Abdelhalim El-Kholti is a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 former footballer

Football (soccer)

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. He is of Moroccan

Morocco

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 descent.

El-Khotli won the Conference National

Conference National

Conference National is the top division of the Football Conference in England. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...

 with Yeovil Town

Yeovil Town F.C.

Yeovil Town F.C. are an English association football team based in Yeovil, Somerset. The club play in League One after having won the League Two championship in 2004–05...

, but was part of the Cambridge United

Cambridge United F.C.

Cambridge United Football Club is a professional football club from Cambridge, England. They are currently playing the 2011-2012 season in the Conference National, the fifth tier of the English league system, where they have competed since 2005 following their relegation from the Football League...

 side that was relegated from the Football League two years later. But El-Kholti remained in Football League Two

Football League Two

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 after joining Chester City

Chester City F.C.

Chester City Football Club was an English football team from Chester. The club was founded as Chester F.C., and joined the Football League in 1931, spending most of their time in the lower divisions. They changed their name to Chester City in 1983. Chester won their first league title in 2004, the...

 for a season, before dropping into non-league football himself with Weymouth

Weymouth F.C.

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El-Kholti was sold to Grays Athletic

Grays Athletic F.C.

Grays Athletic Football Club is an English football club currently based in Corringham, Essex after leaving the New Recreation Ground in Grays at the end of the 2009–10 season...

 following Weymouth's financial crisis, after a handful of appearances for Grays he left by mutual consent in August 2007. Linking up with ex-Weymouth manager, Garry Hill

Garry Hill

Garry Hill is an English football manager, who resigned as manager of Rushden & Diamonds in February 2009. He is currently the manager of Conference South club Woking.-Career:...

 he then joined Rushden & Diamonds

Rushden & Diamonds F.C.

Rushden & Diamonds Football Club was an association football club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. Formed by a merger of Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds in 1992, the club played in the Conference National following a short spell in the Football League at the start of...

 shortly after. However, he was released at the end of the 2007–08

2007-08 in English football

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 season.

On 17 June 2008, it was announced that El-Kholti had joined fellow Conference

Conference National

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 side Woking

Woking F.C.

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. He then joined Hayes & Yeading United

Hayes & Yeading United F.C.

Hayes & Yeading United F.C. are an English football club based in Woking in Surrey. They were formed in May 2007 following a merger of Hayes and Yeading. They play at the Kingfield Stadium agreeing a groundshare with Woking-History:...

 in 2009, but made just one appearance for the club in the Middlesex Senior Cup

Middlesex Senior Cup

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He now works at a pancake stall in Canary Wharf.

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