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Former AFL star Bachar Houli has revealed his first major move post-football, entering a new employment partnership through his foundation.

PREMIERSHIP hero Bachar Houli could feel the end approaching. While he was still playing well and enjoying great success with Richmond, he knew it was nearly time to hang up the boots. Houli shared his story in LET IT BE,

“We’re lucky he was the first,” writes Waleed Aly in his foreword to Bachar Houli’s 2020 memoir. By first, he means the first practising orthodox Muslim to play AFL. “It might have been someone less talented, someone clubs saw as too much trouble …

Richmond veteran Bachar Houli has called time on his decorated AFL career after winning three premierships across 232 games. Houli started his career at Essendon, where he played 26 games between 2007 and 2011 before joining the Tigers in the pre-season draft.

Bachar Houli announces his retirement after 232 games and three AFL premierships, declaring himself a "Tiger for life" and thanking the club for allowing him to "educate Australia about my faith".

Richmond triple-premiership defender Bachar Houli has retired from the AFL after 232 games. Houli started his career at Essendon, where he played 26 games between 2007 and 2011 before joining the Tigers in the pre-season draft.

Richmond's horror loss to lowly Gold Coast has been compounded by confirmation veteran defender Bachar Houli could miss the rest of the AFL season. The 33-year-old will likely have surgery on a mild syndesmosis injury,

The Richmond Tigers say Bachar Houli “will likely need surgery” after picking up an ankle syndesmosis sprain in the side’s upset loss to the Suns on Thursday.

Houli, a member of the Tigers' three flag-winning teams, may not play again in 2021 after sustaining a syndesmosis injury in the shock loss to the Suns.

Houli then went to seek further explanation from Deboy and while many players in the same situation could have been left frustrated by the decision, he approached it differently. “We called it as much as we can,” Deboy was overheard saying to Houli.