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Rakan Bani Khaled
Rakan Al-Khalidi ( ar, ركان الخالدي; born 21 October 1988) is a Jordanian professional footballer who plays as a striker. International career Rakan's first international match with the Jordan national team that he played was against Palestine in Doha on 11 December 2011 in the 2011 Pan Arab Games when Jordan won 4-1. International goals International career statistics Honors and Participation in International Tournaments In Pan Arab Games *2011 Pan Arab Games In WAFF Championships *2012 WAFF Championship The 2012 WAFF Championship was the 7th WAFF Championship, an international tournament for member nations of the West Asian Football Federation. It was hosted by Kuwait from 8 to 20 December 2012. The defending champions were Kuwait. However, the ... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khalidi, Rakan 1988 births Living people Jordanian men's footballers Jordan men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Al-Ahl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mafraq
Mafraq ( ar, المفرق ''Al-Mafraq'', local dialects: ''Mafrag'' or ''Mafra''; ) is the capital city of Mafraq Governorate in Jordan, located 80 km to the north from the capital Amman in crossroad to Syria to the north and Iraq to the east. It had 56,340 inhabitants in 2004. History Mafraq was first settled in the 4th century BC. It is located about 17 km west of the historic Nabataeans, Nabataean and Byzantine Empire, Byzantine town of Umm el-Jimal, which was built in the 1st century. The city was first named "Fudain", which comes from the word for fortress in Arabic. The city gained significant importance after the establishment of the Hejaz Railway connecting Istanbul to Medina. It was renamed to the current name Mafraq by the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Turks, which means "cross roads". Mafraq was the location of a British military base and airport from the early 20th century. It later became the base for the Arab Legion during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. In 1945 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
