Tarek Elrich

Tarek Elrich

Personal information
Full name	Tarek Elrich
Date of birth	1 January 1987 (1987-01-01)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Right Back
Club information
Current club	Newcastle Jets
Number	11
Youth career
	Parramatta Eagles
	Sydney Olympic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005–2006	Sydney Olympic	2	(0)
2006–	Newcastle Jets	112	(3)
National team‡
2005–2006	Australia U-20	12	(1)
2008	Australia U-23	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:47, 1 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:30, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

Tarek Elrich (born 1 January 1987 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Lebanese football (soccer) player who currently plays as a right midfielder or back for A-League club Newcastle United Jets. He is the younger brother of former Socceroo midfielder Ahmad Elrich. He attended Granville Boys High School.

Club career

Elrich's previous clubs include Parramatta Eagles in the NSW Premier Youth League, the Australian Institute of Sport and Sydney Olympic in the NSW Premier League.

Newcastle United Jets FC

He has been with the Newcastle Jets since the inception of the A-League in 2005-06 but only played in a handful of games in the first two seasons. His first full season of the A-League was in 2007-08, but was by far more impressive in the 2008-09 season, earning him a call-up from Pim Verbeek in the squad for an Asian Cup Qualifier in January 2009.

A-League career statistics

(Correct as of 29 October 2010)

Club	Season	League			Cup			Asia			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Newcastle United Jets	2005–06	3	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0	0
	2006–07	5	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	0	0
	2007–08	23	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	1	3
	2008–09	21	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	2	0
	2009–10	29	0	6	-	-	-	6	0	0	35	0	6
	2010–11	27	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	0	0
Total		108	3	9	-	-	-	6	0	0	114	3	9

International career

Elrich was an unused substitute in a 0-0 draw with Indonesia on 28 January 2009. He has not made a full international appearance for Australia yet.

Honours

With Newcastle Jets:

• A-League Championship: 2007-2008

External links

• Newcastle Jets profile
• FFA - Olyroos profile