Adil Chihi

{{Short description|Moroccan footballer (born 1988)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Adil Chihi

| fullname =

| image = Adil Chihi.jpg

| caption = Chihi in 2009

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|2|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Düsseldorf, West Germany

| height = 1.83 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1993–1995

| youthclubs1 = FC Tannenhof

| youthyears2 = 1995–2000

| youthclubs2 = Düsseldorfer SV 04

| youthyears3 = 2000–2004

| youthclubs3 = Fortuna Düsseldorf

| youthyears4 = 2004–2006

| youthclubs4 = 1. FC Köln

| clubs1 = 1. FC Köln

| years1 = 2005–2014

| caps1 = 130

| goals1 = 20

| clubs2 = 1. FC Köln II

| years2 = 2005–2014

| caps2 = 22

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2014–2015

| clubs3 = Fulham

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2016

| clubs4 = Esteghlal

| caps4 = 5

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2016–2017

| clubs5 = FSV Frankfurt

| caps5 = 6

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2017

| clubs6 = IR Tanger

| caps6 = 3

| goals6 = 0

| nationalteam1 = Morocco

| nationalyears1 = 2008

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 10:11, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 12:34, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

}}

Adil Chihi ({{langx|ar|عادل شيحي}}; born 21 February 1988) is a professional footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for IR Tanger.[http://www.express.de/sport/fussball/1--fc-koeln/ex-fc-juwel--koelsche-jung--chihi-wechselt-nach-marokko-25481794 Ex-FC-Juwel „Kölsche Jung“ Chihi wechselt nach Marokko]‚ Express.de, 4 January 2017 Born in Germany, he represented Morocco at international level.{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/0/1-fc-koeln-16/38850/spieler_adil-chihi.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100201002715/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/0/1-fc-koeln-16/38850/spieler_adil-chihi.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 1 February 2010 | title = Chihi, Adil | language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 3 March 2011}}

Club career

On 23 July 2014, Chihi joined English side Fulham on a free transfer to play in the Championship.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28446952|title=Fulham sign Thomas Eisfeld from Arsenal and Adil Chihi|publisher=BBC Sport|date=23 July 2014|accessdate=19 July 2015}}

On 27 February 2016, Chihi signed a contract with Persian Gulf Pro League club Esteghlal until the end of the season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1307231/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AD%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%A7-%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%81%D8%B5%D9%84-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA|title=شیحی تا پایان فصل به استقلال پیوست :: ورزش سه|website=www.varzesh3.com|access-date=14 May 2018}} 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 on 20 August 2008.{{cite web|publisher=Le Matin|author=Ichi, Abderrahman|title=Football: Le Maroc domine le Bénin|url=http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Journal/Article.asp?|language=French|date=21 August 2008}}{{Dead link|date=March 2011}}

Honours

1. FC Köln

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