Khalil Bader

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Khalil Bader

| image = 2020-21 Nejmeh vs Bourj 14 (Khalil Bader).jpg

| caption = Bader with Nejmeh in 2020

| fullname = Khalil Abdel Salam Bader{{GSA player|khalil-bader/170215|access-date=19 November 2022}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|07|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Barja, Lebanon

| height =

| position = Winger

| currentclub = Al-Yarmouk

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2017–2024

| clubs1 = Nejmeh

| caps1 = 101

| goals1 = 25

| years2 = 2018–2019

| clubs2 = → Chabab Ghazieh (loan)

| caps2 = 20

| goals2 = 6

| years3 = 2024

| clubs3 = Manama

| caps3 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2024–

| clubs4 = Al-Yarmouk

| caps4 = 6

| goals4 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2017

| nationalteam1 = Lebanon U19

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2019–2021

| nationalteam2 = Lebanon U23

| nationalcaps2 = 8

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| nationalyears3 = 2022–

| nationalteam3 = Lebanon

| nationalcaps3 = 12

| nationalgoals3 = 2

| club-update = 20:23, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 00:16, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

}}

Khalil Abdel Salam Bader ({{langx|ar|خليل عبد السلام بدر}}; born 27 July 1999) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a winger for Kuwait Premier League club Al-Yarmouk and the Lebanon national team.

Club career

=Nejmeh=

Bader was loaned out to Chabab Ghazieh by Nejmeh for the 2018–19 Lebanese Premier League.{{Cite web |date=2019-07-09 |title=خليل بدر نجم الأسبوع في الدوري اللبناني |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=780559 |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=كووورة |archive-date=14 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614150034/https://www.kooora.com/?n=780559 |url-status=live }} He finished the season as his team's top scorer,{{Cite web |date=2019-07-09 |title=تقرير كووورة: 5 نجوم ينتظرون إشارة منتخب لبنان |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=792879 |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=كووورة |archive-date=21 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121172822/https://www.kooora.com/?n=792879 |url-status=live }} with six goals and five assists.{{Cite web |date=2019-12-26 |title=منذر يتصدر المواهب اللبنانية في 2019 |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=880948 |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=كووورة |archive-date=21 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121172422/https://www.kooora.com/?n=880948 |url-status=live }}

In September 2019, Nejmeh renewed Bader's contract for an additional three years.{{Cite web |date=2019-09-11 |title=النجمة يضم آدمون شحادة |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=848467 |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=كووورة |archive-date=14 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614150033/https://www.kooora.com/?n=848467 |url-status=live }} In July 2020, Nejmeh officials confirmed that they had rejected an offer for Bader by Tunisian club ES Métlaoui.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-05 |title=النجمة يرفض عرضا تونسيا.. ويقترب من حارس الساحل |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=935886 |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=كووورة |archive-date=14 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614150036/https://www.kooora.com/?n=935886 |url-status=live }}

On 11 February 2023, Bader scored a hat-trick to help Nejmeh beat Shabab Sahel 4–1 in the 2022–23 Lebanese Premier League.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-11 |title=هاتريك خليل بدر يمنح النجمة فوزا غاليا أمام شباب الساحل |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1213899 |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=كووورة |archive-date=12 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612123104/https://www.kooora.com/?n=1213899 |url-status=live }} Following extensive negotiations, on 6 June 2023, Nejmeh renewed Bader's contract for three years.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-05 |title=خليل بدر يجدد عقده مع النجمة |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1245724 |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=كووورة |archive-date=12 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612123103/https://www.kooora.com/?n=1245724 |url-status=live }}

=Manama and Al-Yarmouk=

In August 2024, Bader joined Manama in the Bahraini Premier League.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-18 |title=خليل بدر المحترف الجديد في صفوف المنامة: لم أفكر مرتين في عرض المنامة |url=https://alwatannews.net/Sports/article/1120464/%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%88%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A3%D9%81%D9%83%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%B6-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9 |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Watan |language=Arabic}} He moved to Al-Yarmouk in Kuwait in December, after only four months.https://www.facebook.com/sportsign.lb/posts/pfbid029DKMbnz4SCc4QkeVEm7gF2xRggxd3kWyprA91hVgrebKgRDCoSPNmfnLkw9EeTr9l

International career

In 2019, Bader was called up to play for the Lebanon national under-23 team. He made his senior debut for the Lebanon national team on 19 November 2022, as a substitute in a 2–0 friendly defeat to Kuwait in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=19 November 2022 |title= |script-title=ar:لبنان خسر وديًّا امام الكويت، ومعتوق خاض مباراته رقم 100 مع المنتخب |trans-title=Lebanon lost a friendly against Kuwait, and Maatouk played his 100th match with the national team |url=https://the-lfa.com/fg-lebxkuw-191122/ |access-date=20 November 2022 |website=Lebanese Football Association |language=ar |archive-date=19 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119193057/https://the-lfa.com/fg-lebxkuw-191122/ |url-status=dead }} On 22 June 2023, Bader scored his first international goal for Lebanon, in a 2–0 win against Bangladesh in the 2023 SAFF Championship.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-22 |title=بالصور.. لبنان يهزم بنجلاديش ببطولة جنوب آسيا |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1249538 |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=كووورة}}

Style of play

Bader was noted as one of Lebanon's most promising talents in his youth.{{Cite web |date=2020-05-12 |title=تقرير كووورة: 5 واعدين يهددون الكبار في الدوري اللبناني |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=922815 |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=كووورة |archive-date=14 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614150034/https://www.kooora.com/?n=922815 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2019-07-09 |title=كووورة يستعرض أبرز أسلحة الأولمبي اللبناني قبل التصفيات الآسيوية |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=798726 |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=كووورة |archive-date=14 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614150033/https://www.kooora.com/?n=798726 |url-status=live }} He is a versatile forward who can also play as a winger.

Career statistics

= International =

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+Appearances and goals by national team and year
rowspan="2" \|Lebanon \|2022	2	0
2023	10	2
colspan="2" \|Total !12	2

:Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bader goal.

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of international goals scored by Khalil Bader
scope="col"\|No. !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Venue !scope="col"\|Opponent !scope="col"\|Score !scope="col"\|Result !scope="col"\|Competition
align="center"\|1 \|{{dts\|22 June 2023}} \|Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore, India \|{{fb\|BAN}} \|align="center"\|2–0 \|align="center"\|2–0 \|2023 SAFF Championship
align="center"\|2 \|{{dts\|25 June 2023}} \|Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore, India \|{{fb\|BHU}} \|align="center"\|3–0 \|align="center"\|4–1 \|2023 SAFF Championship

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Khalil Bader

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|1

|{{dts|22 June 2023}}

|Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore, India