Assaf Khalifa

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| name = Assaf Khalifa

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1968}}

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| height = 1.78 m

| position = Forward

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| years1 = 1988–1993 | clubs1 = 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 | caps7 = | goals7 =

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Assaf Khalifa ({{langx|ar|عساف خليفة}}; born 1968) is a Syrian former footballer who played as a forward.{{FootballFacts.ru|1017}}

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.

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.kooora.com/?player=19205|title=عساف خليفة - Assaf Khalifa|work=kooora|language=Arabic}}