Mohammed Barakat (footballer)

Mohammed Barakat
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-06-22)22 June 1984
Place of birth Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Palestine
Date of death 11 March 2024(2024-03-11) (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 (Arabic: محمد بركات; 22 June 1984 – 11 March 2024) 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). Prior to his death, the last club he played for was Ahly Gaza in the Gaza Strip Premier League. The breakout of Gaza 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.