Imad Khalili
Imad Khalili playing for IFK Norrköping in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 3 April 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Hammarby | ||
| Number | 55 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–2005 | Högaborgs BK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2007 | Helsingborgs IF | 23 | (1) |
| 2006 | → Randers FC (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Bunkeflo IF (loan) | 19 | (5) |
| 2008–2013 | IFK Norrköping | 101 | (29) |
| 2013–2014 | Helsingborgs IF | 10 | (8) |
| 2014 | → Al-Shabab (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Shanghai Dongya | 9 | (2) |
| 2015 | Baniyas | 8 | (2) |
| 2015– | Hammarby | 29 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002–2003 | Sweden U17 | 17 | (4) |
| 2004–2006 | Sweden U19 | 11 | (2) |
| 2007 | Sweden U21 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 January 2017 |
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Imad Khalili (Arabic: عماد خليلي; born 3 April 1987) is a Swedish–Palestinian footballer who plays for Hammarby in Allsvenskan as a forward.
At age five, Khalili began playing football at the local club Högaborgs BK. He made his senior debut for the side in 2002, aged 16, and attracted interest from several big clubs around Europe. He had a trial with the Scottish club Celtic FC but chose not to move abroad, on the advice of the Swedish international Henrik Larsson, who also had started his career at Högaborg.
Tired of the interest surrounding him, Khalili took a one and half-year break from playing football between the summer of 2003 and the beginning of 2005. He ultimately signed a three year-deal with Helsingborgs IF in Allsvenskan. However, he had a hard time establishing himself at the club, enjoying loan spells at both Randers FC in the Danish Superliga and Bunkeflo IF in Superettan during the upcoming seasons.
In December 2007 he joined IFK Norrköping on a permanent deal. The club had just won a promotion to Allsvenskan. The team struggled in the league play during the season of 2008 resulting in an immediate relegation to the second tier. Khalili would however establish himself as a key member of the squad during the following seasons, enjoying another promotion to Allsvenskan in 2010.
Between 2011 and 2013 he played as a regular in Allsvenskan for the club from the county of Östergötland, making 37 appearances whilst scoring 13 goals in the top tier. During the midseason of 2013 he attracted interest from his former club Helsingborgs IF, who completed the transfer of Khalili in August the same year.
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