Tariq Spezie
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tariq Spezie Sevilla | ||
| Date of birth | 21 June 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Castellón | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Racing Blanenc | |||
| Vilobà | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps†| (Gls)†|
| 1999–2001 | Valladolid B | 54 | (22) |
| 2001–2002 | Espanyol B | 33 | (6) |
| 2002–2003 | Cacereño | 34 | (7) |
| 2003–2004 | Linares | 20 | (3) |
| 2004 | Palencia | 11 | (3) |
| 2004–2005 | Sabadell | 36 | (6) |
| 2005–2008 | Ãguilas | 101 | (26) |
| 2008–2009 | Puertollano | 36 | (24) |
| 2009–2011 | Granada | 44 | (19) |
| 2011 | → Huesca (loan) | 18 | (8) |
| 2011–2014 | Huesca | 89 | (16) |
| 2014–2015 | Huracán | 53 | (10) |
| 2016– | Castellón | 9 | (6) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 March 2016. | |||
Tariq Spezie Sevilla (born 21 June 1980), known simply as Tariq, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CD Castellón as a striker.
Early years
Tariq was born in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates to an Italian father and a Spanish mother, receiving his name from his father – who was working in the country – in honour of Tariq ibn Ziyad.[1] As the political situation in the region worsened, eventually leading to the Iran–Iraq War, the family relocated to Italy with their one-year infant,[2] and later to Spain.
Football career
Tariq played youth football in modest clubs in Catalonia,[1][2] making his senior debuts with Real Valladolid B and competing one season in Segunda División B and one in Tercera División with the club. Another reserve team followed in the 2001–02 campaign, as he helped RCD Espanyol B finish second in the third level, without no playoff promotion however.
Tariq spent the following eight-and-a-half years in division three in representation of as seven teams, mainly Ãguilas CF. In the 2008–09 season he scored a career-best 24 goals for UD Puertollano,[3][4] adding 19 for Granada CF in the following year, en route to his first Segunda División promotion.
On 25 January 2011 Tariq was loaned to SD Huesca – also in the second division – until the end of the season, via Udinese Calcio.[5] In less than half of the matches, he scored eight goals (second-best in the squad behind Juanjo Camacho) as the Aragonese finally retained their league status.[6]
References
- 1 2 El peligro lleva por nombre Tariq (Danger is spelled Tariq); Europa Sur, 12 November 2008 (Spanish)
- 1 2 El árabe de Segunda B (Segunda B's arab); Público, 21 January 2009 (Spanish)
- ↑ Tariq, califa del gol (Tariq, the Caliph of Goal); Marca, 26 October 2008 (Spanish)
- ↑ Mi fútbol modesto: Tariq, el goleador del Puertollano, también le marca a la pobreza (My modest football: Tariq, Puertollano's goal-getter, also scores against poverty); Notas de Fútbol, 18 November 2008 (Spanish)
- ↑ Tariq llega al Huesca cedido por el Granada (Tariq arrives in Huesca loaned by Granada); Marca, 25 January 2011 (Spanish)
- ↑ Tariq vuela en el Huesca (Tariq soars with Huesca); Ideal, 13 April 2011 (Spanish)
External links
- Castellón official profile (Spanish)
- Tariq Spezie profile at BDFutbol
- Tariq Spezie profile at Futbolme (Spanish)
- Tariq Spezie profile at Soccerway
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