Khaled Al-Rashidi ( ar, خالد الرشيدي; born 20 April 1987) is a Kuwaiti goalkeeper who is currently playing for Qadsia. Al-Rashidi began his senior career with Al Tadamon in 2005, having progressed through the club's youth ranks, before switching to Tatran Prešov in 2008. Unable to break into the first team, and having only made ten league appearances, he switched to

Al Salibikhaet Al Salibikhaet Sporting Club is a Kuwaiti professional football club based in Sulaibikhat City in the Al Asimah Governorate (Kuwait). Achievements *Kuwaiti Division One The Kuwaiti Division One is a second-tier professional Kuwaiti football ...

in 2010, but made just two league appearances before moving once more to Al Arabi that year. After 104 league appearances as the first team in seasons, he won the

Kuwait Crown Prince Cup The Crown Prince Cup ( ar, كأس ولي العهد) is a Kuwaiti domestic annual football competition created in 1994. Previous winners *1994 : Kuwait SC *1995 : Kazma SC *1996 : Al Arabi SC *1997 : Al Arabi SC *1998 : Qadsia SC *1999 : Al Ar ...

and

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and had 1 goal vs

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, he moved to England in 2013 when he joined

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from Kuwaiti club

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Career

Career in Kuwait

He scored a goal in a

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for Al Arabi against

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Nottingham Forest

In July 2012, Al-Rashidi joined

on a month-long trial. Nottingham Forest put in a work permit application for Al-Rashidi along with two other Kuwait players but they were all turned down on 23 August 2012. On 16 January 2013 it was announced by Nottingham Forest chairman

Fawaz Al-Hasawi Fawaz Mubarak Al-Hasawi (born 25 October 1968) is a Kuwaiti businessman and was the owner and chairman of Nottingham Forest Football Club. Biography Qadsia SC Between 2010 and 2012, Fawaz was president of Qadsia SC, one of the largest sporti ...

that a second work permit application had been successful and that Al-Rashidi had signed for the club. He was named as a substitute against

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on 2 February 2013. On 15 January 2014 Al-Rashidi left Nottingham Forest.

Personal life

Khalid older brother, Fahad, was another footballer and also played for Al-Tadhamon,

and Al-Salmiya.

Honours

Al-Arabi *

: 2011–12 *

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Al-Salmiya *

: 2015–16 Individual * 2015–16 VPL Golden Glove

References

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* 1987 births Living people Kuwaiti men's footballers Kuwaiti expatriate men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers 1. FC Tatran Prešov players Slovak First Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Kuwaiti expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia 2011 AFC Asian Cup players 2015 AFC Asian Cup players Kuwait men's international footballers Nottingham Forest F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in England Kuwaiti expatriate sportspeople in England Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Al-Sulaibikhat SC players Al-Salmiya SC players Asian Games competitors for Kuwait Kuwait Premier League players Qadsia SC players Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) players Al-Tadamon SC (Kuwait) players {{Kuwait-footy-bio-stub