Assaf Khalifa

Assaf Khalifa

Personal information
Date of birth	1968 (age 55–56)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1993	Al-Wahda SC
1993–1994	CS Sfaxien
1994	FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi	21	(6)
1995–1997	Nejmeh SC
1998	FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi	1	(0)
1998	→ FC Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi (loan)	6	(5)
1998–2001	Al-Wahda SC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Honours

Individual

• Lebanese Premier League top goalscorer: 1995–96