Semi-finalist of the 2022 World Cup with Morocco, Ilias Chair, midfielder of QPR (English D2), received two years in prison, one of which was suspended for fracturing a person’s skull during a fight.
A year and two months after playing in the final four of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, with the Moroccan team (he only played the match for third place against Croatia), Ilias Chair, 26, was sentenced to two years in prison, one of which was suspended, and 15,684 euros in damages by the Antwerp Criminal Court (he is a native of Antwerp).
In the summer of 2020, the Lierse-trained player was on vacation with friends in the French Ardennes, and a fight broke out after returning from a kayaking trip. A woman wanted to board the bus first and the situation escalated. Chair then allegedly hit the driver in the head with a stone. The victim was transported to Reims hospital in critical condition and a serious skull fracture prevented him from working. for a long time », as indicated by the Antwerp prosecutor.
QPR in bad shape
Chair has been a key midfielder for Queens Park Rangers for five seasons in the Championship, making over 40 appearances in each season. He has played 31 games this season, scoring 4 goals and 5 assists. The team based in West London will have to do without the services of their number 10 as they play to maintain their position (22nd in the ranking out of 24).
After the World Cup in Qatar, the former Belgian U16 was only called up in June 2023 by Walid Regragui, therefore no longer being part of the Atlas Lions coach’s plans for the last African Cup of Nations. in Ivory Coast.
