Farouk Gaafar

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

Farouk Gaafar
Personal information
Full name Farouk Fouad Gaafar
Date of birth (1952-10-29) 29 October 1952
Place of birth Sayeda Zienab, Cairo, Egypt
Position(s) Centre Midfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1988[1] Zamalek
National team
1971–1981 Egypt[2] 62 (7)
Teams managed
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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.[3]

Following his playing career, Gaafar managed Egypt[4] during 1996 and 1997 and later El Geish club.

Managerial statistics
As of match played 4 August 2016
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
Egypt 1 July 1996 1 March 1997 2 1 0 1 050.0
Baladeyet 1 July 1998 21 November 1998 1 0 0 1 000.0
Zamalek SC 8 December 1998 16 April 1999 9 4 3 2 044.4
Suez SC 18 November 1999 30 November 1999 1 1 0 0 100.0
Ghazl 1 August 2000 30 June 2002 29 8 12 9 027.6
Ismaily SC 1 July 2002 18 October 2002 4 3 0 1 075.0
Baladeyet 2 March 2003 15 October 2003 15 4 4 7 026.7
Tersana SC 15 October 2003 22 December 2003 5 3 1 1 060.0
Al Masry SC 22 December 2003 6 November 2004 26 7 12 7 026.9
Suez Cement 17 June 2005 18 August 2005 1 1 0 0 100.0
Zamalek SC 18 August 2005 30 December 2005 19 11 2 6 057.9
Tersana SC 20 June 2006 30 June 2008 64 16 21 27 025.0
El Gaish 10 January 2008 5 January 2013 141 42 53 46 029.8
Ghazl 9 September 2013 19 January 2014 5 1 1 3 020.0
Al Ansar FC 24 March 2015 27 March 2015 0 0 0 0 !—
El Dakhleya SC 24 May 2016 4 August 2016 4 2 0 2 050.0
Total 326 104 109 113 031.9 —

Honours

As a player

Zamalek

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
  1. http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/xFaroukGaafar.html
  2. Farouk Gafaar - International Appearances
  3. Pierrend, José Luis (2000-02-14). "African Player of the Year 1975". RSSSF. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  4. Said, Tarek (2006-11-23). "Egyptian National Team Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2009-08-07.


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