Jamal Al-Khatib

Jamal Al-Khatib
Personal information
Full name Jamal Sobhi Abdel-Hafiz Al-Khatib
Date of birth (1952-12-12) 12 December 1952
Place of birth Beirut, Lebanon
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Forward
Youth career
1962–1965 Ansar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1969 Ansar
1971Khaitan (loan)
1970–1991 Nejmeh
1975Al-Esteqlal (loan)
International career
1967 Palestine
1971 Lebanon 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jamal Sobhi Abdel-Hafiz Al-Khatib (Arabic: جمال صبحي عبد الحافظ الخطيب, born 12 December 1952) is a footballer who played as a forward.

Born in Lebanon, he played for the Palestine and Lebanon national teams. Because of his speed and technical prowess, he was nicknamed "the Gazelle" and is most remembered for his tenure with Nejmeh in the 1970s and 1980s.