Assaf Khalifa

{{Short description|Syrian footballer (born 1968)}} {{Infobox football biography | image = | name = Assaf Khalifa | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1968}} | birth_place = | height = 1.78 m | position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] | currentclub = | clubnumber = | years1 = 1988–1993 | clubs1 = [[Al-Wahda SC Damascus|Al-Wahda SC]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1993–1994 | clubs2 = [[CS Sfaxien]] | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1994 | clubs3 = [[FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi]] | caps3 = 21 | goals3 = 6 | years4 = 1995–1997 | clubs4 = [[Nejmeh SC]] | caps4 = | goals4 = | 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 | clubs7 = [[Al-Wahda SC Damascus|Al-Wahda SC]] | caps7 = | goals7 = | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }} '''Assaf Khalifa''' ({{langx|ar|عساف خليفة}}; born 1968) is a Syrian former [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]].<ref>{{FootballFacts.ru|1017}}</ref> ==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 (Syria)|Al-Wahda SC]], Lebanon: [[Al Mabarra Club|Al-Mabarrah]], [[Salam Zgharta FC|Salam Zgharta]] and [[Bekaa SC|Al Nabi Sheet]], Jordan: [[That Ras Club]], and Oman: [[Oman Club]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kooora.com/?player=19205|title=عساف خليفة - Assaf Khalifa|work=kooora|language=Arabic}}</ref>

==Honours== '''Individual''' * [[List of Syrian Premier League top scorers|Syrian Premier League top goalscorer]]: [[1992–93 Syrian Premier League|1992–93]] * [[List of Lebanese Premier League top scorers|Lebanese Premier League top goalscorer]]: [[1995–96 Lebanese Premier League|1995–96]]

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