Tarek Chahed (born 23 June 1996) is a German professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays 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

1. FC Magdeburg 1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club based in the city of Magdeburg. The club was founded in 1965 and spent all but one season in East Germany top flight, the DDR-Oberliga, winning three championships and seven cup titles. It ...

Early life and career

Chahed was born in Berlin and began playing football at

Hertha Zehlendorf The Hertha Zehlendorf is a German football club from the suburb of Zehlendorf in Berlin. The club is one of the largest football clubs in the country and has a strong youth department which has won two national youth championships. The depar ...

when he was six years old. He later moved on to

Berliner SC Berliner Sport-Club, commonly known as Berliner SC, is a German association football club based in Berlin. The team is part of a sports club which also has departments for badminton, hockey, and rugby. History ''Berliner SC'' was created ou ...

, before joining

in 2013. Regularly captaining the team's under 19 side, Chahed made his senior league debut against Carl Zeiss Jena in May. He later scored his first goal in a match against Hertha BSC II. Chahed had already signed a two-year contract with 1. FC Magdeburg in March 2015 and, following the club's promotion to Germany's 3. Liga, he made his professional debut as a substitute in Magdeburg's 2–1 victory over Rot-Weiß Erfurt in the season opener of the

2015–16 3. Liga The 2015–16 3. Liga was the eighth season of the 3. Liga. Teams A total of 20 teams contested the league, including 14 sides from the 2014–15 3. Liga. Arminia Bielefeld and MSV Duisburg were directly promoted to the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga ...

season.

Personal life

Chahed is of Tunisian descent. His cousin

Sofian Chahed Sofian Chahed (born 18 April 1983) is a football coach and former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is the head coach of 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam in the Frauen-Bundesliga. Born in Germany, Chahed represented Tunisia at senio ...

was also a footballer.

Honours

Club

1. FC Magdeburg * Regionalliga Nordost: 2015

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chahed, Tarek Living people 1996 births German men's footballers German people of Tunisian descent Footballers from Berlin Men's association football defenders 1. FC Magdeburg players Berliner AK 07 players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players 21st-century German people