Tarek Ibrahim Mohammad Al Taib (Arabic: طَارِق إِبْرَاهِيم مُحَمَّد التَّائِب; born 28 February 1977) is a Libyan football midfielder.
Juventus were impressed and decided to buy him, but the Libyan Football Federation did not grant him a license to play in Italy.
In 2003, after a friendly match against Argentina, in which Tariq Al Taib put in a strong performance and scored a remarkable goal, receiving a pass from a team-mate near the corner post, running down the wing past two players and then scoring at nearly a 180-degree angle.
He then received an offer from the Spanish club Valencia but the Libyan authorities restricted his potential career at the highest level.
He was Libya's captain during the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, but was exiled from the side after he spoke out against teammates who supported rebel groups fighting in the First Libyan Civil War in 2011.