Tarek Salman

Tarek Salman
	Salman with Qatar at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name	Tarek Salman Suleiman Odeh
Date of birth	5 December 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth	Al Wakrah, Qatar
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Al Sadd
Number	5
Youth career
	Al-Wakrah SC
	Lekhwiya
	Real Sociedad
	Deportivo Alavés
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2017	Júpiter Leonés
2017–2018	→ Atlético Astorga (loan)
2018–	Al Sadd
International career‡
2013–2017	Qatar U20
2016–2020	Qatar U23
2017–	Qatar
Medal record
Representing Qatar
AFC Asian Cup
FIFA Arab Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 March 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Tarek Salman Suleiman Odeh (Arabic: طارق سلمان سليمان عودة; born 5 December 1997) is a Qatari footballer of Egyptian descent who plays as a midfielder for Qatari Club side Al Sadd and the Qatar national team.

Early life

Tarek is of Egyptian descent.

Career

Tarek started off his youth career in his home-city; Al-Wakrah SC, in which he led the team as a striker. Later on, he joined Aspire Academy in the 2008–09 season and excelled as defender.^[2] During his youth career, he played in Qatar for Lekhwiya.^[3] He later trained in Spain with Deportivo Alavés^[4] as well as Real Sociedad C in his youth years.^[3]

In November 2016, Salman started his senior career, joining Spanish side Cultural Leonesa.^[4] He joined Tercera División club Atlético Astorga in 2017.^[5] He featured in a league match against Almazán on 23 September 2017 which ended in a 1–1 draw.^[6]

International career

He appeared in one match for Qatar's youth team in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[7]

Honours

Club

Al-Sadd

International

Qatar

AFC Asian Cup: 2019, 2023

References

^ "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: Al-Sadd SC" (PDF). FIFA. 5 December 2019. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2019.
^ "Headway". Aspire Academy. September 2016. p. 10. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
^ ^a ^b Jesús Coca Aguilera (2 June 2016). "Abdullah Al Ahrak y Tarek Salman, mediocentros para la Cultural" (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b Pablo Campos (9 November 2016). "Abdullah abre camino a Tarek" (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ R. Arias (5 August 2017). "El Atlético Astorga sigue a la espera de nuevos fichajes" (in Spanish). Diario de León. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "El Almazán frena la euforia del comienzo de liga del Astorga" (in Spanish). Astorga Redacción. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "Profile: Tarek Salman". FIFA. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2017.