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Assaf Khalifa

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Assaf Khalifa
Personal information
Date of birth 1968 (age 55–56)
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1993 Al-Wahda SC
1993–1994 CS Sfaxien
1994 FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi 21 (6)
1995–1997 Nejmeh SC
1998 FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi 1 (0)
1998FC Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi (loan) 6 (5)
1998–2001 Al-Wahda SC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Assaf Khalifa (Arabic: عساف خليفة; born 1968) is a Syrian former footballer who played as a forward.[1]

Club career

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Khalifa was the first foreign player from outside the former USSR in the Russian Football Premier League when he joined FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi in 1994.

Managerial career

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After retirement as a player, he went to coaching in Syria: Al-Nidal SC and Al-Wahda SC, Lebanon: Al-Mabarrah, Salam Zgharta and Al Nabi Sheet, Jordan: That Ras Club, and Oman: Oman Club.[2]

Honours

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Individual

References

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  1. ^ Assaf Khalifa at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
  2. ^ "عساف خليفة - Assaf Khalifa". kooora (in Arabic).