Youssef Kalfa

Youssef Kalfa (Arabic: يوسف قلفا‎; born 14 May 1993) is a Syrian professional footballer who currently plays for Al-Fahaheel, which competes in Kuwaiti's top tier the Kuwait Premier League, and the Syrian national football team.[2]

Youssef Kalfa
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-05-14) 14 May 1993
Place of birth Hama, Syria[1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder / Winger
Club information
Current team
 Al-Fahaheel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Taliya
2015–2017 Al-Jaish
2017–2018 Al-Nasr 8 (1)
2018 Emirates 10 (0)
2018–2019 Al-Hazem 17 (0)
2019 Al-Qadisiyah 9 (0)
2019–2020 Al-Arabi 2 (0)
2020– Al-Fahaheel
National team‡
2014-2016 Syria U-23
2016– Syria 23 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 April 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 March 2019

Career

2018-19

He started the season with Al-Hazem and he was key player in the team. But he decided to move to Al-Qadsiah FC in the middle of the season for personal reasons.[3]

International career

Kalfa made his first senior international appearance in a friendly in and against Tajikistan on 27 August 2016, having substituted Hamid Mido in the 56th minute.[4]

He was part of 6 matches in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.

He participated in 2019 AFC Asian Cup and he was part of the first two matches against Palestine and Jordan.

International goals
Scores and results list Syria's goal tally first. [5]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.16 November 2018Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman Oman1–11–1Friendly
2.20 November 2018Ali Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Al Farwaniyah, Kuwait Kuwait2–02–1

Honours
Al-Jaish

Syrian Premier League (1):[5] 2015–16

References
  1. "Youssef Kalfa" (in German). weltfussball.de. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  2. https://us.soccerway.com/players/yousef-kalfa/295361/
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUge8-ZWDjQ
  4. "Tajikistan vs. Syria (0:0)". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  5. "Youssef Kalfa". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 June 2017.


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