Farouk Gaafar
Egyptian footballer and manager (born 1952) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Farouk Gaafar فاروق جعفر (Nick Names: Roo-a & King of Midfield) is an Egyptian footballer manager and former football player.
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Full name | Farouk Fouad Gaafar | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1952-10-29) 29 October 1952 (age 71) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sayeda Zienab, Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre Midfield | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1971–1988[1] | Zamalek | ||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1971–1981 | Egypt[2] | 62 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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He played as a 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.