Youssef Kalfa (Arabic: يوسف قلفا; born 14 May 1993) is a Syrian professional footballer who plays for Al-Taliya and the Syria national team.[2]

Youssef Kalfa
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-05-14) 14 May 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Hama, Syria[1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
Al-Taliya
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
2020–2021 Hutteen
2021–2022 Al-Wahda
2022– Al-Taliya
International career
2014-2016 Syria U-23
2016– Syria 23 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 April 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2019

Club career

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Kalfa started the 2018–19 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

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Kalfa made his first senior international appearance for the Syria national team 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.

Career statistics

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Scores and results list Syria's goal tally first. [5]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 16 November 2018 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman   Oman 1–1 1–1 Friendly

Honours

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Al-Jaish

References

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  1. ^ Youssef Kalfa at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Syria - Yousef Qalfa - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.
  3. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: يوسف قلفا يكشف سبب النتائج المخيبة للمنتخب السوري في كأس آسيا. YouTube.
  4. ^ "Tajikistan vs. Syria (0:0)". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Youssef Kalfa". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
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