Radwan Kalaji

Radwan Kalaji
Personal information
Full name	Mohamad Radwan Kalaji
Date of birth	19 January 1992 (age 33)
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
2010–2017	Al-Ittihad
2013–2014	→ Al-Muharraq (loan)
2014	→ Manama Club (loan)
	→ Sulaymaniya (loan)
	→ Nejmeh (loan)
2017–2019	Al-Jaish
2019–2021	Hutteen
2021–2022	Afrin
2022–	Al-Jaish
International career‡
2007–2008	Syria U-16
2009–2010	Syria U-19
2011	Syria U-22
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals 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.

Club career

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]

International career

Kalaji was a part of the Syrian U-16 national team at the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship in Uzbekistan and he was a part of the Syrian U-19 national team at the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship in China, he scored one goal against Thailand in the first match of the group-stage.^[6]^[7]

Honour and Titles

Club

Al-Ittihad

Syrian Cup: 2011
AFC Cup: 2010

Al-Muharraq

Bahraini King's Cup: 2013

Al-Jaish

Syrian Premier League: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
Syrian Cup: 2018
Syrian Super Cup: 2018, 2019

References

^ مقابلة حصرية مع رضوان قلعجي. ittihadhalap.com (in Arabic). 1 November 2010. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
^ "2010 AFC Cup Final – Match Summary". the-afc.com. 6 November 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
^ "قلعجي في حوار لكووورة: أتمنى تتويج البرازيل.. ومحمد صلاح لاعب متكامل" (in Arabic). Kooora. 24 November 2022.
^ "الجيش السوري يعزز صفوفه برضوان قلعجي" (in Arabic). Kooora. 10 March 2017.
^ "محمد رضوان قلعجي: الدوري السوري تحت حكم بشار الأسد كان مسيسًا (حوار)" (in Arabic). masrawy.com. 16 December 2024.
^ "Match Summary". the-afc.com. 3 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
^ "Thailand verliert Auftaktspiel". thai-fussball.com (in German). 4 October 2010. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

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[1] مقابلة حصرية مع رضوان قلعجي. ittihadhalap.com (in Arabic). 1 November 2010. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2012.

[2] "2010 AFC Cup Final – Match Summary". the-afc.com. 6 November 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2012.

[3] "قلعجي في حوار لكووورة: أتمنى تتويج البرازيل.. ومحمد صلاح لاعب متكامل" (in Arabic). Kooora. 24 November 2022.

[4] "الجيش السوري يعزز صفوفه برضوان قلعجي" (in Arabic). Kooora. 10 March 2017.

[5] "محمد رضوان قلعجي: الدوري السوري تحت حكم بشار الأسد كان مسيسًا (حوار)" (in Arabic). masrawy.com. 16 December 2024.

[6] "Match Summary". the-afc.com. 3 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2012.

[7] "Thailand verliert Auftaktspiel". thai-fussball.com (in German). 4 October 2010. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

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