Assaf Khalifa Explained

Assaf Khalifa
Height:1.78 m
Position:Forward
Years1:1988–1993
Years2:1993–1994
Clubs2:CS Sfaxien
Years3:1994
Clubs3:FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi
Caps3:21
Goals3:6
Years4:1995–1997
Clubs4:Nejmeh SC
Years5:1998
Clubs5:FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi
Caps5:1
Goals5:0
Years6:1998
Clubs6:→ FC Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi (loan)
Caps6:6
Goals6:5
Years7:1998–2001

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

Club career

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

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.[1]

Honours

Individual

Notes and References

  1. Web site: عساف خليفة - Assaf Khalifa. kooora. Arabic.