Natali Shaheen

{{short description|Palestinian footballer}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Natali Shaheen

| full_name = Natali Nabeel Shaheen

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|07|02}}{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/natali-shaheen/97409/|title=Natali Shaheen – Summary|website=int.soccerway.com|access-date=25 February 2024}}

| birth_place = Jericho, Palestine

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–2018

| clubs1 = Sareyyet Ramallah

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2019–2020

| clubs2 = SEF Torres 1903

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| nationalyears1 = 2005–

| nationalteam1 = Palestine

| nationalcaps1 = 33

| nationalgoals1 = 7

| ntupdate = 18:55, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

}}

Natali Nabeel Shaheen ({{langx|ar|نتالي نبيل شاهين}}; born 2 July 1994) is a Palestinian former professional footballer who used to play as midfielder for the Palestine national team.

Club Career

Shaheen played for Sareyyet Ramallah Football team, as well as a basketball player she played for Seeds of Hope in Jericho and an athletics player at the University of Jerusalem, she has left the city of Jericho heading towards the island of Sardinia, Italy, to pursue her higher education and to present her doctoral thesis in women's sports, particularly in futsal.{{cite web |url=https://palsport.com/article/38569|title=نجمة المنتخب نتالي شاهين الى ايطاليا لرسالة الدكتوراه بالكرة النسوية|language=ar|trans-title=The star of the national team, Natali Shaheen, to Italy for her doctoral thesis in women's futsal.|date=7 January 2018|website=palsport.com|access-date=26 February 2024}} During her time in Italy, she played for Fc Sassari Torres Femminile in the third tier of the Italian League.{{cite web |url=https://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/news/2020/01/25/1309313.html|title=النجمة الفلسطينية نتالي شاهين تلعب لنادي ايطالي وصيد الشباك عنوانها|language=ar|trans-title=The Palestinian star Natali Shahin plays for an Italian club, and goal-scoring is her trademark.|date=25 January 2020|website=alwatanvoice.com|access-date=26 February 2024}}

=Sareyyet Ramallah=

In 2015, Shaheen clinched the title of the top goal-scorer in the President's Cup, having scored a total of 11 goals throughout the tournament.{{cite web |url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=35068294|title= نتالي شاهين تتوج بلقب هدافة بطولة كأس رئيس الاتحاد|language=ar|trans-title=Natali Shaheen secures the title of the top scorer in the Union President's Cup tournament|date=7 January 2015|website=kooora.com|access-date=26 February 2024}}

International Career

In 2005, At the age of 15, Shaheen was selected to be part of the first-ever squad representing Palestine in the 2005 WAFF Women's Championship. She was named the Best young player at the tournament.{{cite web |url=https://www.maannews.net/news/8959.html|title=الفلسطينية نتالي شاهين حصلت على كأس اصغر لاعبه في بطولة غرب اسيا لكرة القدم|language=ar|trans-title=Palestinian Natali Shaheen earned the title of the youngest player in the West Asian Football Federation Championship.|date=2 October 2005|website=maannews.net |access-date=26 February 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://palsport.com/article/3862|title=نتالي نبيل شاهين أصغر لاعبة في المنتخب الوطني للفتيات|language=ar|trans-title=Natali Nabil Shaheen is the youngest player in the national girls' team.|date=6 April 2006|website=palsport.com|access-date=26 February 2024}}

Career statistics

:Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Shaheen goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Natali Shaheen

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

align="center"|1

|27 April 2009

|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

|{{fbw|KGZ}}

|align="center"|1–4

|align="center"|1–4

|2010 Asian Cup qualification

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align="center"|2

|rowspan="3"|20 October 2010

|rowspan="3"|Manama, Bahrain

|rowspan="3"|{{fbw|QAT}}

|align="center"|

|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" |0–18

|rowspan=4|2010 Arabia Women's Cup

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align="center"|3

|

|

align="center"|4

|

|

align="center"|5

|27 October 2010

|Riffa, Bahrain

|{{fbw|BHR}}

|align="center"|1–5

|align="center"|1–5

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align="center"|6

|17 April 2014

|Amman, Jordan

|{{fbw|BHR}}

|align="center"|1–0

|align="center"|4–0

|2014 WAFF Women's Championship

|

align="center"|7

|15 March 2015

|Amman, Jordan

|{{fbw|HKG}}

|align="center"|1–2

|align="center"|2–2

|2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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References

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