Daniel Mustafá

Daniel Mustafá
Personal information
Full name Daniel Kabir Mustafá
Date of birth (1984-08-02) 2 August 1984
Place of birth Bell Ville, Argentina
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Ñublense
Number 19
Youth career
1998–2003 Talleres Córdoba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2004–2006 Talleres Córdoba 8 (0)
2005–2006 → Racing Córdoba (loan) 25 (0)
2007 Alumni 8 (3)
2007–2008 Ben Hur 29 (2)
2008–2009 Estrela Amadora 15 (0)
2009–2010 Huesca 1 (0)
2010 Belenenses 10 (1)
2010–2011 Tigre 2 (0)
2011–2012 Independiente José Terán 17 (0)
2012 Boca Unidos 4 (0)
2013–2014 San Marcos Arica 39 (4)
2014–2015 Atlético Venezuela 30 (3)
2015– Ñublense 10 (0)
National team‡
2012– Palestine 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 November 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 December 2013

Daniel Kabir Mustafá (born 2 August 1984) is a Palestinian footballer who plays for Chilean club Ñublense as a central defender. He also holds Italian citizenship.

Club career

The son of a father of Palestinian descent and a mother of Italian and Spanish ancestries,[1] Mustafá was born in Bell Ville, Córdoba. He started his playing career in the lower leagues of Argentine football, representing in succession Córdoba province clubs Talleres de Córdoba, Racing de Córdoba and Alumni de Villa María.

In 2008 he played for another modest side, Club Sportivo Ben Hur of Rafaela, and had his first abroad experience in the following summer, with Portugal's C.F. Estrela da Amadora, where he appeared in half of the Primeira Liga matches as his team was relegated due to irregularities.

Mustafa's next stop was in Spain, with Segunda División club SD Huesca. There, he only appeared in one (incomplete) match, and was released in mid-January 2010 after reporting later than expected from the Christmas break,[2] returning to the other country in the Iberian Peninsula as he joined league strugglers C.F. Os Belenenses, also Lisbon-based.

On 14 June 2010, after suffering another top flight relegation in Portugal, Mustafá returned to Argentina, moving to Primera División team Club Atlético Tigre.[3] In January 2013, after brief spells with Independiente José Terán and Boca Unidos, he joined San Marcos de Arica in the Chilean Primera División.[4]

In spite of his team's relegation Mustafá continued with the club but, in April 2014, returned to his homeland after the 8.2 earthquake.[5]

International career

In 2006, talks between Mustafá and the Palestinian Football Association in order for the former to represent the latter's national team took place, but no agreement was reached. Finally, he was selected for the squad that competed in the 2012 WAFF Championship, gaining his first cap on 8 December in a 1–2 loss against Kuwait.[6]

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