Khaled Zakaria

Zakaria was called up to various Jordanian youth national teams during his career. During the 2021 WAFF U-23 Championship final against Saudi Arabia, Zakaria suffered a tibia fracture after coming on as a second-half substitute.^[9] Jordan U-23's would later win their first WAFF U-23 Championship that day.^[10] Zakaria would initially have his surgery done in Amman,^[11][12] then complete his rehabilitation process at Aspire Academy in Doha.^[13] Allegations around the medical records of his injury were made by Zakaria's father, which led to the Jordan Football Association issuing a statement denouncing the allegations.^[14][15] On 12 June 2022, Zakaria would complete another surgery at Aspire Academy in Doha, where he would complete a new rehabilitation process.^[16] He would wait until December 2022 to return to the pitch.^[17]

Despite having been noted for having a successful club season, Zakaria was notably not called up to Jordan's training camp in July 2024.^[18][19] Jamal Sellami insisted to the Jordanian media that his exclusion was not for any past malice between the player and the federation, but was for his name not being included in past senior national team records, and would welcome him to the ranks of the national team.^[20][21][22]

Zakaria would get his call-up to the Jordan national football team on 23 August 2024, with a set of training camps against North Korea.^[23] However, Zakaria was unable to make the cut to Jordan's final roster.^[24]

• Khaled Zakaria at Soccerway