Tarik El Taib

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Personal information
Tarik Al-Taib
Full name	Tarik Ibrahim Al-Taib
Date of birth	February 28, 1977 (1977-02-28) (age 31)
Place of birth	Tripoli, Libya
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	Al-Hilal
Number	14
Youth clubs
1992-1994 1994-1995	Al Ahly Tripoli Juventus
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995–2000 2000-2002 2002-2004 2004-2006 2006-present	Al Ahly Tripoli Etoile Sahel CS Sfaxien Gaziantepspor Al-Hilal	26 (11) 65 (27) 52 (22) 47 (14) 39 (13)
National team
1998-present	Libya	48 (11)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Tarik El Taib, also written as Tareq Al Tayeb, (born 28 February 1977) is a Libyan football midfielder who, as of 2006/2007 season is playing for Al Hilal Riyadh. He is known for his flashy dribbling and playmaking skills.

[edit] Club career

He started his career in Libya with Al Ahly Tripoli. There, in his first year, he played 26 matches and scored 11 goals, coming off 3rd in the 1997/1998 Libyan Player of the Year award (he then went on to win the award five times in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2005).

In 2000 he went to Juventus and made several 2nd team appearances in late 2000 and 2001 before a deal worth more than 700,000 euros saw him move from the Italian club to Tunisian side Etoile Sahel. He played 65 games there, scoring 27 goals. 2003 and 2004 were his arguably the best years of his football, after he came respectively 5th and 6th in the African Footballer of the Year award.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] International career

He is widely regarded as Libya's saviour^{[citation needed]} and has captained the side during the 2006 World Cup Qualifiers and the African Nations Cup.

In the Championship Manager video game, his name was rendered as "Tarek Ettayeb".

[edit] External links

Career history at National Football Teams

v • d • e

Al-Hilal – current squad

1 Al-Deayea • 2 Al-Abdulsalam • 3 Tavares • 4 Al-Zori • 5 Al-Ghanam • 6 Aziz • 7 Al-Kalthem • 10 Al-Shalhoub • 11 Al-Temyat • 12 Al-Thyab • 13 Al-Ghamdi • 14 El-Taib • 15 Al-Angri • 16 Al-Hlayel • 17 Al-Mofarij • 18 Al-Swalieh • 19 Al-Khathran • 20 Al-Qahtani • 21 Al-Bargan • 22 Lelo • 23 Al-Kharashi • 24 Nami • 25 Al-Marshadi • 26 Al-Anbar • 27 Al-Mori • 28 Al-Mobarak • 29 Khirat • 32 Al-Yass • 34 Al-Beshi • 34 Al-Fredi • 41 Shraheali • 44 Al-Shamri • Coach: Olăroiu