Khalil Khamis (footballer, born 1995)

This article is about the Lebanese footballer. For the Emirati footballer, see Khalil Khamis (footballer, born 1992).

In this Lebanese name, the father's name is Georges and the family name is Khamis.

Khalil Khamis

Khamis with Ahed in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Khalil Georges Khamis[1]
Date of birth	(1995-01-12) 12 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Zahlé, Lebanon[1]
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Safa
Youth career
2005–2013	Shabab Al Arabi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2024	Ahed	150	(10)
2020	→ Pahang (loan)	4	(0)
2024–	Safa	0	(0)
International career^‡
2013	Lebanon U19[3]	3	(0)
2015–2017	Lebanon U23[1]	6	(0)
2014–	Lebanon	14	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:17, 30 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 December 2024

Khalil Georges Khamis (Arabic: خليل جورج خميس, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [xaˈliːl xaˈmiːs]; born 12 January 1995) is a Lebanese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Lebanese Premier League club Safa and the Lebanon national team.

Club career

Early career

Khamis participated in a competition held by McDonald's that offered the chance to take part in the Norway Cup youth tournament. After attending several try-out sessions in Jounieh, Lebanon, he was selected to join the team traveling to Norway aged 10.^[4]

During the Norway Cup, Khamis was noticed by Shabab Al Arabi, who subsequently signed him to their youth team. He remained with the club, progressing through all levels of their youth system.^[4]

Ahed

On 18 September 2013, Khamis joined Ahed in the Lebanese Premier League.^[5] Despite missing the final due to injury,^[6] Khamis helped Ahed lift the 2019 AFC Cup title.^[7]

On 13 February 2020, Khamis joined Malaysia Super League side Pahang on a season-long loan from Ahed.^[8][9]

Safa

After 11 years at Ahed, Khamis moved to Safa on 2 August 2024.^[10]

International career

On 6 January 2024, Khamis was called up to the Lebanon squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, replacing George Felix Melki who withdrew injured before the competition.^[11]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 15 December 2024^[12][13]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Lebanon	2014	1	0
	2015	0	0
	2016	0	0
	2017	0	0
	2018	0	0
	2019	1	0
	2020	0	0
	2021	0	0
	2022	0	0
	2023	1	0
	2024	11	0
Total		14	0

Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Khamis goal.

List of international goals scored by Khalil Khamis

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 December 2024	Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Kuwait	2–0	2–0	Friendly

Honours

Ahed^[14]

• Lebanese Premier League: 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23
• Lebanese FA Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19; runner-up: 2022–23, 2023–24
• Lebanese Federation Cup: 2023
• Lebanese Elite Cup: 2015; runner-up: 2021
• Lebanese Super Cup: 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
• AFC Cup: 2019; runner-up: 2023–24

Individual

• Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season: 2014–15,^[15] 2015–16,^[16] 2018–19^[17]

References

1. "Khalil Khamis". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
2. "AFC Asian Cup 2023 Qatar Squad Lists" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
3. "Lebanon v Iran". The AFC. 10 October 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
4. رحلة أبرز مدافعي لبنان مع نادي العهد ... قلب دفاع العهد خليل خميس (in Arabic). MTV Lebanon. 6 November 2023.
5. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=418989511546132&set=a.165451230233296 ^{[bare URL]}
6. Codeloops. "خميس يغيب عن نهائي كأس الإتحاد الآسيوي". football-lebanon.com. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
7. "Al Ahed clinch historic title". AFC. 4 November 2019. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
8. "خليل خميس يوقع رسمياً مع Bahang Fa الماليزي". football-lebanon.com. 13 February 2020. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
9. Nehme, Ale (18 February 2020). "Lebanese abroad: winter transfer window summary". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
10. Al Safa S.C. [@alsafa_sc] (2 August 2024). "Welcome Khalil Khamis" – via Instagram.
11. "خليل خميس بدلًا من فيليكس ملكي المصاب في تشكيلة لبنان" [Khalil Khamis replaces the injured Felix Melki in the Lebanon squad] (in Arabic). Lebanese Football Association. 6 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
12. "Khalil Khamis". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
13. "Khalil Khamis". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
14. "Lebanon – Khalil Khamis – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
15. مهرجان كرة المنار الـ19. An-Nahar (in Arabic). 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
16. محمد حيدر والنيجيري كابيروموسى الافضل في مهرجان كرة المنار الـ20. An-Nahar (in Arabic). 6 June 2016. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
17. "معتوق ومرمر الأفضل هذا الموسم بحسب مهرجان المنار الـ 23". Mulhak (in Arabic). Retrieved 12 June 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

• Khalil Khamis at FA Lebanon
• Khalil Khamis at National-Football-Teams.com
• Khalil Khamis at Soccerway
• Khalil Khamis at Kooora.com (in Arabic) (archived in English at Goalzz.com)
• Khalil Khamis at Lebanon Football Guide