Adil Chihi ( ar, عادل شيحي; born 21 February 1988) is a professional
footballer
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who most recently played as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
IR Tanger
Ittihad Riadi Tanger ( ar, الاتحاد الرياضي لطنجة, lit.'Sports Union of Tangier'), known as Ittihad Riadi Tanger, abbreviation IRT, is a Morocco, Moroccan football club based in Tangier, that competes in Botola, the top flight ...
. Born in Germany, he represented Morocco at international level.
Club career
On 23 July 2014, Chihi joined English side
Fulham
Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth ...
on a free transfer to play in the
Championship
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Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...
.
On 27 February 2016, Chihi signed a contract with
Persian Gulf Pro League
The Persian Gulf Pro League ( fa, لیگ برتر خلیج فارس, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Pro League ( fa, links=no, لیگ برتر ایران, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is the highest division of profe ...
club
Esteghlal until the end of the season. He was assigned the shirt number 23 by the club.
International career
Chihi made his first appearance for the
Morocco national team in the friendly match against
Benin
Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north ...
on 20 August 2008.
Honours
1. FC Köln
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2 Bundesliga:
2013–14
References
External links
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1988 births
Living people
German people of Moroccan descent
Citizens of Morocco through descent
Moroccan footballers
German footballers
Footballers from Düsseldorf
Association football midfielders
Morocco international footballers
Morocco under-20 international footballers
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
Persian Gulf Pro League players
English Football League players
1. FC Köln players
1. FC Köln II players
Fulham F.C. players
Esteghlal F.C. players
FSV Frankfurt players
Ittihad Tanger players
Moroccan expatriate footballers
German expatriate footballers
Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in England
German expatriate sportspeople in England
Expatriate footballers in England
Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Iran
German expatriate sportspeople in Iran
Expatriate footballers in Iran