{{short description|Swiss-Yemeni footballer (born 2000)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Adel Al Chadli |image = AdelAlchadli.jpg |caption = Al Chadli in Shabab Al-Ahli training in 2020 |fullname = Adel Wgdan Mahmood Al Chadli<ref name=wf>{{WorldFootball.net|adel-al-chadli}}</ref> |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|4|13|df=y}} |birth_place = Aden, Yemen<ref name=wf/> |height = 1.71 m<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uaeproleague.ae/en/player/adeel-wgdan-mahmood-alchadli/adnoc-pro-league-2 |title=Adel Al Chadli |publisher=UAE Pro League |access-date=15 July 2023}}</ref> |position = Winger |currentclub = Al-Fujairah |clubnumber = 10 |youthyears1 = 2006–2013 |youthclubs1 = Montreux-Sports |youthyears2 = 2014–2016 |youthclubs2 = Al Ahli |youthyears3 = 2016 |youthclubs3 = Lausanne-Sport |youthyears4 = 2016–2018 |youthclubs4 = Sion |years1 = 2018 |clubs1 = Sion II |caps1 = 1 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2018–2024 |clubs2 = Shabab Al-Ahli |caps2 = 6 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 2022–2023 |clubs3 = → Ittihad Kalba (loan) |caps3 = 3 |goals3 = 0 |years4 = 2024–2025 |clubs4 = Emirates |caps4 = |goals4 = |years5 = 2025– |clubs5 = Al-Fujairah |caps5 = |goals5 = |nationalyears1 = |nationalteam1 = |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 = |club-update = 7 April 2023 |nationalteam-update = }} '''Adel Wgdan Mahmood Al Chadli''' ({{langx|ar|عَادِل وَجْدَان مَحْمُود الشَّاذِلِيّ}}; born 13 April 2000) is a Yemeni footballer who plays for Al-Fujairah as a winger.
==Early life== Al Chadli was born in Aden, Yemen, but moved to Switzerland as a child. He is the son of former South Yemen and Yemen international footballer Wagdan Shadli, while his brother, Wajd Al Chadli, also plays football, and formerly played for Sion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yemeninews.net/show98815.html|title=المنتخب السويسري لكرة القدم يخطف اليمني عادل وجدان الشاذلي|trans-title=The Swiss national football team kidnaps Yemeni Adel Wgdan Al Chadli|date=30 November 2018|access-date=7 April 2023|website=yemeninews.net|language=Arabic}}</ref>
==Club career== Al Chadli began his footballing career with Swiss side Montreux-Sports at the age of six, where he reportedly attracted offers from English side Manchester United, as well as French sides Olympique Lyonnais and Paris Saint-Germain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yemenisport.com/print/603027|title=برق يماني يلمع في سماء فرنسا:عادل الشاذلي..زئير "شبل" في عرين "أسد"!!!(شاهد الفيديو)|trans-title=Yemeni lightning shining in the sky of France: Adel Al Chadli..the roar of a "cub" in the den of a "lion"!!! (Watch the video)|access-date=7 April 2023|website=yemenisport.com|language=Arabic}}</ref> He spent a short period of time training with Lyon in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://akhbaralyom.net/news_details.php?sid=55108|title=نادي ليون الفرنسي مهتم بــ وجد وعادل وجدان الشادلي|trans-title=The French Lyon club is interested in Wajd and Adel Wgdan Al Chadli|date=4 June 2012|access-date=7 April 2023|website=akhbaralyom.net|language=Arabic}}</ref> In 2014, he moved to the United Arab Emirates to join Al Ahli.<ref name=ala>{{cite web|url=https://www.alayyam.info/news/7BIGPOEH-CCVIAT|title=عادل وجدان شاذلي ينضم للمنتخب السويسري|trans-title=Adel Wgdan Al Chadli joins the Swiss national team|date=6 March 2018|access-date=7 April 2023|website=alayyam.info|language=Arabic}}</ref> He returned to Switzerland and joined Lausanne-Sport for a short stint, before joining Sion, where he featured once for the club's reserve team in the 2017–18 season.<ref name=wf/>
He returned to the United Arab Emirates in 2018, joining UAE Pro League side Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai.<ref name=alb>{{cite web|url=https://www.albayan.ae/sports/emirates/2021-12-29-1.4335295|title=وجدان يستعد لتجربة أوروبية بعد النجاح مع "الفرسان"|trans-title=Wgdan is preparing for a European experience after the success with the "Al-Fursan"|date=29 December 2021|access-date=7 April 2023|website=albayan.ae|language=Arabic}}</ref> After impressive performances with Al-Ahli's youth teams, scoring twenty goals in forty-four games, he was invited to trial with Spanish side Barcelona in 2019.<ref name=alb/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://akhbaralyom.net/news_details.php?sid=114363|title=شاذلي: برشلونة راقبني في إسبانيا|trans-title=Al Chadli: Barcelona watched me in Spain|date=21 August 2019|access-date=7 April 2023|website=akhbaralyom.net|language=Arabic}}</ref>
The following year, after a handful of appearances for Al-Ahli, he suffered an injury to his right metatarsal, which required surgery in April 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marsad.news/news/131681|title=عادل شاذلي يخضع لعملية جراحية|trans-title=Al Chadli undergoes surgery|date=12 April 2021|access-date=7 April 2023|website=marsad.news|language=Arabic}}</ref>
In August 2022, he signed with fellow UAE Pro League side Ittihad Kalba on a season-long loan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jomhooor.com/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%8A%D8%B6%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A5%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9|title=اتحاد كلباء يضم اليمني وجدان "إعارة"|trans-title=Ittihad Kalba includes the Yemeni Wgdan, "on loan"|date=25 August 2022|access-date=7 April 2023|website=jomhooor.com|language=Arabic}}</ref>
==International career== Al Chadli was called up to the Switzerland under-18 team in 2018.<ref name=ala/> In doing so, he became the first Yemeni footballer to become naturalised and feature for a European team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.almashhad-alyemeni.com/print~105986|title=حصري: بالصورة.. أول لاعب يمني يتم تجنيسه وانضمامه بمنتخب أوربي|trans-title=Exclusive: In the picture, the first Yemeni player to be naturalized and join a European team|date=15 March 2018|access-date=7 April 2023|website=almashhad-alyemeni.com|language=Arabic}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Club=== {{updated|7 April 2023}}<ref name=wf/><ref>{{Soccerway|adeel-alchadli/567479}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan=2|Club !rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|Cup !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Sion II |2017–18 |Swiss Promotion League |1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |rowspan="5"|Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai |2018–19 |rowspan="4"|UAE Pro League |2||0||2{{efn|name=ULC|Appearances in the UAE League Cup}}||0||0||0||4||0 |- |2019–20 |4||0||3{{efn|name=ULC}}||0||0||0||7||0 |- |2020–21 |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2021–22 |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- ! colspan="2" |'''Total''' !6!!0!!5!!0!!0!!0!!11!!0 |- |Ittihad Kalba |2022–23 |UAE Pro League |2||0||1{{efn|name=ULC}}||0||0||0||3||0 |- ! colspan="3" |'''Career total''' !9!!0!!6!!0!!0!!0!!15!!0 |} ;Notes {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Fujairah SC squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chadli, Adel}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Swiss people of Yemeni descent Category:Yemeni men's footballers Category:21st-century Yemeni sportsmen Category:Men's association football wingers Category:Shabab Al Ahli Club players Category:FC Lausanne-Sport players Category:FC Sion players Category:Kalba FC players Category:Emirates Club players Category:Fujairah FC players Category:UAE Pro League players Category:UAE First Division League players Category:Yemeni expatriate men's footballers Category:Yemeni expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates