Abdelhalim El-Kholti (born 17 October 1980) is a French former

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. He is of Moroccan descent.

Football career

El-Khotli won the Conference National with

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, but was part of the

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side that was relegated from the Football League two years later. But El-Kholti remained in

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after joining Chester City for a season, before dropping into non-league football himself with Weymouth. El-Kholti was sold to Grays Athletic following Weymouth's financial crisis, after a handful of appearances for Grays he left by mutual consent in August 2007. Linking up with ex-Weymouth manager,

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he then joined

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shortly after. However, he was released at the end of the 2007–08 season. On 17 June 2008, it was announced that El-Kholti had joined fellow Conference side Woking. He then joined Hayes & Yeading United in 2009, but made just one appearance for the club in the

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After football

After his football career he opened ''Creperie'', a pancake stall, in

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kholti, Abdou 1980 births Living people People from Annemasse French footballers Association football fullbacks Association football wingers English Football League players National League (English football) players Servette FC players Yeovil Town F.C. players Cambridge United F.C. players Chester City F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players Grays Athletic F.C. players Rushden & Diamonds F.C. players Woking F.C. players Hayes & Yeading United F.C. players French sportspeople of Moroccan descent Sportspeople from Haute-Savoie Footballers from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes