Sharbel Touma

Sharbel Touma (Arabic: شربل توما‎; born 25 March 1979) is a Swedish former football player and manager. Born in Lebanon, Touma is of Aramean descent, and has represented Sweden internationally between 2001 and 2004.[1][2]

Sharbel Touma

Touma in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Sharbel Touma
Date of birth	(1979-03-25) 25 March 1979
Place of birth	Beirut, Lebanon
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s)	Winger
Youth career
1989–1992	Motala
1992–1994	Syrianska
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1995	Syrianska	1	(0)
1995–1999	Djurgården	46	(9)
1999–2001	AIK	29	(4)
2002–2005	Halmstad	68	(20)
2005–2007	Twente	79	(18)
2007–2009	Borussia Mönchengladbach	17	(3)
2009–2010	Iraklis Thessaloniki	8	(0)
2010–2011	Djurgården	26	(5)
2011–2014	Syrianska	72	(18)
2017	Syrianska	1	(0)
National team
	Sweden U16	1	(0)
	Sweden U18	8	(1)
1999–2001	Sweden U21	5	(1)
2001–2004	Sweden	2	(0)
Teams managed
2017	Syrianska
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early life

Touma was born in Beirut, Lebanon,[3][4] into a Syriac Orthodox family with roots in the Tur Abdin region of southern Turkey, he moved to Sweden at a young age and was granted Swedish citizenship.

Club career

Touma made his senior debut for Syrianska FC in the 1994 Division 2.[5] He joined Djurgårdens IF, where he won the PSM för klubblag with the under-16 squad.[5] He debuted in the senior team in the 1997 season.

He later played for AIK, Halmstads BK and F.C. Twente.[6] He won "the Big Silver" (Stora Silvret in Swedish, second place in the Swedish top league, Allsvenskan) with Halmstads BK 2004 and left them for FC Twente. On 4 November 2008 was suspended and called up for the second team from Borussia Mönchengladbach between December 2008, he also release the club in July 2009 to sign with Iraklis.

Touma was on a trial with the Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK[7] and on 22 March 2010 Touma returned from Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. to his mother club Djurgårdens IF of the Allsvenskan.[8] He played from 1997–99 in Stockholm and scored 10 goals in 48 matches.

In 2017, Touma re-joined Syrianska, playing one league match.[9]

International career

He has two caps for the Swedish national team.[10]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Syrianska FC	1994[11]	Division 2 Östra Svealand	1	0			—						1	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	1	0
Djurgården	1997[11]	Division 1 Norra	8	0		1	—		–	–			8	1
	1998[12]		14	1	1	0	—		–	–			15	1
	1999[11]	Allsvenskan	24	8			—		–	–			24	8
	Total		46	9	1	1	—		0	0	0	0	47	10
AIK	2000[11]	Allsvenskan	4	0	0	0	—						4	0
	2001[11]		25	4	4	3	—		5	0			34	7
	Total		29	4	4	3	—		5	0	0	0	38	7
Halmstads BK	2002[11]	Allsvenskan	22	6			—						22	6
	2003[11]		20	4			—						20	4
	2004[11]		26	10			—				1	0	26	10
	Total		68	20	0	0	—		0	0	1	0	69	20
Twente	2004–05[13]	Eredivisie	19	4			—						19	4
	2005–06[13][14]		28	5			—				6	1	34	6
	2006–07[13][14]		32	9			—		4	3	1	0	37	12
	Total		79	18	0	0	—		4	3	7	1	90	22
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2007–08[13]	2. Bundesliga	16	3	1	0							17	3
	2008–09[13]	Bundesliga	1	0	1	0	—						2	0
	Total		17	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	3
Iraklis	2009–10[13]	Superleague	8	0			—						8	0
	Total		8	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	8	0
Djurgården	2010[11]	Allsvenskan	26	5	0	0	—						26	5
	Total		26	5	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	26	5
Syrianska FC	2011[13]	Allsvenskan	24	5			—				2	0	26	5
	2012[13]		25	8	1	2	—						26	10
	2013[13]		17	3			—						17	3
	2014[11]	Superettan	6	2	1	0	—						7	2
	Total		72	18	2	2	—		0	0	1	0	76	20
Career total			346	77	9	6	0	0	9	3	10	1	374	87

References

General

• Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken [100 years: Swedish Football Association's centenary 1904-2004, part 2: statistics] (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.

Specific

1. Officiellt: Sharbel Touma blir huvudtränare i Syrianska FC‚ fotbolltransfers.com, 21 December 2016
2. https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/ook-friesland-kan-meedoen-aan-het-schaduwwk
3. "500 AIK:are - Sharbel Touma". aik.se.
4. "Aftonbladet sport: Allsvenskan". aftonbladet.se.
5. Frantz, Alf; Glanell, Tomas; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2008). Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008 [The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008] (in Swedish). Vällingby: CA Strömberg AB. ISBN 91-86184-69-5.
6. eredivisie.nl Archived 4 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine
7. "Hjem - Rosenborg". Rosenborg Ballklub.
8. Sharbel Touma till DIF Archived 25 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
9. TV: Sharbel Touma, 38, bytte in sig själv: "Livsviktig match"‚ fotbollskanalen.se, 17 June 2017
10. "Sharbel Touma". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
11. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "Sharbel Touma - National Football Teams". national-football-teams.com.
12. Niklas Schulman. "DIF.se - Lagstatistik 1998". dif.se.
13. "Eliteprospects.com - Sharbel Touma". Elite Prospects.
14. "Sharbel Touma » Vereinsspiele » Playoffs Eredivisie". weltfussball.de.

External links

• Sharbel Touma at SvFF (in Swedish)