Adel Khamis (born November 11, 1965) is a retired

Qatar Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land b ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a defender. He is the first Qatari footballer to play abroad.

Career

Khamis started his career in the youth teams of Al Gharafa in 1979. He eventually progressed to the senior squad in 1983, when the team was in the Qatari Second Division. He made his debut for the Qatar national team in 1984 under coach

Evaristo de Macedo Evaristo de Macedo Filho, (born 22 June 1933), known simply as Evaristo, is a Brazilian former footballer and coach. Club career Madureira (1950–1952) Raised in the north of Rio de Janeiro, Evaristo, like many children, played football simp ...

, when he was just 18 years old. He was the first Qatari footballer to play abroad, appearing for Kuwait's Qadsia from 1997 to 1998. He retired from international football in 2000 following a farewell match against

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

References

1965 births Living people Qatari men's footballers Qatar men's international footballers Al-Gharafa SC players Qadsia SC players Qatar Stars League players Qatari expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait Qatari expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for Qatar Kuwait Premier League players 1988 AFC Asian Cup players 1992 AFC Asian Cup players {{Qatar-footy-defender-stub