Khaled Kourdoghli

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Khaled Kourdoghli

| birth_name = Khaled Abdel Qader Kourdoghli

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|1|31}}

| birth_place = Latakia, Syria

| height = {{height|m=1.75}}

| position = Left-back

| currentclub = Erbil

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Tishreen

| years1 = 2016–2021 | clubs1 = Tishreen | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2021–2023 | clubs2 = Naft Al-Wasat | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 2023–2024 | clubs3 = Al-Wehdat | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 2024– | clubs4 = Erbil | caps4 = | goals4 =

| nationalyears1 = 2012

| nationalteam1 = Syria U16

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 2018–2020

| nationalteam2 = Syria U23

| nationalcaps2 = 9

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2019–

| nationalteam3 = Syria

| nationalcaps3 = 28

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| pcupdate = 06:15, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 25 March 2025

}}

Khaled Abdel Qader Kourdoghli ({{langx|ar|خالد كردغلي}}; born 31 January 1997) is a Syrian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Erbil and the Syria national team.

Club career

Kourdoghli began his senior career with the Syrian Premier League club Tishreen in 2016, and helped them win successive leagues in 2020 and 2021 after extending his contract on 31 January 2021.{{Cite web |url=https://thelevantnews.com/article/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%8A%D9%8F%D8%AF%D8%B9%D9%91%D9%85-%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%88%D9%81%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83 |title=تشرين يُدعّم صفوفه استعداداً للمشاركة الآسيوية |website=thelevantnews.com}} On 8 July 2021, he again extended his contract with Tishreen.{{Cite web |url=https://alwatan.sy/archives/265019 |title=الكردغلي يجدد لتشرين والحميشة يقترب |date=July 7, 2021 |website=صحيفة الوطن}} On 8 August 2021, he transferred to the Iraqi club Naft Al-Wasat.{{Cite web |url=https://almashhadalaraby.com/news/299463 |title=نفط الوسط العراقي يضم كردغلي من تشرين السوري |website=المشهد العربي}} On 18 July 2023, he moved to the Jordanian club Al-Wehdat.{{Cite web |url=https://royanews.tv/news/304333?1689694872 |title=الوحدات يعلن التعاقد رسمياً مع اللاعب السوري خالد كردغلي |website=رؤيا الأخباري}}

International career

Kourdoghli played for the Syria U23s at the 2018 Asian Games.{{Cite web |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/sports/uae-olympic-team-go-down-fighting-to-syria |title=UAE Olympic team go down fighting to Syria |first=James |last=Jose |website=Khaleej Times}} He first debuted for the senior Syria national team in a 5–2 friendly win over North Korea on 8 July 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/23660/Syria_North_Korea.html |title=Syria vs. North Korea |first=Benjamin |last=Strack-Zimmermann |website=www.national-football-teams.com}} He was called up to the national team for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.{{Cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.net/sport/2023/12/30/18-%d9%85%d8%ad%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%81%d8%a7-%d9%8a%d8%b9%d8%b2%d8%b2%d9%88%d9%86-%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%85%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%a8-%d8%b3%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a7-%d8%a8%d9%83%d8%a3%d8%b3 |title=18 محترفا يعززون قائمة منتخب سوريا بكأس أمم آسيا 2023 |website=الجزيرة نت}}

Personal life

Kourdoghli comes from a footballing family, as his grandfather Khaled, father Muhammad, uncles Abdul Kader, Ahmed, and Hisham Kourdoghli all played professional football in Syria.{{Cite web |url=https://lattakia.ortas.online/index.php?p=5&id=301 |title=خالد كردغلي لاعب تشرين: هدفنا الحفاظ على لقب دورة تشرين}} On 22 August 2023 he was married in Syria.{{Cite web |url=https://medianae.com/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF-%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%BA%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%B2/ |title=لاعب منتخب سوريا "خالد كردغلي" يحتفل بزواجه من الأنسة أليسار |first=Samer The |last=boss |date=August 23, 2022 |website=ميديانا – Mediana}}