Adel Wgdan Mahmood Al Chadli (; born 13 April 2000) is a Yemeni
footballer
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who plays for
Emirates
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* United Arab Emirates
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as a
winger.
Early life
Al Chadli was born in
Aden
Aden () is a port city located in Yemen in the southern part of the Arabian peninsula, on the north coast of the Gulf of Aden, positioned near the eastern approach to the Red Sea. It is situated approximately 170 km (110 mi) east of ...
, Yemen, but moved to Switzerland as a child. He is the son of former
South Yemen
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and
Yemen
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international footballer
Wagdan Shadli, while his brother, Wajd Al Chadli, also plays football, and formerly played for
Sion
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* an alternative transliteration of Zion
People
* Sion (name) or Siôn, a Welsh and other given name and surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Shion or Sion, a Japanese given name
Plac ...
.
Club career
Al Chadli began his footballing career with Swiss side
Montreux-Sports at the age of six, where he reportedly attracted offers from English side
Manchester United
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, as well as French sides
Olympique Lyonnais
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and
Paris Saint-Germain
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. He spent a short period of time training with Lyon in 2012. In 2014, he moved to the United Arab Emirates to join
Al Ahli.
He returned to Switzerland and joined
Lausanne-Sport
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The ...
for a short stint, before joining Sion, where he featured once for the club's reserve team in the 2017–18 season.
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He returned to the United Arab Emirates in 2018, joining ]UAE Pro League
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The first team to w ...
side Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai.Barcelona
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in 2019.[
The following year, after a handful of appearances for Al-Ahli, he suffered an injury to his right metatarsal, which required surgery in April 2021.
In August 2022, he signed with fellow UAE Pro League side Ittihad Kalba on a season-long loan.
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International career
Al Chadli was called up to the Switzerland under-18 team in 2018.[ In doing so, he became the first Yemeni footballer to become naturalised and feature for a European team.
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Career statistics
Club
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chadli, Adel
2000 births
Living people
Swiss people of Yemeni descent
Yemeni men's footballers
21st-century Yemeni sportsmen
Men's association football wingers
Shabab Al Ahli Club players
FC Lausanne-Sport players
FC Sion players
Kalba FC players
Emirates Club players
UAE Pro League players
UAE First Division League players
Yemeni expatriate men's footballers
Yemeni expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates