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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 June 1984[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Palestine | ||
| Date of death | 11 March 2024 (aged 39) | ||
| Place of death | Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Palestine | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Shabab Khan Younis | |||
| Al Sadaqa | |||
| Ittihad Khanyounis | |||
| Al Wehdat | |||
| 2016–2019 | Al Shoalah | ||
| –2023 | Ahly Gaza | ||
| International career | |||
| 2013 | Palestine | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mohammed Barakat (22 June 1984 – 11 March 2024)[2] was a Palestinian footballer who played as a forward. Nicknamed "the Lion" and "the Legend of Khan Younis", Barakat was the first centurion player in Palestinian football history, having scored 114 goals for Khan Younis Youth Club (Shabab Khan Younis).[2][3][4] Prior to his death, the last club he played for was Ahly Gaza in the Gaza Strip Premier League. The breakout of Israel-Hamas war and the subsequent airstrikes targeting football stadia in the Gaza Strip, including Ahly Gaza's home the Palestine Stadium, effectively ended the League in 2023.[5]
- ^ "Palestine - Mohammed Barakat". Soccerway. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Palestine footballer Barakat killed in Israel's war on Gaza". Al Jazeera. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ "Remembering Palestinian football legend Mohammed Barakat". TRT World. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ "محمد بركات... نجم جديد يختتم مسيرته الكروية ويرتقي شهيداً" (in Arabic). Palestinian Football Association. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ Abed, Abubaker (18 January 2024). "Gaza stadiums that were once home to football fans, now home to the displaced". New Arab. Retrieved 19 May 2024.