Joaquín Abdala

Joaquín Abdala
Personal information
Full name	Joaquín Naid Sebastián Abdala Astudillo
Date of birth	19 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Cabrero, Chile
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Comunal Cabrero
Youth career
	Huachipato
Senior career*
Years	Team
2020–2021	Coquimbo Unido
2020	→ Independiente Cauquenes (loan)
2022	Trasandino
2022–2023	Shabab Al-Khalil
2023–	Comunal Cabrero
International career‡
2022–	Palestine
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 December 2022; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 December 2022

Joaquín Naid Sebastián Abdala Astudillo (born 19 January 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Comunal Cabrero in the Chilean Tercera A. Born in Chile, he represents the Palestine national team.

Club career

Having played at the Fútbol Joven (Youth Football) level for Huachipato,^{[citation needed]} he joined Coquimbo Unido on 2020 season.^[1] On 6 December 2020, he was confirmed as new player of Independiente de Cauquenes.^[2]

In November 2022, he moved to Palestine and joined Shabab Al-Khalil in the West Bank Premier League.^[3]

In June 2023, he signed with Comunal Cabrero in the Chilean Tercera A, with his father, Edgardo, as coach.^[4]

In 2022, Abadala was called up to the Palestine national team for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers in June.^[5]

Abadala is the son of the former Palestine international footballer Edgardo Abdala.^[6]

As of 20 January 2021^[7]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Coquimbo Unido	2020	Primera División	12	0	—		0	0	0	0	12	0
Independiente de Cauquenes	2020 [es]	Segunda División	4	0	—		—		0	0	4	0
Total career			16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0

Coquimbo Unido

^ "Bienvenidos a bordo Cristofer Salas y Joaquín Abdala" [Welcome on board Cristofer Salas and Joaquín Abdala] (in Spanish). Coquimbo Unido. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ "¡Bienvenido Joaquín Abdala!" [¡Welcome Joaquín Abdala!] (in Spanish). Independiente de Cauquenes. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
^ @shabab_alkhaleel_sc (24 November 2022). "صفقة العميد الثانية لمرحلة الإياب" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2 December 2022 – via Instagram.
^ Ilic, Gabriel (4 June 2023). "Comunal Cabrero sorprende en Tercera A y firma a seleccionado internacional para seguir avanzando en Copa Chile". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 June 2023.
^ "Four uncapped players in Palestine's Asian Cup qualifying squad". Football Palestine. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
^ "Edgardo Abdala y situación de su hijo Joaquín: En Huachipato lo obligaron a firmar con Felicevich". AlAireLibre.cl (in Spanish). Cooperativa. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ Joaquín Abdala at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

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