Adel Al Chadli
Swiss-Yemeni footballer (born 2000)
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Adel Wgdan Mahmood Al Chadli (Arabic: عَادِل وَجْدَان مَحْمُود الشَّاذِلِيّ; born 13 April 2000) is a Yemeni footballer who plays for Al-Fujairah as a winger.
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Al Chadli in Shabab Al-Ahli training in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adel Wgdan Mahmood Al Chadli[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 April 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Aden, Yemen[1] | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Fujairah | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2013 | Montreux-Sports | ||
| 2014–2016 | Al Ahli | ||
| 2016 | Lausanne-Sport | ||
| 2016–2018 | Sion | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | Sion II | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2024 | Shabab Al-Ahli | 6 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Ittihad Kalba (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Emirates | ||
| 2025– | Al-Fujairah | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 April 2023 | |||
Early life
Al Chadli was born in Aden, Yemen, but moved to Switzerland as a child. He is the son of former South Yemen and Yemen international footballer Wagdan Shadli, while his brother, Wajd Al Chadli, also plays football, and formerly played for Sion.[3]
Club career
Al Chadli began his footballing career with Swiss side Montreux-Sports at the age of six, where he reportedly attracted offers from English side Manchester United, as well as French sides Olympique Lyonnais and Paris Saint-Germain.[4] He spent a short period of time training with Lyon in 2012.[5] In 2014, he moved to the United Arab Emirates to join Al Ahli.[6] He returned to Switzerland and joined Lausanne-Sport for a short stint, before joining Sion, where he featured once for the club's reserve team in the 2017–18 season.[1]
He returned to the United Arab Emirates in 2018, joining UAE Pro League side Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai.[7] After impressive performances with Al-Ahli's youth teams, scoring twenty goals in forty-four games, he was invited to trial with Spanish side Barcelona in 2019.[7][8]
The following year, after a handful of appearances for Al-Ahli, he suffered an injury to his right metatarsal, which required surgery in April 2021.[9]
In August 2022, he signed with fellow UAE Pro League side Ittihad Kalba on a season-long loan.[10]
International career
Al Chadli was called up to the Switzerland under-18 team in 2018.[6] In doing so, he became the first Yemeni footballer to become naturalised and feature for a European team.[11]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sion II | 2017–18 | Swiss Promotion League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai | 2018–19 | UAE Pro League | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | 4 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Ittihad Kalba | 2022–23 | UAE Pro League | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Career total | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
- Notes
- Appearances in the UAE League Cup