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{{Short description|Syrian-Swedish football player and coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Louay Chanko
| image = Louay Chanko.jpg
| caption = Chanko with [[Syria national football team|Syria]] in 2010
| fullname = Louay Chanko<ref name=GSA>{{GSA player|louay-chanko/28076|access-date=16 May 2021}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|11|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Södertälje]], Sweden<ref name=GSA/>
| height = 1.73 m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| years1 = 1996–2000
| clubs1 = [[Syrianska FC]]
| caps1 = 18
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2000–2003
| clubs2 = [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]]
| caps2 = 45
| goals2 = 10
| years3 = 2003–2005
| clubs3 = [[Malmö FF]]
| caps3 = 60
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2005–2006
| clubs4 = [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]
| caps4 = 21
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2006–2009
| clubs5 = [[Hammarby Fotboll|Hammarby IF]]
| caps5 = 72
| goals5 = 7
| years6 = 2009–2012
| clubs6 = [[AaB Fodbold|AaB]]
| caps6 = 59
| goals6 = 3
| years7 = 2012–2016
| clubs7 = [[Syrianska FC]]
| caps7 = 102
| goals7 = 4
| years8 = 2017
| clubs8 = [[Västerås SK Fotboll|Västerås SK]]
| caps8 = 0
| goals8 = 0
| totalcaps = 377
| totalgoals = 26
| nationalyears1 = 2008
| nationalteam1 = [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2008–2013
| nationalteam2 = [[Syria national football team|Syria]]
| nationalcaps2 = 7
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2017–2018
| managerclubs1 = [[Eskişehirspor]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2018
| managerclubs2 = [[Arameisk-Syrianska IF]]
}}

'''Louay Chanko''' ({{langx|ar|لؤي شنكو}}; born 29 November 1979) is a professional [[association football|football]] coach and former player.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svenskafans.com/fotboll/syrianska/artikel.asp?id=148576|title="Lollo" Chanko gives Syrianska supporters a promise|date=24 April 2007|accessdate=30 May 2008|publisher=Svenskafans.com|archive-date=26 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626192304/http://www.svenskafans.com/fotboll/syrianska/artikel.asp?id=148576|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Born in Sweden, Chanko represented [[Sweden mens national football team|Sweden]] internationally as a [[midfielder]], before [[List of association footballers who have been capped for two senior national teams|switching allegiance]] to [[Syria national football team|Syria]]. After his playing career, Chanko has worked as a coach.

== International career ==
In 2008, he was called up to [[Syria national football team|Syria national team]] to play against a local league club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/radiosporten/nyheter/artikel.asp?Artikel=2102630|title=Chanko dreams about the World Cup with Syria|date=29 May 2008|accessdate=30 May 2008|publisher=SR.se|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623224948/http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/radiosporten/nyheter/artikel.asp?Artikel=2102630|archivedate=23 June 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He received first cap for [[Syria national football team|Syria]] at [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]] against [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]] on 8 June 2008. Earlier the same the year Chanko played for the Sweden national team in a friendly against [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]].

Chanko was selected to [[Valeriu Tiţa]]'s 23-man final squad for the [[2011 AFC Asian Cup|AFC Asian Cup 2011]] in [[Qatar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-asian-cup-2011-schedule-a-results?view=teamdetails&compID=242&roundID=498&groupID=682&teamID=86&id=0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915064023/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-asian-cup-2011-schedule-a-results?view=teamdetails&compID=242&roundID=498&groupID=682&teamID=86&id=0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 September 2012 |title=Syria squad |accessdate=28 January 2011 |work=the-afc.com }}</ref> He came as a substitute in the [[2011 AFC Asian Cup Group B#Jordan vs Syria|third group game]] against [[Jordan national football team|Jordan]], replacing [[Ali Diab]] in the 63rd minute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=242&matchId=2928 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120918170250/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=242&matchId=2928 |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 September 2012 |title=afc-asian-cup-Match Summary |accessdate=28 January 2011 |work=the-afc.com }}</ref>

==Honours==
'''Djurgården'''
* [[Allsvenskan]]: [[2002 Allsvenskan|2002]]<ref>http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630143919/http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf |date=30 June 2019 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
* [[Svenska Cupen]]: [[2002 Svenska Cupen|2002]]

'''Malmö FF'''
* [[Allsvenskan]]: [[2004 Allsvenskan|2004]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Soccerway|6159}}
* {{SvFF player|id=a7e5de28-2464-476f-9204-b9ed489812ad|fid=93752|pid=1477}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151208010339/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/person/?playerid=1477 archive])

{{Syria squad 2011 AFC Asian Cup}}

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