Aymen Tahar

Club

Boavista

Position

Midfielder

Nationality

Algeria

Date of birth

1989-10-02

Birthplace

Sheffield, England

Height

1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)

Aymen Tahar (Arabic: أيمن طاهر‎; born October 2, 1989 in Sheffield) is an Anglo-Algerian professional footballer who plays for Boavista. Tahar currently plays in a midfielder position, either at closing or offensive midfielder.

Club career
Playing in England
Aymen was born and raised in Sheffield, England to an Algerian family. Though he grew up supporting Arsenal, Aymen played in Sunday League football and his performance catch an attention from Luis Silva, who helped a role of helping him to join the Sheffield United's academy in 2005 and progressed through the ranks and was a regular in the reserve side up to 2008–2009 season. He made his début at the end of February 2009, coming on as a late sub for Lee Hendrie against Hull City in the FA Cup 5th round. At the end of the season, Tahar was released by the club.

After leaving Sheffield United, he joined Staveley Miners Welfare and had a successful spell there, having become a key player for the club.

Playing in Romania
On February 8, 2012, Tahar joined Romanian club Gaz Metan Mediaș, signing a contract until 2015. Tahar later stated in an interview that he find it difficult to move away from England to Romania at first.

Tahar made his Gaz Metan Mediaș debut, where he came on as a substitute in the 66th minutes, in a 2–0 win over Dinamo București on 3 March 2012. After struggling in the first team for the first two seasons at Gaz Metan Mediaș, Tahar began to established himself in the first team and then scored his first Gaz Metan Mediaș goal on 15 September 2013, in a 2–1 win over Brașov, with his second goal for the club later came on 26 October 2013, in a 3–1 win over Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. Tahar later ended the 2013–14 season, making thirty-three appearance and scoring two times. The 2014–15 season then saw Tahar regained his first team place and started the opening game of the season well when he scored his first goal of the season, in a 3–0 win over Botoșani Tahar then later added two more goals later in the season against Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț and Dinamo București. Tahar went on to finish the season, making thirty appearance and scoring three times, but was unable to help the club survive relegation from Liga I.

On June 30, 2015, Tahar joined Romanian club Steaua București, signing a contract until 30 June 2019. Tahar revealed he nearly joined Slovakian side Slovan Bratislava before moving to Steaua București. Tahar made his Steaua București debut, playing 14 minutes after coming