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 Taarabt playing for Benfica in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adel Taarabt[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1989[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Taza, Morocco | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sharjah | ||
| Number | 49 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Lens | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Lens | 2 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Tottenham Hotspur (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Tottenham Hotspur | 15 | (0) |
| 2009–2015 | Queens Park Rangers | 164 | (34) |
| 2013–2014 | → Fulham (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2014 | → AC Milan (loan) | 16 | (4) |
| 2015–2022 | Benfica | 129 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | → Genoa (loan) | 28 | (2) |
| 2022–2025 | Al-Nasr | 74 | (30) |
| 2025– | Sharjah | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006 | France U17 | 3 | (2) |
| 2008 | France U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2022 | Morocco | 30 | (4) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2022 | |||
Adel Taarabt (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.
Taarabt made his Morocco debut in February 2009, and scored his first international goal the following month. He represented the country at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
- ^ "Premier League clubs submit squad lists" (PDF). Premier League. 4 February 2015. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Adel Taarabt". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ "Adel Taarabt". UAE Pro League. Retrieved 25 August 2023.