Maher Darwish: Former Bayern Munich youth joins Palestine national team

Palestine have called up professional defender Maher Darwish, 20, to join the senior national team for the Basra friendly tournament, in a preparatory move aimed at benefiting from his services with the Olympic team in the upcoming Asian qualifiers.

Drouich plays as a centre-back and previously progressed through the youth ranks of Bayern Munich before moving to Switzerland, where he currently plays for the second team of FC Zürich.

The call-up represents an important step in the player's international career, especially since he was close to representing the Libyan national team, given that he has the opportunity to play for more than one national team.

Palestinian national teams have previously tried to recruit Darwish, but the player postponed the step before now receiving his first call-up to represent the senior Palestine national team.