Amjad Kalaf
Amjad Kalaf Mansour Al-Muntafiq (Arabic: امجد كلف منصور المنتفق; born 5 October 1991) is an Iraqi former professional footballer who played as a right winger and sometimes as a striker. In 2005, he became the youngest player ever to play in the Iraqi Premier League.
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Kalaf with Al-Shorta in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Amjad Kalaf Mansour Al-Muntafiq | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 October 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kut, Iraq | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right winger, Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Kut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Al-Kut | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Al-Shorta | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Erbil | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2016 | Al-Shorta | (43) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Al-Zawraa | 38 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Al-Talaba | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | – | (66+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Iraq U17 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Iraq U20 | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Iraq U23 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2017 | Iraq | 30 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kalaf represented Al-Kut, Al-Shorta, Al-Zawraa and Al-Talaba in the Iraqi Premier League. On the international level, Kalaf played 30 matches for Iraq, scoring against the United Arab Emirates in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.
Kalaf played for Al-Shorta from 2007 to 2016, saving the club from relegation in 2011 with a brace against Al-Naft. He became the youngest player to captain Al-Shorta in a match in 2011, and was the club's top scorer and top assist-maker in their league title win in 2013. He also scored Al-Shorta's first two goals in the AFC Cup in 2014, and is the club's fifth-highest league scorer in history.