Amjad Kalaf

Amjad Kalaf
Kalaf with Al-Shorta in 2014
Personal information
Full name Amjad Kalaf Mansour Al-Muntafiq
Date of birth (1991-03-20) 20 March 1991 (age 33)
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
Representing  Iraq
Men's football
WAFF Championship
Runner-up 2012 Kuwait Senior Team
AFC U-22 Championship
Winner 2013 Oman U22 Team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Olympic Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Amjad Kalaf Mansour Al-Muntafiq (Arabic: امجد كلف منصور المنتفق; born 20 March 1991) is an Iraqi former professional footballer who played as a right winger and sometimes as a striker.[1][2]

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 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.

  1. ^ "AFC U23 Asian Cup MVPs: Where are they now". Asian Football Confederation. 24 May 2022.
  2. ^ Al-Ghazal Al-Asmar scores against Al-Sulaimaniya Retrieved 22 December 2018.