In this Lebanese name, the father's name is Salim and the family name is Khalil.
Mehdi Khalil
Khalil with Ahed in 2021
Personal information
Full name
Mehdi Salim Khalil[1]
Date of birth
(1991-09-19) 19 September 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth
Bouaké, Ivory Coast[1]
Height
1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s)
Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Safa (on loan from Ahed)
Youth career
2004–2007
Young Sportsmen Club
2007–2011
Johansen
2010
→ Kallon (loan)
2011
→ Djurgårdens IF (loan)
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2009–2012
Johansen
2011
→ Köping FF (loan)
7
(0)
2011
→ Djurgårdens IF (loan)
0
(0)
2011–2012
→ Kallon (loan)
2013–2017
Safa
50
(0)
2017–
Ahed
71
(0)
2020
→ Zob Ahan (loan)
8
(0)
2023–2024
→ Al-Faisaly (loan)
1
(0)
2024–
→ Safa (loan)
6
(0)
International career‡
2013–
Lebanon
56
(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 January 2023
Mehdi Salim Khalil (Arabic: مهدي سليم خليل, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation:[ˈmahdisaˈliːmxaˈliːl,-de]; born 19 September 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Lebanese Premier League club Safa, on loan from Ahed, and the Lebanon national team. Khalil is known as "the Mountain" (Arabic: الجبل) because of his height.
Khalil started his senior career in Sierra Leone at Johansen, before moving to Sweden in 2011, first playing at Köping FF before transferring to Djurgården. Following his experience in Sweden, Khalil moved back to his native country, at Kallon, before joining Lebanese club Safa in 2013. After spending four years at the club, Khalil moved to Lebanese Premier League reigning champions Ahed in 2017. He won the 2019 AFC Cup with the side, the first in Lebanese history, as the competition's Most Valuable Player. In 2020, Khalil moved to Iranian side Zob Ahan on a six-month loan, and in 2023 he joined Al-Faisaly in Jordan on a one-year loan. Khalil returned to Safa on a six-month loan in 2024.
Born in the Ivory Coast and raised in Sierra Leone to Lebanese parents, Khalil was called up to represent Sierra Leone at youth level, without featuring. He has represented Lebanon at senior level since 2013. Khalil played at the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, and was Lebanon's main goalkeeper at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.
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^"AFC Asian Cup 2023 Qatar Squad Lists" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. p. 13. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
Mehdi Salim Khalil (Arabic: مهدي سليم خليل, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [ˈmahdi saˈliːm xaˈliːl, -de]; born 19 September 1991) is a professional footballer...
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played on November 4 in Kuala Lumpur". AFC. 25 October 2019. "Al Ahed's Khalil named MVP". the-afc.com. AFC. 4 November 2019. "Ceres' Marañón wins Top...
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