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Adel Taarabt
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Key facts
- 2006
- France U17
- 2007
- → Tottenham Hotspur (loan)
- 2008
- France U19
- 2014
- → AC Milan (loan)
- 2025
- Sharjah
- Full name
- Adel Taarabt
- Date of birth
- ( 1989-05-24 ) 24 May 1989 (age 37)
- Place of birth
- Taza , Morocco
- Height
- 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Positions
- Attacking midfielder left winger
- Current team
- Sharjah
- 2004 2006
- Lens
- Years
- Team
- 2006 2007
- Lens
- 2007 2009
- Tottenham Hotspur
- 2008 2010
- → Queens Park Rangers (loan)
- 2010 2015
- Queens Park Rangers
- 2013 2014
- → Fulham (loan)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Taza
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Native language
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Participant in
- 2012 Africa Cup of Nations
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Alshariqa
- Position played
- wing half
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Morocco
- Mass
- 69
- Image
- Taarabt Benfica-Zenit UCL201920 8.jpg
- Height
- 185
Show 5 more facts
- name in native language
- عادل تاعرابت
- Commons category
- Adel Taarabt
- date of birth
- 1989-05-24
- sport number
- 49
- start of work period
- 2006-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Adel Taarabt (Berber languages:ⴰⴷⴻⵍ ⵜⴰⴰⵔⴰⴱⵜ, Arabic: عادل تاعرابت; born 24 May 1989) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for UAE Pro League club Sharjah.
Taarabt began his playing career in France at Lens before moving to English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur in 2007. Taarabt then moved to Queens Park Rangers on loan in July 2009. He was signed permanently in August 2010 and quickly established himself at Loftus Road. QPR were relegated in 2013 and in the ensuing summer, Taarabt moved to Fulham on loan. After another loan to AC Milan in Italy, Taarabt signed a long-term deal with Primeira Liga club Benfica in 2015, who loaned him out to Italian side Genoa two years later.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Adel Taarabt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.