Islam Batran

Palestinian footballer

Islam Batran
Personal information
Full name	Islam Mohammad Moussa Batran
Date of birth	(1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth	Hebron, Palestine
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Tampines Rovers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2013	Shabab Yatta	45	(26)
2015–2016	Ahli Al-Khaleel	31	(20)
2016–2017	Wadi Degla	3	(0)
2017–2018	Ahli Al-Khaleel
2018–2020	Al-Jazeera	16	(10)
2020–2021	Al-Hussein
2021–2022	Hilal Al-Quds
2022–2023	Nongbua Pitchaya	23	(3)
2024–	Tampines Rovers	0	(0)
International career^‡
2015–2017	Palestine U23^[1]	6	(4)
2016–	Palestine	20	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2022

Islam Mohammad Moussa Batran (Arabic: إسلام محمد موسى البطران; born 1 October 1994) is a Palestinian professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Tampines Rovers and the Palestine national team.

Club career

Shabab Yatta

Batran signed his first professional contract with Shabab Yatta of the West Bank First League.^{[citation needed]}

Ahli Al-Khaleel

Batran penned a two-year contract with West Bank Premier League side Ahli Al-Khaleel.^{[citation needed]}

Wadi Degla SC

Batran signed a one-year contract with Egyptian Premier League side Wadi Degla in August 2016 following a successful trial.^[1]

Al-Jazeera

He signed a one-year contract with the Jordanian Pro League club Al-Jazeera.^{[citation needed]}

International career

On 30 October 2015, Batran was called up to the Palestine under-23 team for the 2015 WAFF U-23 Championship in Qatar.^{[citation needed]} In March 2017, Islam was called up for Islamic Solidarity Games tournament 2017 where he played against Algeria, Oman and Turkey.^{[citation needed]}

He scored his first senior international goal in a 1–2 loss against Iraq on 2 August 2019.^[2]

Career statistics

International goals

As of 5 September 2019

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 August 2019	Karbala International Stadium, Karbala, Iraq	12	Iraq	1–0	1–2	2019 WAFF Championship
2	11 August 2019	Karbala International Stadium, Karbala, Iraq	14	Syria	1–1	4–3	2019 WAFF Championship
3	5 September 2019	Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, Palestine	15	Uzbekistan	2–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	24 June 2021	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	22	Comoros	5–1	5–1	2021 FIFA Arab Cup qualification

References

^ ^a ^b "VIDEO: Wadi Degla sign Palestine's Islam Batran". www.kingfut.com. 29 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-30.
^ "العراق يقتنص فوزا شاقا من فلسطين ويتصدر مجموعته بغرب آسيا". كووورة. 2 August 2019.