Tahar El Khalej

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tahar El Khalej
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Jun 16, 1968(1968-06-16)
Age	56
Country	Morocco
Birth City	Marrakesh
Horoscope	Gemini

Tahar El Khalej Biography

Tahar El Khalej is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on June 16, 1968 in Marrakesh, Morocco. Tahar El Khalej (pronounced Taher Lakhlej Arabic: LThr the word is pronounced as lkhlj ) (born on June 16, 1968) is a former Moroccan footballer who played as a defensive player.

One of his most memorable incidents was during a game against Newcastle on the 12th of May, 2002, in which he made an unintentional lunge at Kieron Dyer , earning him an immediate red card. Dyer suffered injuries for several months afterward and was threatened by Tahar with legal actions in the event that Dyer was to have missed his 2002 World Cup, which did not occur. Then, in January of 2003 El Khalej moved to Charlton Athletic on a six-month contract after playing in 65 games for the Saints with four goals.

After Jupp Heynckes’ arrival Jupp Heynckes El Khalej lost influence and played only four games in the league, including two as a substitutes during the 1999-2000 campaign, and the club moved him into Southampton at the end of March for the sum of $350,000 as Glenn Hoddle’s first move to Southampton, despite the fact that the deal was already done through Dave Jones. He scored his first goal in a 7-2 loss against Tottenham Hotspur on 11 March 2000. In a battle for position for a central defender position from Claus Lundekvam and Dean Richards He was later inserted as a midfielder.

Tahar El Khalej Net Worth

Tahar El Khalej is one of the richest Association Football Player from Morocco. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tahar El Khalej 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a member of the Morocco national team in football and was also a part of the 1994 FIFA World Cup and at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

He was born from Marrakech, El Khalej started at Kawkab Marrakech in 1990, having played for four years there in which he helped them win one league title as well as two cup nationals. Then, in 1994, El Khalej relocated to Portugal to join UD Leiria. He was, at the time recently elevated to the top tier. His debut was made on 22 October 1994 at Vitoria de Guimaraes. He was regularly utilized as a midfielder along with Mario Artur and Abel. After two seasons at Leiria, El Khalej joined Benfica in 1997. El Khalej made his debut on the 9th of September in 1997. He continued to rack up over 100 games, and 72 in the league but he did not win any silverware.

At the end of the season, he returned to Morocco retiring from professional football. He then worked as president of Kawkab Marrakech in 2005–06 when they played in the Moroccan 2nd division, achieving promotion to the Moroccan first division before he left the club.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Tahar Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Morocco. Tahar El Khalej celebrates birthday on June 16 of every year.