears3 = 2018

| managerclubs3 = Comunal Cabrero

| manageryears4 = 2019

| managerclubs4 = República Independiente Hualqui

| manageryears5 = 2020–2021

| managerclubs5 = Comunal Cabrero

| manageryears6 = 2022–

| managerclubs6 = Comunal Cabrero

}}

Edgardo Smith Abdala Montero (born July 1, 1978) is a Chilean-born Palestinian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented the Palestinian national team.

Career

Abdala developed his career in Chile. A naturalized Palestinian, he represented the Palestinian national team from 2003 to 2008.(La Pelota es Mía) {{YouTube|id=D0Tokw5xSyM|title=#EntrevistaLPEM con Edgardo Abdala}} {{inlang|es}}. 6 August 2020.

His last club was Fernández Vial in the 2012 Segunda División Profesional.{{cite news |last1=Maureira |first1=Nicolás |title=Fernández Vial confirma a Edgardo Abdala como nuevo DT tras renuncia de Ramón Climent |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/futbol-nacional/2016/08/03/fernandez-vial-confirma-edgardo-abdala-como-nuevo-dt-tras-renuncia-de-ramon-climent.shtml |access-date=5 September 2024 |work=BioBioChile |publisher=Radio Bío-Bío |date=3 August 2016 |language=es}}{{cite web |title=Fernandez Vial 2012 - Campeonato 2ª Division |url=http://www.solofutbol.cl/futbol%20chileno/Campeonatos%20Nacionales/equipos/Fernandez%20Vial/Fernandez%20Vial%202012%202%20Division.htm |website=www.solofutbol.cl |access-date=5 September 2024 |language=es}}

Abdala has developed a career as coach for teams at minor categories of the Chilean football. He started his career with Fernández Vial in 2016. In 2022, he returned to his hometown club, Comunal Cabrero, after leaving them at the beginning of 2021.{{cite news |title=Comunal Cabrero se prepara con sangre joven de cara al 2022 |url=https://pasiondehincha.cl/comunal-cabrero-se-prepara-con-sangre-joven-de-cara-al-2022/ |access-date=5 September 2024 |work=Pasión de Hincha |date=17 April 2022 |language=es}}

Personal life

He is the father of the footballer Joaquín Abdala.{{cite web |title=Edgardo Abdala y situación de su hijo Joaquín: En Huachipato lo obligaron a firmar con Felicevich |url=https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/huachipato/edgardo-abdala-y-situacion-de-su-hijo-joaquin-en-huachipato-lo/2019-06-07/202353.html |website=AlAireLibre.cl |publisher=Cooperativa |access-date=14 March 2021 |language=es |date=7 June 2019}}