Nader Abdulkarim Joukhadar ( ar, نَادِر جُوخَدَار; 19 October 1977 – 6 February 2023) was a Syrian

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coach and player. He played as a

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for

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 ...

in the

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. Joukhadar died in

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, alongside his son, during the

2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake On 6 February 2023, at 04:17 Time in Turkey, TRT (01:17 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC), a 7.8 earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. The epicenter was west–northwest of Gaziantep. The ear ...

. He was 45.

Managerial career

In July 2022, Joukhadar was appointed head coach of

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in the

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. He was dismissed on 10 August.

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* * 1977 births 2023 deaths Syrian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Al-Wathba SC players Al-Faisaly SC players Al-Wehdat SC players Syrian Premier League players Jordanian Pro League players Syria men's youth international footballers Syria men's international footballers Syrian expatriate men's footballers Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Jordan Expatriate men's footballers in Jordan Syrian football managers Salam Zgharta FC managers Lebanese Premier League managers 1996 AFC Asian Cup players Syrian expatriate football managers Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Expatriate football managers in Lebanon Victims of the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes {{Syria-footy-bio-stub