Tarik El Taib

{{short description|Libyan footballer (born 1977)}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Tariq Al Taib<br>طَارِق التَّائِب | image = | fullname = Tariq Ibrahim Mohammad Al Taib | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|2|28}} | birth_place = [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]], [[Libya]] | height = {{height|meters=1.76}} | position = [[Midfielder]] | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1992–1994 | youthclubs1 = [[Al Ahli SC (Tripoli)|Al Ahli Tripoli]] | youthyears2 = 1995 | youthclubs2 = [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] | years1 = 1995–2001 | clubs1 = [[Al Ahli SC (Tripoli)|Al Ahli Tripoli]] | caps1 = 26 | goals1 = 11 | years2 = 1996–1997 | clubs2 = → [[S.C. Beira-Mar|Beira-Mar]] (loan) | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2001–2004 | clubs3 = [[CS Sfaxien]] | caps3 = 65 | goals3 = 37 | years4 = 2004–2006 | clubs4 = [[Gaziantepspor]] | caps4 = 47 | goals4 = 5 | years5 = 2006–2009 | clubs5 = [[Al Hilal SFC|Al Hilal]] | caps5 = 45 | goals5 = 11 | years6 = 2009–2010 | clubs6 = [[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al Shabab]] | caps6 = 10 | goals6 = 3 | years7 = 2010–2011 | clubs7 = [[Al Ahli SC (Tripoli)|Al Ahli Tripoli]] | caps7 = | goals7 = | years8 = 2011–2012 | clubs8 = [[Al-Nasr SC (Kuwait)|Al-Nasr Kuwait]] | caps8 = 13 | goals8 = 4 | years9 = 2012–2013 | clubs9 = [[Misr Lel-Makkasa SC|Misr Lel-Makkasa]] | caps9 = 0 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2013–2014 | clubs10 = [[Suwaiq Club]] | caps10 = | goals10 = | years11 = 2014 | clubs11 = [[Muaither SC]] | caps11 = | goals11 = | years12 = 2016 | clubs12 = [[Al Ahli SC (Tripoli)|Al Ahli Tripoli]] | caps12 = | goals12 = | pcupdate = 28 December 2009 | nationalyears1 = 1998–2011 | nationalteam1 = [[Libya national football team|Libya]] | nationalcaps1 = 77 | nationalgoals1 = 23 | ntupdate = 28 December 2009 }}

'''Tarek Ibrahim Mohammad Al Taib''' ({{langx|ar|طَارِق إِبْرَاهِيم مُحَمَّد التَّائِب}}; born 28 February 1977) is a [[Libya]]n [[Association football|football]] midfielder.

==Club career== Al-Taib began his career in Libya with [[Al Ahli SC (Tripoli)|Al Ahli Tripoli]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-07 |title=أساطير الكرة العربية.. الليبي طارق التايب علامة فى الملاعب التونسية والسعودية |url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2021/5/7/%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A8-%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9/5302505 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=اليوم السابع |language=ar}}</ref> In his first year, he played 26 matches and scored 11 goals, coming third in the 1997–1998 Libyan Player of the Year award. He then went on to win the award five times in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2005. On 6 September 2013, he signed a one-year contract with [[Oman Professional League]] club [[Al-Suwaiq Club]]. El Taib played professionally in Turkey and Tunisia.<ref>{{cite web|website=sofoot.com|title=L'alibye démocratique|trans-title=Democratic Libya|url=https://news.yahoo.com/news/lalibye-d%C3%A9mocratique-110000195.html|language=fr|date=21 January 2012}}</ref>

==Offers== In 1995, a scout sent from [[Juventus]] went to Libya to search for young potential, he chose Tariq Al Taib and he went with him to Italy and trained with Juventus for a month.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ismail |first=Ali |date=2021-06-10 |title=Al-Taib explains why his move to Al Ahly fell through |url=https://www.kingfut.com/2021/06/10/libya-tarek-al-taib-al-ahly-move-fell-through/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=KingFut |language=en-GB}}</ref> Juventus were impressed and decided to buy him, but the [[Libyan Football Federation]] did not grant him a license to play in Italy.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} In 2000, he went to [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] and played with them in a friendly match against [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] which ended with Arsenal winning 2–1, in which Tariq Al Taib scored West Ham's goal.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} Arsenal were interested in buying him but again, he was unable to get a license to play in England.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} In 2003, after a friendly match against Argentina, in which Tariq Al Taib put in a strong performance and scored a remarkable goal, receiving a pass from a team-mate near the corner post, running down the wing past two players and then scoring at nearly a 180-degree angle.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} He then received an offer from the Spanish club [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] but the Libyan authorities restricted his potential career at the highest level.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

==International career== El Taib captained the side during the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|2006 World Cup Qualifiers]] and the [[African Nations Cup]]. He was Libya's captain during the [[2012 Africa Cup of Nations]] qualifiers, but was exiled from the side after he spoke out against teammates who supported rebel groups fighting in the [[First Libyan Civil War]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Goal|title=Through death, defection & destruction – the true story of war-torn Libya's miraculous qualification for 2012 Africa Cup of Nations|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2011/10/26/2726880/through-death-defection-destruction-the-true-story-of-war|date=26 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/libyan-team-captain-we-are-brothers-if-we-win-now-it-will-be-for-all-of-libya-6292170.html | title=Libyan team captain: 'We are brothers. If we win now, it will be for | website=[[Independent.co.uk]] | date=20 January 2012 }}</ref>

El Taib scored 23 goals in 78 appearances for Libya.<ref>{{cite web|website=kingfut.com|title=Report: Al Ahly to face Al Hilal for Tarik Al-Taib's testimonial|url=https://www.kingfut.com/2019/11/26/report-alahly-alhilal-eltaib-testimonial/|date=26 November 2019}}</ref>

In the ''[[Championship Manager series|Championship Manager]]'' video game, his name was rendered as "Tarek Ettayeb".

==Career statistics==

===Club=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !rowspan=2 style="width:80px;"|Club !rowspan=2 style="width:70px;"|Season !colspan=3|[[Saudi Professional League|League]] !colspan=3|[[Al Hilal SFC|Al Hilal]] !colspan=3|[[AFC Champions League|ACL]] !colspan=3|Total |- !Apps !Goals !Assists !Apps !Goals !Assists !Apps !Goals !Assists !Apps !Goals !Assists |- align=center | rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Al Hilal SFC|Al Hilal]]''' |2006–07 |14||4||4||5||2||4||4||0||2||23||6||10 |- align=center |2007–08 |18||7||9||10||4||5||1||1||0||29||12||14 |- align=center |2008–09 |8||0||5||6||0||0||4||2||2||18||2||7 |- !colspan=2|Career total !40!!11!!18!!21!!6!!9!!9!!3!!4!!70!!20!!31 |}

==Honours==

===Club=== ;[[CS Sfax]] * [[Arab Champions League]] (1): [[2003–04 Arab Champions League|2003–04]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{NFT player|pid=3859}} *[http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=30105 TFF statistics]

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