Louay Chanko ( ar, لؤي شنكو; born 29 November 1979) is a professional

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coach and former player. Born in Sweden, Chanko represented

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internationally as a

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, before switching allegiance to

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

. After his playing career, Chanko has worked as a coach.

International career

In 2008, he was called up to Syria national team to play against a local league club. He received first cap for

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against

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

on 8 June 2008. Earlier the same the year Chanko played for the Swedish national team in a friendly against

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. Chanko was selected to

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's 23-man final squad for the

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. He came as a substitute in the third group game against

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, replacing

Ali Diab Ali Diab ( ar, علي دياب; born 23 May 1982 in Hafeir al-Fouqa, Rif Dimashq, Syria) is a Syrian professional association football player. He last played for Al-Wahda in the Syrian Premier League, the top division in Syria. He played as a ...

in the 63rd minute.

Honours

Djurgården *

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http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf *

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Malmö FF *

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* * 1979 births Living people Assyrian/Syriac Syrians Swedish people of Syrian descent Swedish people of Assyrian/Syriac descent Swedish football managers Syrian men's footballers Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Syria men's international footballers Allsvenskan players Superettan players Super League Greece players Danish Superliga players Syrianska FC players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Malmö FF players AEK Athens F.C. players Hammarby Fotboll players AaB Fodbold players Västerås SK Fotboll players Syrian expatriate men's footballers Syrian Christians Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark 2011 AFC Asian Cup players Syriac Orthodox Christians Men's association football midfielders Assyrian footballers Dual men's international footballers Sportspeople from Södertälje Footballers from Stockholm County {{Syria-footy-bio-stub