Haytham Farouk Abouelw (Arabic: هيثم فاروق; born 4 January 1971) is an Egyptian former professional footballer who played as a defender.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Haytham Farouk Mahmoud Hegazy Abuelw | ||
Date of birth | (1971-01-04) 4 January 1971 (age 51) | ||
Place of birth | Alexandria, Egypt | ||
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) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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]
Egypt squad – 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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