Khaled Khalaf

{{short description|Kuwaiti footballer (born 1983)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Khaled Khalaf | image = | image_size = 180 | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|8|15}} | birth_place = [[Kuwait City]], [[Kuwait]] | height = 1.80 m | position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]], [[Midfielder#Winger|Winger]] | currentclub = [[Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)|Al Arabi]] | years1 = 2003–2016 | clubs1 = [[Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)|Al Arabi]] | caps1 = ?| goals1 = 66  | totalcaps = ?| totalgoals = 66 | nationalyears1 = 2005–2011 | nationalteam1 = [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]] | nationalcaps1 = 30 | nationalgoals1 = 5 | club-update = 8:51, June 3, 2013 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = January 22, 2011 }}

'''Khaled Ahmad Khalaf Matar''' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arabiclub.net/site/index.php?go=players&more=4|publisher=Al-Arabi sporting club|title=website official profile|accessdate=May 21, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?player=8275|publisher=Kooora.com|title=Kooora football player profile(KUW)|accessdate=May 21, 2014}}</ref> ({{langx|ar|خَالِد أَحْمَد خَلَف مَطَر}}; born August 15, 1983, in [[Kuwait City]]) is a [[Kuwait]]i [[association football|footballer]] who plays in Attack for [[Kuwaiti Premier League]] club [[Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)|Al Arabi]] and the [[Kuwait national football team]] with his brothers in [[Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)|Al-Arabi]] Khalaf Ahmed Khalaf and Ali Khalaf.

He played for '''Al-Arabi''' in the [[2007 AFC Champions League]] group stage.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=ESPN Soccernet|title=Match: Zawra vs Al-Arabi|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=214968&cc=5901|date=2007-05-09|access-date=2010-02-24|archive-date=2012-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020193154/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=214968&cc=5901|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He is away from football for {{frac|2|1|2}} seasons due to injury in his leg and has returned to football in [[Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)|Al-Arabi Sporting Club]] in season 2014-15.

==Youth career== Khalid started his youth career in [[Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)|Al-Arabi SC]] which he scored many goals for the team and moved on to the 1st team with [[Ali Maqseed]] and many other player from the youth team.

==Career== After he joined the first team he was a fantastic sub for the coach where he used to substitute him when the team is down or tied he would score with [[Firas Al-Khatib]].

===(2006-07)=== But Khaled truly made his dominance in Kuwaiti Football in the 2006-2007 season when he scored 2 goals against [[Qadsia SC]]. through that season, by scoring in the Final against [[Kazma Sporting Club]]in the [[Kuwait Crown Cup|Kuwait Crown Prince Cup]] and Crowning them champions for the '''5th''' time and his first.

===2007-08=== In 2007-08 Khaled scored 14 goals that season through the league and 3 domestic cups but won the [[Kuwait Emir Cup]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?c=3211|publisher=Koora.com|title=Al-Arabi Emir Cup Champs (15th)|accessdate=May 21, 2008}}</ref> At the end of the season.

===2008-09=== In 2008-09 Khaled scored 7 goals all season which he was one of the starting players in the team and [[Kuwait national football team]] he won the [[Kuwait Super Cup]] at the start of the season and scored 2 goals in the Classico through that Al-Arabi SC have struggled in the league by going down to 5th position and going out from [[Kuwait Crown Cup|Kuwait Crown Prince Cup]] by losing to [[Al Jahra SC|Al-Jahra SC]] 3–2 but made it to the [[Kuwait Emir Cup]] Final but lost 2–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?c=4440|publisher=Koora.com|title=Al-Arabi Emir Cup final lose|accessdate=May 18, 2009}}</ref>

===2009-10=== After [[Firas Al-Khatib]] left the club to join their rivals [[Qadsia SC]] Al-Arabi SC had a struggle through the year as finishing 6th in the league and as runner up to the Crown Cup while Khaled scored 7 goals that season.

===2010-11===

Khaled played half the season until the Waff Cup with the international team he got injured in his knee where he couldn't play the whole season

===2011-14===

After his recovery he came back and won The [[Kuwait Crown Prince Cup]] but after that his knee got injured again and was spelled out for {{frac|2|1|2}} seasons from the club but all championship the club won was added to his career since he was part of the team.

===2014-15=== THE GREAT RETURN as of the 2014–15 season Khaled returned and was fully healthy to play again but he played 1 game with the reserves and it was against [[Burgan SC]] he played 45 minutes only with one assist and never played a game after those 45 minutes. and Took another injury after that match in his foot which ruled him out for {{frac|1|1|2}} months and returned to play the last 8 mins against [[Al Nasr SC (Kuwait)|Al-Naser SC]] in the 2–1 win in the Reserves league. And was crowned champions of the [[Kuwait Crown Prince Cup]] for the third time in his career and the seventh for his team.

His Cup return was vs [[Kazma SC]] in [[Kuwait Federation Cup]] group-stage match 1–1.<ref>{{cite AV media |url-status = live |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/REb4uvrhkV0 |archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REb4uvrhkV0 |title = أهداف مباراة العربي 1-1 كاظمة HD {{!}} كأس الاتحاد الكويتي (الجولة 4) |website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==International goals== {| class="wikitable" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1 || December 20, 2008 || [[Kuwait]] || {{fb|Egypt}} || 2-1 || Win || [[Friendly match|Friendly]] |- | 2 || January 10, 2009 || [[Oman]] || {{fb|Iraq}} || 1-1 || Draw || [[Arabian Gulf Cup]] |- | 3 || January 20, 2009 || [[Kuwait]] || {{fb|Turkmenistan}} || 2-0 || Win || [[Friendly match|Friendly]] |- | 4 || September 3, 2010 || [[Kuwait]] || {{fb|Syria}} || 3-0 || Win || [[Friendly match|Friendly]] |- | 5 || November 14, 2010 || [[Abu Dhabi]] || {{fb|India}} || 9-1 || Win || [[Friendly match|Friendly]] |- |}

==Honors==

'''Al Arabi''' *[[Kuwaiti Premier League|VIVA Premier League]]: 2001–02 *[[Kuwait Emir Cup]]: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08 *[[Kuwait Crown Cup|Kuwait Crown Prince Cup]]: 2006–07, 2011–12, 2014–15 *[[Kuwait Super Cup]]: 2008, 2012 *[[Kuwait Federation Cup]]: 2013–14

'''Kuwait''' *[[Arabian Gulf Cup]]: 2010 *[[West Asian Football Federation Championship]]: 2010

'''Individual''' *[[Kuwait Super Cup]] top scorer: 2008

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{NFT player|pid=11544}}

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