Khalifa Ayil
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Khalifa Ayil Salim Al-Noufali | ||
| Date of birth | 1 March 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Oman | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-Back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Bowsher | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2004 | Oman | ? | (?) |
| 2004–2005 | Al-Riyadh | ? | (6) |
| 2005–2009 | Al-Sadd | ? | (20) |
| 2009 | Al-Ittifaq | ? | (?) |
| 2009–2010 | Al-Ahli | 11 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Al-Kuwait | 3 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Al-Raed | 5 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Dhofar | ? | |
| 2013–2014 | Al-Nahda | ? | |
| 2014– | Bowsher | ||
| National team | |||
| 2002– | Oman | 63 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Khalifa Ayil Salim Al-Noufali commonly known as Khalifa Ayil (Arabic: خليفه عايل سالم النوفلي; born 1 March 1984) is an Omani footballer who plays for Bowsher Club in Oman Professional League.
Khalifa began his career with Oman Club. He quickly became a first team player for the club and after some fantastic showings he moved to a new club Al-Riyadh based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He continued to make some impressive appearances and was quickly sought out by Qatari club Al-Sadd Sports Club which resulted in a promising deal at the club.
After his impressive appearances for Al-Sadd Sports Club, Europe soon came calling for the Omani international. At first he was wanted by Arsenal FC but Al-Sadd refused to deal with the club. He then went on a trial to Spain for Celta de Vigo where a potential loan deal could be sorted out. He fell out with the Al-Sadd management and board of directors by failing to give him his dream. It was mooted around that Celta wanted to take him first on loan with a view to playing him in the reserves and then consider a permanent transfer if the player was then eligible for a transfer to the Spanish club. However, he left Celta in August 2008 with his future very much up in the air.
On New Year's Day 2009, he was arrested after partying in the early morning hours in Saudi Arabia and was under the influence of many units of alcoholic beverages before his arrest. He was later cautioned and was enforced to do community service in the state.
In 2009, he joined top Saudi Arabian football team Al-Ittifaq. Later in the same year he came back to Qatar and signed a deal with Al-Ahli SC. In 2010, he played for Kuwaiti club Al-Kuwait SC and then after one year played for Al-Raed for almost one season. After successful stints at various clubs in the GCC he came back to his home country and signed a deal with Omani giants Dhofar. Just after one season in June 2013, Ayil signed a deal with Al-Nahda Club.
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