Adel Al Chadli

Adel Al Chadli
	Al Chadli in Shabab Al-Ahli training in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Adel Wgdan Mahmood Al Chadli
Date of birth	13 April 2000 (age 26)
Place of birth	Aden, Yemen
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position	Winger
Team information
Current team	United
Youth career
2006–2013	Montreux-Sports
2014–2016	Al Ahli
2016	Lausanne-Sport
2016–2018	Sion
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018	Sion II
2018–2024	Shabab Al-Ahli
2022–2023	→ Ittihad Kalba (loan)
2024–2025	Emirates
2025–2026	Al-Fujairah
2026–	United
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 September 2026

Adel Wgdan Mahmood Al Chadli (Arabic: عَادِل وَجْدَان مَحْمُود الشَّاذِلِيّ; born 13 April 2000) is a Yemeni footballer who plays for United as a winger.

Early life

Al Chadli was born in Aden, Yemen, but moved to Switzerland as a child. He is the son of former South Yemen and Yemen international footballer Wagdan Shadli, while his brother, Wajd Al Chadli, also plays football, and formerly played for Sion.

Club career

Al Chadli began his footballing career with Swiss side Montreux-Sports at the age of six, where he reportedly attracted offers from English side Manchester United, as well as French sides Olympique Lyonnais and Paris Saint-Germain. He spent a short period of time training with Lyon in 2012. In 2014, he moved to the United Arab Emirates to join Al Ahli. He returned to Switzerland and joined Lausanne-Sport for a short stint, before joining Sion, where he featured once for the club's reserve team in the 2017–18 season.

He returned to the United Arab Emirates in 2018, joining UAE Pro League side Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai. After impressive performances with Al-Ahli's youth teams, scoring twenty goals in forty-four games, he was invited to trial with Spanish side Barcelona in 2019.

The following year, after a handful of appearances for Al-Ahli, he suffered an injury to his right metatarsal, which required surgery in April 2021.

In August 2022, he signed with fellow UAE Pro League side Ittihad Kalba on a season-long loan.

International career

Al Chadli was called up to the Switzerland under-18 team in 2018. In doing so, he became the first Yemeni footballer to become naturalised and feature for a European team.

Career statistics

Club

As of 7 April 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sion II	2017–18	Swiss Promotion League	1	0	0	0	–		0	0	1	0
Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai	2018–19	UAE Pro League	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
	2019–20		4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	0
	2020–21		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2021–22		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		6	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	12	0
Ittihad Kalba (loan)	2022–23	UAE Pro League	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
Al-Fujairah	2025–26	UAE First Division	–		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
United	2026–27	UAE Pro League	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Career total			15	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	23	2

Notes

↑ Includes Swiss Cup and UAE President's Cup
↑ Includes UAE League Cup

References

1 2 3 4 Adel Al Chadli at WorldFootball.net
↑ "Adel Al Chadli". UAE Pro League. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
↑ "المنتخب السويسري لكرة القدم يخطف اليمني عادل وجدان الشاذلي" [The Swiss national football team kidnaps Yemeni Adel Wgdan Al Chadli]. yemeninews.net (in Arabic). 30 November 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
↑ "برق يماني يلمع في سماء فرنسا:عادل الشاذلي..زئير "شبل" في عرين "أسد"!!!(شاهد الفيديو)" [Yemeni lightning shining in the sky of France: Adel Al Chadli..the roar of a "cub" in the den of a "lion"!!! (Watch the video)]. yemenisport.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 7 April 2023.
↑ "نادي ليون الفرنسي مهتم بــ وجد وعادل وجدان الشادلي" [The French Lyon club is interested in Wajd and Adel Wgdan Al Chadli]. akhbaralyom.net (in Arabic). 4 June 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
1 2 "عادل وجدان شاذلي ينضم للمنتخب السويسري" [Adel Wgdan Al Chadli joins the Swiss national team]. alayyam.info (in Arabic). 6 March 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
1 2 "وجدان يستعد لتجربة أوروبية بعد النجاح مع "الفرسان"" [Wgdan is preparing for a European experience after the success with the "Al-Fursan"]. albayan.ae (in Arabic). 29 December 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
↑ "شاذلي: برشلونة راقبني في إسبانيا" [Al Chadli: Barcelona watched me in Spain]. akhbaralyom.net (in Arabic). 21 August 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
↑ "عادل شاذلي يخضع لعملية جراحية" [Al Chadli undergoes surgery]. marsad.news (in Arabic). 12 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
↑ "اتحاد كلباء يضم اليمني وجدان "إعارة"" [Ittihad Kalba includes the Yemeni Wgdan, "on loan"]. jomhooor.com (in Arabic). 25 August 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
↑ "حصري: بالصورة.. أول لاعب يمني يتم تجنيسه وانضمامه بمنتخب أوربي" [Exclusive: In the picture, the first Yemeni player to be naturalized and join a European team]. almashhad-alyemeni.com (in Arabic). 15 March 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
↑ Adel Al Chadli at Soccerway

[13] Includes Swiss Cup and UAE President's Cup

[14] Includes UAE League Cup

[wf-1] 1 2 3 4 Adel Al Chadli at WorldFootball.net

[2] "Adel Al Chadli". UAE Pro League. Retrieved 15 July 2023.

[3] "المنتخب السويسري لكرة القدم يخطف اليمني عادل وجدان الشاذلي" [The Swiss national football team kidnaps Yemeni Adel Wgdan Al Chadli]. yemeninews.net (in Arabic). 30 November 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[4] "برق يماني يلمع في سماء فرنسا:عادل الشاذلي..زئير "شبل" في عرين "أسد"!!!(شاهد الفيديو)" [Yemeni lightning shining in the sky of France: Adel Al Chadli..the roar of a "cub" in the den of a "lion"!!! (Watch the video)]. yemenisport.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[5] "نادي ليون الفرنسي مهتم بــ وجد وعادل وجدان الشادلي" [The French Lyon club is interested in Wajd and Adel Wgdan Al Chadli]. akhbaralyom.net (in Arabic). 4 June 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[ala-6] 1 2 "عادل وجدان شاذلي ينضم للمنتخب السويسري" [Adel Wgdan Al Chadli joins the Swiss national team]. alayyam.info (in Arabic). 6 March 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[alb-7] 1 2 "وجدان يستعد لتجربة أوروبية بعد النجاح مع "الفرسان"" [Wgdan is preparing for a European experience after the success with the "Al-Fursan"]. albayan.ae (in Arabic). 29 December 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[8] "شاذلي: برشلونة راقبني في إسبانيا" [Al Chadli: Barcelona watched me in Spain]. akhbaralyom.net (in Arabic). 21 August 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[9] "عادل شاذلي يخضع لعملية جراحية" [Al Chadli undergoes surgery]. marsad.news (in Arabic). 12 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[10] "اتحاد كلباء يضم اليمني وجدان "إعارة"" [Ittihad Kalba includes the Yemeni Wgdan, "on loan"]. jomhooor.com (in Arabic). 25 August 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[11] "حصري: بالصورة.. أول لاعب يمني يتم تجنيسه وانضمامه بمنتخب أوربي" [Exclusive: In the picture, the first Yemeni player to be naturalized and join a European team]. almashhad-alyemeni.com (in Arabic). 15 March 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[12] Adel Al Chadli at Soccerway