Ilias Chair

Ilias Chair
Chair in action for Queens Park Rangers
Personal information
Full name Ilias Emilian Chair
Date of birth (1997-10-30) 30 October 1997
Place of birth Belgium
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Queens Park Rangers
Number 19
Youth career
Club Brugge
0000–2015 JMG Academy Belgium
0000–2015 Lierse S.K.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Lierse S.K. 2 (0)
2017– Queens Park Rangers 4 (1)
National team
2018– Morocco U23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:30, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Ilias Emilian Chair (born 30 October 1997) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Queens Park Rangers.

Club career

Queens Park Rangers

On 31 January 2017 QPR announced the signing of Chair from Lierse S.K. where he had been since he was an under-13.[1]

On 8 August 2017 Chair was named as a substitute in the first round of the 2017–18 EFL Cup against Northampton Town, he replaced Luke Freeman in the 63rd minute to make his first team debut. Ilias started his first EFL Championship league game in a 1-0 loss to Preston North End, he was subbed off in the 90+4th minute.[2]

He scored his first goal for the club on 28 April 2018, against Birmingham City.[3]

International career

Chair was born in Belgium and is of Moroccan descent.[4] He represented the Morocco U23s in a 1-0 friendly loss to the Senegal U23s on 23 March 2018.[5]

Career Statistics

As of match played 28 April 2018[6]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lierse S.K. 2015–16 Belgian Second Division 2000000020
2016–17 Belgian First Division B 0000000000
Total 2000000020
Queens Park Rangers 2017–18 EFL Championship 3110100051
Career total 5110100071

References

  1. ↑ "Under-23s add Belgian attacker to rank". QPR. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "MATCH REPORT: QPR 1, Northampton Town 0". BBC. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Games played by Ilias Chair in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Ilias Chair set for Morocco Under-20 training camp". QPR. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Chair features in Morocco U23 defeat". English.
  6. ↑ Ilias Chair at Soccerway
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