In football, there is a group of players who reach the peak of their careers at a very young age - such can be considered Hatem Ben Arfa, Robinho, or Bojan Krkic. Another player in this group is Moroccan Adel Taarabt, known worldwide for his exceptional ball control and tricks during matches. A. Taarabt reached his peak in the 2010-11 season when playing for the London QPR team, he scored 19 goals in 44 matches and became the top scorer among Championship defenders. After that season, both A. Taarabt and QPR rose to the English Premier League. The first two years in the country's top division were not bad for the footballer, but soon his star began to fall - he tried to recover at Fulham, Milan, Benfica, and Genoa, but did not show the same performance as in his early seasons with QPR. To this day, the Moroccan belongs to the Benfica club. In the middle of the last season, he got another chance to shine in the first team, but this season he is once again without a role. Recently, A. Taarabt briefly recalled the beginning of his career and what did not work out. "If you talked to everyone who saw me when I was a young talent, most of them would say that I should have played for Real Madrid or Barcelona. Luka Modric once told me that too. Unfortunately, it didn't happen, but it was not someone else's fault. My career did not go as planned only because of myself," - openly spoke the footballer once called the king of dribbling. A. Taarabt also shared a rather strange story: "A few months ago, I received a message from Raheem Sterling. I had seen his interview where he said I was his idol at QPR. At that time, his idols were Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, but he still watched my game..." The 30-year-old footballer also used to be part of the London Tottenham team.
