Tahar El Khalej: Career Stats, Clubs, Age & Nationality

Tahar El Khalej: profile

Tahar El Khalej (born 16 June 1968 in Marrakech, Morocco) is a retired Moroccan footballer who played as a midfielder.

Khalej made the step into senior football with KACM in 1990. He played for 5 clubs in 3 countries between 1990 and 2003. His most appearances came at S.L. Benfica (1997–2000), where he made 72 appearances and scored 10 goals. Across all recorded club spells he totals 176 appearances and 21 goals.

At international level, Khalej represented Morocco (1990–2001), earning 49 caps and scoring 2 goals. Our match database lists 1 of his international goals; the first came against Benin on 31 January 1993 (World Cup Qualification).

Marrakech has produced 35 footballers in our database, including Ahmed Bahja, Lahcen Ouadani and Azzedine Amanallah.

Key facts

Senior international debut: 1990 (aged about 22)
First international goal: 1993 – aged 24 (match)
Club career: 1990–2003 (14 seasons)
Countries played in: 3: Morocco, Portugal and United Kingdom
Club goals per game: 0.12 (21 in 176)
Height: 191 cm — taller than 94% of Moroccan internationals on record
Latest move: Charlton Athletic F.C. (2003)
Shares a birthday with: Seydou Doumbia, Michel Pensée and Odion Ighalo (more)

Club career

Years	Club	League	Apps	Goals
1990–1994	KACM	Botola Pro 1	–	–
1994–1997	U.D. Leiria	Liga Portugal 2	43	8
1997–2000	S.L. Benfica	Primeira Liga	72	10
2000–2003	Southampton F.C.	EFL Championship	58	3
2003	Charlton Athletic F.C.	EFL Championship	3	0
	Total		176	21