Haytham Farouk

Haytham Farouk (Arabic: هيثم فاروق; born 4 January 1971) is an Egyptian former professional footballer who played as a defender.[1]

Haytham Farouk
Personal information
Full name Haytham Farouk Mahmoud Hegazy Abuelw
Date of birth (1971-01-04) 4 January 1971
Place of birth Alexandria, Egypt
Playing position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1996 Olympic Club
1996–1997 Feyenoord 2 (0)
1997–1998 Helsingborgs IF
1998–1999 Oostende 6 (0)
1999–2001 Zamalek SC 31 (2)
2001–2003 Ismaily
2003–2005 El-Tersana
2005–2006 El-Masry
National team
1991–1999 Egypt 11 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.[2] He also had a spell in Europe, playing for Dutch Eredivisie side Feyenoord,[3] 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.[4] He also played for Egypt at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[5]

References

  1. Haytham Farouk at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. Anwar, Abeer (6 December 2000). "The big turnaround". Al-Ahram Weekly. Archived from the original on 24 January 2011.
  3. "Haytam Farouk" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  4. Courtney, Barrie (2 February 2005). "International Matches 1997". RSSSF.
  5. "Haysam Abouelw Biography and Statistics". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2010.


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