Haytham Farouk

Haytham Farouk

Personal information
Full name	Haytham Farouk Abuelw
Date of birth	January 4, 1971
Place of birth	Alexandria, Egypt
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1989–1996	El-Olympi
1996–1997	Feyenoord	2	(0)
1997–1998	Helsingborgs IF
1998–1999	Oostende	6	(0)
1999–2001	Zamalek SC
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. † 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.

External links

• Haytham Farouk at National-Football-Teams.com
• Feyenoord Wie is Wie (Dutch)