Haytham Farouk

Haytham Farouk
Personal information
Full name	Haytham Farouk Mahmoud Hegazy Abuelw
Date of birth	4 January 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Alexandria, Egypt
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1996	Olympic Club
1996–1997	Feyenoord
1997–1998	Helsingborgs IF
1998–1999	Oostende
1999–2001	Zamalek SC
2001–2003	Ismaily
2003–2005	El-Tersana
2005–2006	El-Masry
International career
1991–1999	Egypt
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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

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

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