Sharbel Touma

Sharbel Touma (Arabic: شربل توما‎; born 25 March 1979) is a Swedish former football player and manager. Born in Lebanon, Touma is of Aramean descent, and has represented Sweden internationally between 2001 and 2004.[1][2]

Sharbel Touma
Touma in 2007
Personal information
Full name Sharbel Touma
Date of birth (1979-03-25) 25 March 1979
Place of birth Beirut, Lebanon
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1989–1992 Motala
1992–1994 Syrianska
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Syrianska 1 (0)
1995–1999 Djurgården 46 (9)
1999–2001 AIK 29 (4)
2002–2005 Halmstad 68 (20)
2005–2007 Twente 79 (18)
2007–2009 Borussia Mönchengladbach 17 (3)
2009–2010 Iraklis Thessaloniki 8 (0)
2010–2011 Djurgården 26 (5)
2011–2014 Syrianska 72 (18)
2017 Syrianska 1 (0)
National team
Sweden U16 1 (0)
Sweden U18 8 (1)
1999–2001 Sweden U21 5 (1)
2001–2004 Sweden 2 (0)
Teams managed
2017 Syrianska
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early life

Touma was born in Beirut, Lebanon,[3][4] into a Syriac Orthodox family with roots in the Tur Abdin region of southern Turkey, he moved to Sweden at a young age and was granted Swedish citizenship.

Club career

Touma made his senior debut for Syrianska FC in the 1994 Division 2.[5] He joined Djurgårdens IF, where he won the PSM för klubblag with the under-16 squad.[5] He debuted in the senior team in the 1997 season.

He later played for AIK, Halmstads BK and F.C. Twente.[6] He won "the Big Silver" (Stora Silvret in Swedish, second place in the Swedish top league, Allsvenskan) with Halmstads BK 2004 and left them for FC Twente. On 4 November 2008 was suspended and called up for the second team from Borussia Mönchengladbach between December 2008, he also release the club in July 2009 to sign with Iraklis.

Touma was on a trial with the Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK[7] and on 22 March 2010 Touma returned from Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. to his mother club Djurgårdens IF of the Allsvenskan.[8] He played from 1997–99 in Stockholm and scored 10 goals in 48 matches.

In 2017, Touma re-joined Syrianska, playing one league match.[9]

International career

He has two caps for the Swedish national team.[10]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Syrianska FC 1994[11] Division 2 Östra Svealand 10—10
Total 1000—000010
Djurgården 1997[11] Division 1 Norra 801—––81
1998[12]14110—––151
1999[11] Allsvenskan 248—––248
Total 46911—00004710
AIK 2000[11] Allsvenskan 4000—40
2001[11]25443—50347
Total 29443—5000387
Halmstads BK 2002[11] Allsvenskan 226—226
2003[11]204—204
2004[11]2610—102610
Total 682000—00106920
Twente 2004–05[13] Eredivisie 194—194
2005–06[13][14]285—61346
2006–07[13][14]329—43103712
Total 791800—43719022
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2007–08[13] 2. Bundesliga 16310173
2008–09[13] Bundesliga 1010—20
Total 17320000000193
Iraklis 2009–10[13] Superleague 80—80
Total 8000—000080
Djurgården 2010[11] Allsvenskan 26500—265
Total 26500—0000265
Syrianska FC 2011[13] Allsvenskan 245—20265
2012[13]25812—2610
2013[13]173—173
2014[11] Superettan 6210—72
Total 721822—00107620
Career total 3467796009310137487

References
General
  • Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken [100 years: Swedish Football Association's centenary 1904-2004, part 2: statistics] (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
Specific
  1. Officiellt: Sharbel Touma blir huvudtränare i Syrianska FC‚ fotbolltransfers.com, 21 December 2016
  2. https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/ook-friesland-kan-meedoen-aan-het-schaduwwk
  3. "500 AIK:are - Sharbel Touma". aik.se.
  4. "Aftonbladet sport: Allsvenskan". aftonbladet.se.
  5. Frantz, Alf; Glanell, Tomas; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2008). Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008 [The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008] (in Swedish). Vällingby: CA Strömberg AB. ISBN 91-86184-69-5.
  6. eredivisie.nl Archived 4 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Hjem - Rosenborg". Rosenborg Ballklub.
  8. Sharbel Touma till DIF Archived 25 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  9. TV: Sharbel Touma, 38, bytte in sig själv: "Livsviktig match"‚ fotbollskanalen.se, 17 June 2017
  10. "Sharbel Touma". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  11. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "Sharbel Touma - National Football Teams". national-football-teams.com.
  12. Niklas Schulman. "DIF.se - Lagstatistik 1998". dif.se.
  13. "Eliteprospects.com - Sharbel Touma". Elite Prospects.
  14. "Sharbel Touma » Vereinsspiele » Playoffs Eredivisie". weltfussball.de.
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