Nabil El Zhar
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| Nabil El Zhar | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nabil El Zhar | |
| Date of birth | August 27, 1986 (age 20) | |
| Place of birth | Alès, France | |
| Height | 1.75 m | |
| Nickname | Elzhario | |
| Playing position | Winger | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Liverpool | |
| Number | 42 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1996–1999 1999–2004 2004–2006 |
Olympique Alès Nîmes Olympique AS Saint-Étienne |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2006-present | Liverpool | 1 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2002–2004 2004–present |
France Under-18 Morocco Under-20 |
4 (?) 7+ (2+) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Nabil El Zhar (born August 27, 1986 in Alès, France) is a Morrocan professional football player currently playing for Liverpool FC. 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 was one of the stars of the tournament,[1] and helped guide Morocco to the semi-finals, where they were defeated 3-0 by Nigeria. Morocco ended the tournament in fourth place after a 2-1 loss to Brazil.
Nabil El Zhar is currently involved in the Liverpool set up, having been unhappy with the new contract offer from Saint-Étienne. He 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.
El Zhar was named as a substitute for Liverpool on 29th November 2006 for the home game against Portsmouth and was brought on in the 71st minute for Luis Garcia
[edit] Statistics
correct as of 29 November 2006
| Club | Season | Premiership | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Others | Total | ||||||
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| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App1 | Goals | ||
| Liverpool FC | 2006–07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
[edit] References
- ^ FIFA World Youth Championship – Fourteen nuggets in Netherlands. Article on FIFA.com. Retrieved on 5 October 2006.
[edit] External links
| Liverpool F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Dudek | 2 Arbeloa | 3 Finnan | 4 Hyypiä | 5 Agger | 6 Riise | 7 Kewell | 8 Gerrard | 9 Fowler | 10 Luis García | 11 Mark González | 12 Fábio Aurélio | 14 Xabi Alonso | 15 Crouch | 16 Pennant | 17 Bellamy | 18 Kuyt | 20 Mascherano | 22 Sissoko | 23 Carragher | 25 Reina | 26 Anderson | 29 Paletta | 30 Padelli | 32 Zenden | 38 Lindfield | 39 Darby | 42 El Zhar | Manager: Benítez |
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