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Farouk Gaafar فاروق جعفر (Nick Names: Roo-a & King of Midfield) is an Egyptian former football player and manager.

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Farouk Gaafar

Personal information
Full name	Farouk Fouad Gaafar
Date of birth	(1952-10-29) 29 October 1952 (age 69)
Place of birth	Sayeda Zienab, Cairo, Egypt
Position(s)	Centre Midfield
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1988[1]	Zamalek
National team
1971–1981	Egypt[2]	62	(7)
Teams managed
1990–1991	Gomhoriat Shebin
1991–1993	Zamalek (Asst.)
1995–1996	Zamalek (Asst.)
1996–1997	Egypt
1998–1998	Baladeyet El-Mahalla
1998–1998	Zamalek (Asst.)
1998–1999	Zamalek
1999–1999	Montakhab Suez
2000–2002	Ghazl El Mahalla
2002–2002	Ismaily
2002–2002	Al-Riyadh
2003–2003	Baladeyet El-Mahalla
2003–2003	Tersana
2003–2004	Al-Masry
2005–2005	Suez Cement
2005–2005	Zamalek
2006–2008	Tersana
2008–2013	Tala'ea El-Gaish
2013–2014	Ghazl El Mahalla
2015–2015	Al-Ansar
2016–2016	El Dakhleya
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He played midfielder for Zamalek and the Egypt national football team. He finished eighth in the magazine France Football voting for the 1975 African Player of the Year.[3]

Following his playing career, Gaafar managed Egypt[4] during 1996 and 1997 and later El Geish club.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 4 August 2016

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Egypt	1 July 1996	1 March 1997	2	1	0	1	050.0
Baladeyet	1 July 1998	21 November 1998	1	0	0	1	000.0
Zamalek SC	8 December 1998	16 April 1999	9	4	3	2	044.4
Suez SC	18 November 1999	30 November 1999	1	1	0	0	100.0
Ghazl	1 August 2000	30 June 2002	29	8	12	9	027.6
Ismaily SC	1 July 2002	18 October 2002	4	3	0	1	075.0
Baladeyet	2 March 2003	15 October 2003	15	4	4	7	026.7
Tersana SC	15 October 2003	22 December 2003	5	3	1	1	060.0
Al Masry SC	22 December 2003	6 November 2004	26	7	12	7	026.9
Suez Cement	17 June 2005	18 August 2005	1	1	0	0	100.0
Zamalek SC	18 August 2005	30 December 2005	19	11	2	6	057.9
Tersana SC	20 June 2006	30 June 2008	64	16	21	27	025.0
El Gaish	10 January 2008	5 January 2013	141	42	53	46	029.8
Ghazl	9 September 2013	19 January 2014	5	1	1	3	020.0
Al Ansar FC	24 March 2015	27 March 2015	0	0	0	0	!—
El Dakhleya SC	24 May 2016	4 August 2016	4	2	0	2	050.0
Total			326	104	109	113	031.9	—

Honours

As a player

Zamalek

• Egyptian Premier League: 2

  1977–78, 1983–84

• Egypt Cup: 3

  1975, 1977, 1979

• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 2

  1984, 1986

Individual

• Best Playmaker in African Cup of Nations 1974
• Best Playmaker in African Cup of Nations 1976
• 7th African footballer of the year by France Football 1975
• 8th African footballer of the year by France Football 1977

References

• angelfire.com

External links

• Farouk Gaafar – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Farouk Gaafar at FootballDatabase.eu
• Farouk Gaafar at National-Football-Teams.com
• angelfire.com

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