Ilias Chair

Ilias Emilian Chair (Arabic: إلياس شاعير‎; born 30 October 1997) is a moroccan professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Championship club Queens Park Rangers and Morocco national team.

Club Career

Early career

Chair began his career in the youth system at Lierse. He also spent time at the academy of Club Brugge, as well as the JMG Academy Belgium. Chair made his professional debut for Lierse at the age of 17, playing in the Belgian Second Division, when he came as a 76th-minute substitute in Lierse's 1–1 away draw at Coxyde on 9 August 2015. He subsequently started his first match a month later, on 9 September 2015, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–2 home defeat to Cercle Brugge.

Queens Park Rangers

Chair went on trial at Championship club QPR in January 2017. During the trial period, he scored in a 3–1 friendly win for the U23s against Bournemouth. He subsequently signed for QPR on a permanent basis on 31 January 2017. Chair was added to the club's Elite Development Squad and spent the remainder of the 2016–17 season playing for the club's U23 team.

Having impressed QPR manager Ian Holloway in training, Chair was named as a substitute in club's first round EFL Cup tie against Northampton Town at Loftus Road on 8 August 2017. He replaced Luke Freeman in the 63rd minute of the match to make his first-team debut. Chair made his first starting appearance for QPR in a 1–0 defeat against Preston North End at Deepdale on 2 December 2017. He signed a two-year contract extension with the club on 9 February 2018, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2020. He scored his first goal for the club during QPR's final home game of the 2017–18 campaign on 28 April 2018, scoring a volley at the far post as QPR overturned a one-goal deficit to win 3–1 against Birmingham City. Chair made seven first-team appearances during the season, scoring once.

Having made eight appearances for QPR during the first half of the 2018–1