Adel Chalhoub
عادل شلهوب
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-10-20) 20 October 1996 (age 28) FIFA 14 TIME
Place of birth Beirut, Lebanon
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Juventus
Number 25
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013-2014 Sporting KC 37 (44)
2014-2015 Tigres UANL 46 (59)
2015- Juventus 90 (134)
International career
2013- Italy N/A (32)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Sporting KC

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2013-2014

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Adel Chalhoub at the age of 17 was signed by MLS side Sporting KC and was included in the starting lineup for almost every match showing off his skills ending the season as the top goalscorer with 44 goals and top assists with 11. During the winter transfer season after arguments with both manager and coach Adel decided to leave Sporting and was signed by Tigres UANL for a transfer fee of $4,500.

Tigres UANL

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2014-2015

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After arriving at his new club in Mexico Chalhoub trained hard to try to become the best and helped Tigres win the Mexico Clausura scoring 22 goals and assisting with 5. In his second season with Tigres Adel had more matches to improve his skills and abilities he started in the Mexico Apertura and despite a three month injury from a pulled quad he returned to help his club win the league with 12 goals and 5 assists. In the Mexico Clausura he scored 19 goals and 7 assists to help Tigres retain their title and in the Copa LatAm he managed to score 6 goals and record one assist. After the season was over Adel decided to leave Mexico for Europe to play more matches and improve his overall rating, Juventus would later sign Adel one day after his transfer was reveled to the public for a transfer fee of $6,000.

Juventus

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2015-2016

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Wearing the retired Andre Pirlo's signature number 21 Adel quickly made a name for himself at Juventus helping his new club win the Supercoppa against Milan by scoring 2 goals and an assist in his first offical game. During the season Adel was constantly picked for both Champions League matches and Serie A matches manging to help out on both ends. In the Champions League Final Adel scored a goal and assisted one more to help his side defeat FC Barcelona 3-1. Though he didnt play in the Coppa Nazionale alot Adel scored 2 goals in the final to help Juventus lift the trophy. He ended as serie a's top goal scorer with 27 goals and ended with 21 assists the same number as his idol Pirlo. At the end of the season Adel announced he was retiring the number 21 and would take number 25 next season