Monir Al Badarin
Association football player (born 2005)
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Monir Al Badarin (Arabic: منير البدارين; Bulgarian: Монир Ал Бадарин; born 8 July 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spartak Pleven. Born in Bulgaria, he represents Palestine internationally.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 July 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Stara Zagora, Bulgaria[1] | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Spartak Pleven | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | Rozova Dolina Kazanlak | ||
| 2016–2020 | Beroe Stara Zagora | ||
| 2020–2021 | Spartak Pleven | ||
| 2021 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | ||
| 2021–2022 | Botev Plovdiv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Botev Plovdiv II | 36 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Botev Plovdiv | 2 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Shabab Alsamu | ||
| 2024 | Rozova Dolina | ||
| 2024– | Spartak Pleven | 32 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Bulgaria U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2022– | Palestine U20 | 7 | (3) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 09:40, 15 October 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 07:47, 5 July 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Al Badarin was born in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.[3] He started his youth career at an early age at Rozova Dolina Kazanlak, before playing four years for Beroe Stara Zagora and one year for Beroe Stara Zagora.[3] After a short stay at Pirin Blagoevgrad, Al Badarin was signed by Botev Plovdiv.[3]
His performances at the youth level caught the attention of senior head coach Azrudin Valentić, who called him up to the winter camp with the first team.[3] On 1 February 2022, Al Badrin signed his first professional contract with Botev Plovdiv.[3] He became a regular for the reserve team, before making his debut with the first team on 22 May 2022, in the last match of the 2021–22 First League season against Slavia Sofia.[4] Monir left Botev on 5 July 2023 after mutual agreement.[5]
International career
Born in Bulgaria, Monir is also eligible to Palestine at the international level due to his origins.[3] He was called up for Bulgaria U17 team in April 2021.[6] In July 2022, he joined Palestine U20 and made his debut on 17 July, scoring a goal in a friendly match against Oman U20.[7] He scored once again on 26 July, in a match against Sudan U20.[8]
Style of play
Al Badrin can play as either a midfielder or forward.[9]
Career statistics
- As of 5 July 2023
| Club | Season | League | Bulgarian Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Botev Plovdiv II | 2021–22 | Second League | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | 12 | 2 | |||
| 2022–23 | 24 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | ||
| Botev Plovdiv | 2021–22 | First League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2 | ||