Tariq Spezie

Tariq
Personal information
Full nameTariq Spezie Sevilla
Date of birth21 June 1980
Place of birthSharjah, United Arab Emirates
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Huracán
Youth career
Racing Blanenc
Vilobí
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1999–2001Valladolid B54(22)
2001–2002Espanyol B33(6)
2002–2003Cacereño34(7)
2003–2004Linares20(3)
2004Palencia11(3)
2004–2005Sabadell36(6)
2005–2008Águilas101(26)
2008–2009Puertollano36(24)
2009–2011Granada44(19)
2011→ Huesca (loan)18(8)
2011–2014Huesca89(16)
2014–Huracán30(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 April 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Spezie and the second or maternal family name is Sevilla.

Tariq Spezie Sevilla (born 21 June 1980), simply known as Tariq, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Huracán Valencia CF as a striker.

Early years

Tariq was born in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates to an Italian father and a Spanish mother, receiving his name from his father – who was working in the country – in honour of Tariq ibn Ziyad.[1] As the political situation in the zone worsened, eventually leading to the Iran–Iraq War, the family relocated to Italy with his one-year infant,[2] and later to Spain.

Football career

Tariq played youth football in modest clubs in Catalonia,[1][2] making his senior debuts with Real Valladolid B and competing one season in Segunda División B and one in Tercera División with the club. Another reserve team followed in the 2001–02 campaign, as he helped RCD Espanyol B finish second in the third level, without no playoff promotion however.

Tariq spent the following eight 1/2 years in division three in representation of as seven teams, namely Águilas CF. In the 2008–09 season he scored a career-best 24 goals for UD Puertollano,[3][4] adding 19 for Granada CF in the following year, en route to his first Segunda División promotion.

On 25 January 2011 Tariq was loaned to SD Huesca – also in the second division – until the end of the season, via Udinese Calcio.[5] In less than half of the matches, he scored eight goals (second-best in the squad behind Juanjo Camacho) as the Aragonese finally retained their league status.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 El peligro lleva por nombre Tariq (Danger is spelled Tariq); Europa Sur, 12 November 2008 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 El árabe de Segunda B (Segunda B's arab); Público, 21 January 2009 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Tariq, califa del gol (Tariq, the Caliph of Goal); Marca, 26 October 2008 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Mi fútbol modesto: Tariq, el goleador del Puertollano, también le marca a la pobreza (My modest football: Tariq, Puertollano's goal-getter, also scores against poverty); Notas de Fútbol, 18 November 2008 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Tariq llega al Huesca cedido por el Granada (Tariq arrives in Huesca loaned by Granada); Marca, 25 January 2011 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Tariq vuela en el Huesca (Tariq soars with Huesca); Ideal, 13 April 2011 (Spanish)

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