Bader with Nejmeh in 2020
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Khalil Abdel Salam Bader[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-07-27) 27 July 1999 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Barja, Lebanon[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nejmeh | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Nejmeh | 55 | (11) |
| 2018–2019 | → Chabab Ghazieh (loan) | 20 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Lebanon U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Lebanon U23 | 8 | (1) |
| 2022– | Lebanon | 11 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:14, 12 June 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:16, 4 January 2024 (UTC) | |||
Khalil Abdel Salam Bader (Arabic: خليل عبد السلام بدر; born 27 July 1999) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a winger for Lebanese Premier League club Nejmeh and the Lebanon national team.
Bader was loaned out to Chabab GhaziehbyNejmeh for the 2018–19 Lebanese Premier League.[2] He finished the season as his team's top scorer,[3] with six goals and five assists.[4]
In September 2019, Nejmeh renewed Bader's contract for an additional three years.[5] In July 2020, Nejmeh officials confirmed that they had rejected an offer for Bader by Tunisian club ES Métlaoui.[6]
On 11 February 2023, Bader scored a hat-trick to help Nejmeh beat Shabab Sahel 4–1 in the 2022–23 Lebanese Premier League.[7] Following extensive negotiations, on 6 June 2023, Nejmeh renewed Bader's contract for three years.[8]
In 2019, Bader was called up to play for the Lebanon national under-23 team.[3] He made his senior debut for the Lebanon national team on 19 November 2022, as a substitute in a 2–0 friendly defeat to KuwaitinDubai, United Arab Emirates.[9] On 22 June 2023, Bader scored his first international goal for Lebanon, in a 2–0 win against Bangladesh in the 2023 SAFF Championship.[10]
Bader was noted as one of Lebanon's most promising talents in his youth.[4][11][12]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Lebanon | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2 | |
| Total | 11 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 22 June 2023 | Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore, India |  Bangladesh
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2–0 | 2–0 | 2023 SAFF Championship |
| 2 | 25 June 2023 | Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore, India |  Bhutan
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3–0 | 4–1 | 2023 SAFF Championship |
Nejmeh
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Nejmeh SC – current squad
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