Youssef Kalfa

Youssef Kalfa (Arabic: يوسف قلفا; born 14 May 1993) is a Syrian professional footballer who plays for Al-Taliya and the Syria national team.^[2]

Youssef Kalfa

Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-05-14) 14 May 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Hama, Syria[1]
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team	Al-Taliya
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2015	Taliya
2015–2017	Al-Jaish
2017–2018	Al-Nasr	8	(1)
2018	Emirates	10	(0)
2018–2019	Al-Hazem	17	(0)
2019	Al-Qadisiyah	9	(0)
2019–2020	Al-Arabi	2	(0)
2020	Al-Fahaheel
2020–2021	Hutteen
2021–2022	Al-Wahda
2022–	Al-Taliya
International career‡
2014-2016	Syria U-23
2016–	Syria	23	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 April 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 March 2019

Club career

Kalfa started the 2018–19 season with Al-Hazem and he was key player in the team. But he decided to move to Al-Qadsiah FC in the middle of the season for personal reasons.^[3]

International career

Kalfa made his first senior international appearance for the Syria national team in a friendly in and against Tajikistan on 27 August 2016, having substituted Hamid Mido in the 56th minute.^[4]

He was part of 6 matches in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.

He participated in 2019 AFC Asian Cup and he was part of the first two matches against Palestine and Jordan.

Career statistics

Scores and results list Syria's goal tally first. ^[5]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 November 2018	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman	Oman	1–1	1–1	Friendly

Honours

Al-Jaish

• Syrian Premier League:^[5] 2015–16