Nabil El Zhar

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Nabil El Zhar
Personal information
Full name Nabil El Zhar
Date of birth 27 August 1986 (1986-08-27) (age 21)
Place of birth    Alès, France
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Liverpool
Number 42
Youth clubs
1996–1999
1999–2004
2004–2006		 Olympique Alès
Nîmes Olympique
AS Saint-Étienne
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2006– Liverpool 3 (0)   
National team2
2002–04
2004–
2008-		 France U18
Morocco U20
Morocco		 1 (1)
 ? (?)
2 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 30 May 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 30 May 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Nabil El Zhar (born 27 August 1986 in Alès, France) is a French-Moroccan football player currently playing for Liverpool F.C. Reserves. He can play wide or right behind the striker.

Although born in France, El Zhar opted to play internationally for the country of his parents, Morocco. However he has represented France at youth level. In the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship El Zhar played in this tournament,[1] and Morocco got to the semi-finals, where they were defeated 3-0 by Nigeria. Morocco ended the tournament in fourth place after a loss 2-1 to Brazil.

Nabil El Zhar currently plays for Liverpool and made his debut for Liverpool reserves against Sunderland on 28 September 2006. Following that match, he signed a contract with Liverpool and made his official debut against Newcastle in a reserves match on 3 October 2006. He scored his first goal, from the penalty spot, in a reserve 'mini-derby' against Everton on 10 October 2006.

He made his first Liverpool start in a Carling Cup tie against Cardiff City on 31 October 2007, in this game he scored his first goal for the club with an outstanding strike from 25 yards at the Kop end.

On the 26 March 2008, El Zhar scored for Morocco in a 4-1 away win against Belgium in his first international appearance.

[edit] Statistics

Correct as of 27 March 2008

Club Performance
Club Season Premiership FA Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Liverpool FC 2006–07 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Liverpool FC 2007–08 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
Total 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 1

[edit] References

  1. ^ FIFA World Youth Championship – Fourteen nuggets in Netherlands. Article on FIFA.com. Retrieved on 5 October 2006.

[edit] External links

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Persondata
NAME El Zhar, Nabil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eln Zhar, Nabil
SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1986-08-27
PLACE OF BIRTH Alès, France
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH