Suleiman Obeid

Suleiman Ahmed Zaid Obeid, also spelled Sulaiman Al-Obaid (Arabic: سليمان العبيد; 24 March 1984 – 6 August 2025), was a Palestinian international footballer who played as a forward and winger in the Gaza Strip Premier League and one season in the Gaza Strip First Division. Obeid was also known as the "Palestinian Pelé", after the Brazilian footballer.

Suleiman Obeid spent his entire career playing in the Gaza Strip, and he joined the academy of Khadamat Al-Shatea in 2005. He then debuted for the senior team in 2007. He left in 2009 to join Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari where he won the 2010–11 Gaza Strip Premier League title and was a runner-up in the 2012 AFC President's Cup; he scored twice in the competition on 28 September 2012 during the 5–1 victory against Khan Research Laboratories in the second group stage.

He rejoined Khadamat Al-Shatea during the 2013–14 season before joining Gaza Sport ahead of the 2014–15 season. He scored 29 goals for Gaza Sport before he joined Khadamat Al-Shatea again in 2016.

Obeid was the Gaza Strip Premier League top scorer during the 2016–17 season with fifteen goals. He finished as a league runner-up during 2019–20 and stayed with the club as they were relegated to the Gaza Strip First Division in June 2022. He was part of the team which won promotion back to the Gaza Strip Premier League after finishing as runners-up in the 2022–23 Gaza Strip First Division, and he retired after club football was suspended in Palestine on 7 October 2023 due to the Gaza war; in his final season, he played all six matches of the shortened 2023–24 Palestine Professional League.

Across his club career, Obeid scored 151 league goals.

Obeid debuted for Palestine on 18 June 2007 during the 1–0 loss against Iraq at the 2007 WAFF Championship, and he scored his first international goal on 27 September 2010 during the 2–1 loss against Yemen at the 2010 WAFF Championship.

He also represented Palestine during the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification and the 2014 World Cup qualifying.

On 6 August 2025, Obeid was shot and killed by Israeli forces in Gaza while waiting for humanitarian aid alongside other civilians, according to the Palestinian Football Association. He was survived by his wife and five children.

Only league statistics are known.

Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Obeid goal.

Khadamat Al-Shatea

• Gaza Strip Premier League: runner-up 2019–20; third place 2009–10
• Gaza Strip First Division: runner-up 2022–23

Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari

• Gaza Strip Premier League: 2010–11
• AFC President's Cup runners-up: 2012

Individual

• Gaza Strip Premier League top scorer: 2016–17