Farouk Gaafar

Farouk Gaafar

Personal information
Full name	Farouk Fouad Gaafar
Date of birth	29 October 1952
Place of birth	Sayeda Zienab, Cairo, Egypt
Position(s)	Centre Midfield
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1988	Zamalek
	Kansas City Spurs
	Philadelphia Fury
	New York Cosmos
International career
	Egypt	26
Managerial career
1990–1991	Gomhureyet Shebeen
1991–1994	Zamalek (Asst.)
1995–1996	Zamalek (Asst.)
1996–1997	Egypt
1996–1997	Baladeyet El-Mahalla
1998	Zamalek (Asst.)
1999	Zamalek
1999	Suez Club
2000–2002	Ghazl El Mahalla
2002	Ismaily
2002	Al-Riyadh
2003	Baladeyet El-Mahalla
2003	Tersana
2003–2004	Al-Masry
2005	Suez Cement
2005–2006	Zamalek
2006–2008	Tersana
2008–2013	Tala'ea El-Gaish
2013–2014	Ghazl El Mahalla
2016–	El Dakhleya
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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.

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

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

• http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/xFaroukGaafar.html

External links

• Farouk Gaafar – FIFA competition record (archived)
• http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.farouk.gaafar.60837.en.html
• http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/33123/Farouk_Gaafar.html
• http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/xFaroukGaafar.html