Nabil El Zhar
El Zhar playing for Liverpool in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Nabil El Zhar | ||
| Date of birth | 27 August 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Alès, France | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Leganés | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1999 | Alès | ||
| 1999–2004 | Nîmes | ||
| 2004–2006 | Saint-Étienne | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2011 | Liverpool | 21 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → PAOK (loan) | 24 | (2) |
| 2011–2015 | Levante | 94 | (7) |
| 2015–2017 | Las Palmas | 32 | (4) |
| 2017– | Leganés | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005 | France U21 | 8 | (1) |
| 2008–2014 | Morocco | 10 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:15, 31 January 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 March 2014 |
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Nabil El Zhar (Arabic: نبيل الزهر; born 27 August 1986) is a Moroccan footballer who plays for Spanish club CD Leganés as a right winger.
He finished his formation at Liverpool, playing sparingly for the club and more consistently on loan at PAOK in 2010–11. He then moved to Spain, spending four La Liga seasons at Levante.
El Zhar earned 10 international caps for Morocco from 2008 to 2014.
El Zhar began his football career with OAC Alès, a local youth team. From there he moved to Nîmes Olympique, then switched again to AS Saint-Étienne.
He signed for Liverpool in October 2006 and made his debut for their reserve team against Newcastle in a reserves match on 3 October 2006.
El Zhar made his first team debut on 29 November 2006 in goalless draw against Portsmouth at Anfield, replacing Luis García after 72 minutes. He went on to make two more appearances in the 2006–07 season.
He made his first Liverpool start in a League Cup tie against Cardiff on 31 October 2007, in which he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 home win. El Zhar was moved from the number 42 shirt to the number 31 shirt for the start of the 2008–09 campaign.
El Zhar contributed a first assist on 18 October 2008, coming on for Andrea Dossena with Liverpool 1–2 down against Wigan Athletic. He set up Albert Riera for the equaliser and the game finished 3–2 to Liverpool. On 27 February 2009, he made his first league start for Liverpool against Middlesbrough in which Liverpool lost 2–0.
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