Khaled Takaji
![]() Takaji with Nejmeh in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Khaled Mohamad Takaji[1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 November 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Beirut, Lebanon[1] | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Nejmeh | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2006 | Nejmeh | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2008 | Nejmeh | ||
2008–2010 | (futsal) | ||
2011 | Sadaka (futsal) | ||
2012 | (futsal) | ||
2012–2017 | Nejmeh | 96 | (24) |
2016 | Mayadeen (futsal) | ||
2017–2018 | Ansar | 19 | (5) |
2018–2019 | Akhaa Ahli Aley | 17 | (2) |
2019– | Nejmeh | 16 | (4) |
National team | |||
2007–2013 | Lebanon (futsal) | (63) | |
2015 | Lebanon | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:14, 24 April 2021 (UTC) |
Khaled Mohamad Takaji (Arabic: خالد محمد التكه جي; born 18 November 1986) is a Lebanese footballer and former futsal player who plays as a forward for Lebanese Premier League club Nejmeh. A versatile forward, Takaji is capable of playing as a second striker or a winger.[2]
Club career[]
Takaji signed for Lebanese Premier League side Nejmeh's youth sector on 4 August 2000; he was promoted to the first team ahead of the 2006–07 season.[3]
In 2008, Takaji decided to pursue a career as a futsal player, joining ,[4] with whom he played at the 2010 AFC Futsal Club Championship.[5] He then played for Sadaka and at the 2011 and 2012 AFC Futsal Club Championships, respectively.[5]
On 23 August 2012, Takaji returned to Nejmeh.[6] In June 2016, Takaji played at the 2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship for Mayadeen.[7] He moved to Ansar, Nejmeh's rivals, on 3 August 2017.[8] After one season, on 28 August 2018, Takaji joined Akhaa Ahli Aley.[9]
Takaji returned to Nejmeh for a second time ahead of the 2019–20 season.[10] He renewed his contract for one year on 4 August 2020,[11] and for another year on 1 July 2021, following the 2020–21 season where he scored four goals and made six assists.[12]
International career[]
Takaji represented Lebanon internationally in futsal, playing at the 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2012 AFC Futsal Championships,[5] captaining Lebanon in the last edition.[13] With 13 goals, Takaji was the 2008 Arab Futsal Championship top scorer, and was awarded the Best Player award.[4] He also helped Lebanon to a sixth-place finish at the 2010 Mediterranean Futsal Cup.[14]
Takaji also played for the Lebanon national football team in 2015, in two friendly games against Syria and Jordan, and a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Laos.[15]
Personal life[]
Takaji is engaged to Mariam Hamadani.[16] She gave birth to their daughter Celine on 2 October 2018.[17]
On 16 November 2020, Takaji tested positive for COVID-19, amid its pandemic in Lebanon;[18] he fully recovered on 26 November.[19]
Honours[]
Nejmeh
- Lebanese Premier League: 2013–14
- Lebanese FA Cup: 2015–16; runner-up: 2014–15, 2020–21
- Lebanese Elite Cup: 2014, 2016, 2021; runner-up: 2013
- Lebanese Super Cup: 2014, 2016; runner-up:
Individual
References[]
- ^ a b "Khaled Takaji". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "تكجي: ندمت على انتقالي إلى الأنصار". lebanonfg.com. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "First Team List 2006/2007". Nejmeh SC. 6 January 2007. Archived from the original on 6 January 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ a b "بروس كافيه يكرّم خالد تكجي أفضل لاعب عربي". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Khaled Takaji". stats.the-afc.com. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "أخبار الإنتقالات | خالد تكجي يعود للنجمة | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "تكه جي مع الميادين اللبناني في صالات آسيا". Kooora. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "خالد تكه ينضم رسميًا للأنصار اللبناني". Kooora. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "الاخاء الاهلي عاليه يخطف توقيع النجم خالد تكه جي". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "خالد تكه جي في تدريبات النجمة". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "النجمة يجدّد لتكه جي". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "النجمة يقطع الطريق على منافسيه نحو تكجي". كووورة. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Asian Football Confederation. "Lebanon 3-2 Chinese Taipei". 26 May 2012. Retrieved on 3 May 2013.
- ^ "Croatia claim Futsal trophy". FIFA.com. 15 November 2010. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "Khaled Takaji". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "Khaled Takaji". old.futsalplanet.com. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "خالد تكه جي يُرزق بـسيلين". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ Mahfoud, Maroun (16 November 2020). "Nejmeh player tests positive for COVID-19". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "شفاء تكه جي من كورونا". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ نتائج مهرجان كرة المنار الـ18. An-Nahar (in Arabic). 3 June 2014. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ مهرجان كرة المنار الـ19. An-Nahar (in Arabic). 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
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- Khaled Takaji at Soccerway
- Khaled Takaji at Lebanon Football Guide
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Beirut
- Lebanese men's futsal players
- Lebanese footballers
- Futsal forwards
- Association football forwards
- Association football wingers
- Sadaka SC futsal players
- Nejmeh SC players
- Al Ansar FC players
- Akhaa Ahli Aley FC players
- Lebanese Premier League players
- Lebanon international footballers