Walid Badir

Walid Badir

Football player infobox
playername = Walid Badir


fullname = Walid Badir
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1974|3|12|df=y
cityofbirth = Kafr Qasim
countryofbirth = Israel
currentclub = Hapoel Tel Aviv
clubnumber = 10
position = Midfield
youthyears = 1987-1989 1990-1992
youthclubs = Hapoel Kafr Qasim Hapoel Petah Tikva
years = 1992-1999 1999-2000 2000–2005 2005–present
clubs = Hapoel Petah Tikva Wimbledon Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Tel Aviv
caps(goals) = ? (?) 21 (1) 141 (28) 51 (7)
nationalyears = 1997–present
nationalteam = Israel
nationalcaps(goals) = 61 (11)
pcupdate = 22 July, 2006
ntupdate = 30 June, 2006

Walid Badir ( _ar. وليد بادر, _he. וואליד באדיר, born March 12, 1974) is an Israeli of Palestinian heritage, or Arab Israeli, and a footballer currently at Hapoel Tel Aviv. He became a national hero for the 83rd-minute goal that gave Israel a tie against France in a 2006 World Cup qualifying match.

Playing career

Early career

Badir played early on for the youth clubs Hapoel Kafr Qasim and Hapoel Petah Tikva, and later was given a spot on second teams premier league roster. Petah Tikva, though always a worthy team in of itself, had reached its nadir in the mid-1960s, and since that golden age had failed to win a single championship. Badir, recognized early on as a valuable prospect who could widen the club's appeal in the Arab sector, turned into its marquee player, but Petah Tikva never became more than a middle-of-the-pack club during a decade when Beitar Jerusalem F.C. and Maccabi Haifa dominated the league. Petah Tikva also was limited by its seemingly endless financial woes, due to the lack of adequate ownership that could support it and expand its well-known hard core fanbase.

Wimbledon

During Walid Badir's time at Wimbledon he scored one league goal against Manchester United F.C. at Old Trafford. However, other than this Badir was unable to make a sufficient impact in his time there.

Maccabi Haifa

Badir relocated to Maccabi Haifa in 2000-2001 at the beginning of the Avraham Grant era. Grant, a longtime manager of clubs like Beitar Jerusalem and Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C., moulded from young players like Badir and Yossi Benayoun one of the most dangerous clubs in the history of Israeli football. With Badir, Haifa would win four championships, failing only once, in 2002-03 when Maccabi Tel-Aviv won the title. In 2005, while the club began a major campaign to revamp the roster with South American players like Gustavo Boccoli and Roberto Colautti, Badir signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv and became a major part of their 2005-06 season when they were runners-up to Haifa.

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