Ahmed Keshkesh

Ahmed Keshkesh
Personal information
Date of birth	15 September 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth	Gaza, Palestine
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder/Forward
Youth career
	Hilal Gaza
Senior career*
Years	Team
–2008	Hilal Gaza
2008	Shabab Al-Am'ari
2009	Shabab Al-Ordon (loan)
2009–2011	Al-Wahdat
2011–2013	Shabab Al-Am'ari
International career‡
2004–2011	Palestine
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:22, 4 June 2011 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:08, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Ahmed Keshkesh (Arabic: أحمد كشكش; born 15 September 1984 in Gaza) is a Palestinian professional footballer currently playing for Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari of the West Bank Premier League.^[1]

Club career[edit]

His performance against Jordan, earned him a loan moved to Shabab Al-Ordon of the Jordanian Premier League but a permanent move failed to materialize due to Keshkesh being absent on national team duty for most of the loan period.^[2] The following season saw him unexpectedly sign for Jordanian Al-Wahdat his first season he was used mostly as a substitut. He only managed five league goals in his first season.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2010–11 season Keskesh saw less playing time he still managed two league goals and scored in the Jordan FA Cup Final against Manshia Bani Hassan under manager Dragan Talajic. His two-year career with Al-Wahdat saw him score in every competition Al-Wahdat took part in scoring one goal in the 2009 Jordanian Super Cup, one goal in the 2010 AFC Cup, 7 goals in the league over two seasons, 9 goals in the Jordan FA Cup over two seasons, and 4 goals in the Jordanian Shield for a total of 21. On 4 June 2011, he signed a contract with his former West Bank Premier League club Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari .^{[citation needed]}

International career[edit]

He is perhaps best known for scoring the first goal in a historic encounter between Palestine and Jordan that marked the first time Palestine hosted an international match on home soil.^{[citation needed]}

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list the Palestine' goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	18 February 2004	Al-Wakrah Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Chinese Taipei	7–0	8–0	2006 World Cup qualifier
2.	1 April 2006	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Guam	1–0	11–0	2006 AFC Challenge Cup
3.	3 April 2006	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Cambodia	1–0	4–0	2006 AFC Challenge Cup
4.	26 October 2008	Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, Palestine	Jordan	1–0	1–1	Friendly
5.	18 July 2009	TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin, China	China	1–3	1–3	Friendly

References[edit]

^ أحمد كشكش. Kooora (in Arabic). 21 April 2006.
^ أحمد كشكش يُنهي ارتباطه مع شباب الأردن. Al-Ayyam (in Arabic). 4 March 2009. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012.

External links[edit]

Ahmed Keshkesh at National-Football-Teams.com
Ahmed Keshkesh – FIFA competition record (archived)

[1] أحمد كشكش. Kooora (in Arabic). 21 April 2006.

[2] أحمد كشكش يُنهي ارتباطه مع شباب الأردن. Al-Ayyam (in Arabic). 4 March 2009. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012.

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