Radwan Kalaji
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mohamad Radwan Kalaji | ||
| Date of birth | 19 January 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Aleppo, Syria | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Jaish | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2010 | Al-Ittihad | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2017 | Al-Ittihad | 30 | (8) |
| 2013–2014 | → Al-Muharraq (loan) | 16 | (6) |
| 2014 | → Manama Club (loan) | 8 | (4) |
| → Sulaymaniya (loan) | |||
| → Nejmeh (loan) | |||
| 2017–2019 | Al-Jaish | ||
| 2019–2021 | Hutteen | ||
| 2021–2022 | Afrin | ||
| 2022– | Al-Jaish | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Syria U-16 | 9 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Syria U-19 | 7 | (1) |
| 2011 | Syria U-22 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 February 2012 | |||
Mohamad Radwan Kalaji (Arabic: محمد رضوان قلعجي; born 19 January 1992) is a Syrian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Syrian Premier League club Al-Jaish.
A product of Al-Ittihad's youth system, Kalaji made his first-team breakthrough under manager Valeriu Tița during the 2009–10 season. He played as a midfielder, wearing the number 14 jersey for Al-Ittihad.[1]
He helped Al-Ittihad reach the final of the AFC Cup the second most important association cup in Asia. Al-Ittihad won the final against Kuwaiti Premier League champions Al-Qadsia after penalties. The game was tied 1–1 after regular time and Extra Time.[2]
He later played abroad on loan for Al-Muharraq and Manama Club in Bahrain, Sulaymaniya in Iraq, and Nejmeh in Lebanon.[3] He subsequently joined Al-Jaish in 2017,[4] where he achieved three consecutive Syrian Premier League titles. He then played for Hutteen, Afrin, and had another stint with Al-Jaish in 2022.[5]