Haytham Farouk

Haytham Farouk
Personal information
Full nameHaytham Farouk Abuelw
Date of birthJanuary 4, 1971
Place of birthAlexandria, Egypt
Playing positionDefender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1989–1996El-Olympi
1996–1997Feyenoord2(0)
1997–1998Helsingborgs IF
1998–1999Oostende6(0)
1999–2001Zamalek SC
2001–2003Ismaily
2003–2005El-Tersana
2005–2006El-Masry
National team
1991–1999Egypt11(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Haytham Farouk (Arabic: هيثم فاروق; born January 4, 1971) is a retired Egyptian international football player.

Farouk was born in Alexandria. He spent most of his career in Egypt and played for El-Olympi and Zamalek SC. He played for the Zamalek side that won the 2000 African Cup Winners' Cup.[1] He also had a spell in Europe, playing for Dutch Eredivisie side Feyenoord,[2] Swedish Allsvenskan side Helsingborgs IF and Belgian First Division side K.V. Oostende.

Farouk made several appearances for the Egypt national football team, including 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.[3] He also played for Egypt at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[4]

References

  1. Anwar, Abeer (2000-12-06). "The big turnaround". Al-Ahram Weekly.
  2. "Haytam Farouk" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  3. Courtney, Barrie (2005-02-02). "International Matches 1997". RSSSF.
  4. "Haysam Abouelw Biography and Statistics". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2010-03-08.

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