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Farouk Gaafar
Personal information
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)
1971–1979[2] Zamalek
1979-1980 New York Cosmos
1980-1987 Zamalek
International career
1970–1981 Egypt[1] 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
Men's football
Representing  Egypt (as player)
African Games
Bronze medal – third place 1973
Africa Cup of Nations
Third place 1974
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Farouk Gaafar (Arabic: فاروق جعفر; born 29 October 1952) is an Egyptian football manager and former football player.[3]

Nicknamed "Roo'a" and "King of Midfield", he played as a midfielder for Zamalek and the Egypt national football team. He was nicknamed the "King of Midfield". Gaafar finished seventh in the African Player of the Year, by France Football in 1975 and eighth in 1977.[4] Following his retirement, Gaafar managed Egypt during 1996 and 1997 and later El Geish club.[5][6]

Early life and education

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Farouk Fouad Gaafar was born in Cairo on 29 October 1952. His origin is from Aswan in Upper Egypt. His grandfather migrated to Cairo after the construction of the High Dam. He had 10 brothers and sisters. In 1963, in the streets of El-Munira neighborhood, Zamalek's scout Ibrahim Abdel-Rahman, saw Gaafar playing and enrolled him in the Zamalek U-14 youth team without his family’s knowledge after he obtained a preparatory certificate from Manial El-Rawda School. Afterwards, he joined the National Secondary School in Manial. Gaafar has a Bachelor’s degree in physical education.

Club career

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Farouk Gaafar played in Zamalek's youth teams from 1963, he played for six years before being chosen for the first team, he trained under many notable coaches such as Hilal Qadri, Hamada El-Sharkawy, and Samir Qotb. He played in the Egypt national football team before playing for the first team, as the Egyptian League was stopped, and not resumed until 1971–72 season.

Zamalek SC team 1975
Gaafar (front row, first from right) with Zamalek squad, winners of the 1975 Egypt Cup

In 1969, when he was 17 years old, Zamalek played against El Sekka, and Zamalek was down by two goals, and Gaafar played in the second half, and Zamalek scored three goals with Gaafar scoring two goals. Afterwards, he joined the first team and played his first match against Factory 36, and Zamalek won four goals, and Farouk scored two goals in his first official match. In front of Ghazl El Mahalla, he played as a right-back instead of Yakan Hussein. Gaafar became known all over Egypt after the 1972 Cairo derby which Zamalek won Al Ahly by a score of 2–1, and the referee had awarded a penalty kick, from which Gaafar scored a goal, and Al Ahly's goalkeeper Marwan Kanafani asked Al Ahly fans to enter the pitch. The 1971–72 league's result was cancelled.

He played for the team for 16 years from 1971 to 1987, he was nicknamed the "King of midfield", he scored over 53 goals for Zamalek in the Egyptian Premier League. Gaafar won with Zamalek two titles of the Egyptian Premier League (1977–78, 1983–84).[7][8]

Gaafar won the October League Cup (held instead of the cancelled Egyptian Premier League) once in 1974. He also won three Egypt Cup titles (1974–75, 1976–77, 1978–79). Gaafar was lucky to play amongst more than a generation of Zamalek in his career. He was one of the best Egyptian players of his generation.

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Gaafar (middle), Hassan Shehata and Taha Basry with Zamalek in 1978

In 1979, Gaafar had a brief spell in New York Cosmos. After Zamalek's refusal of Gaafar signing to Al Ain FC in Emirates, Gaafar travelled to the United States and played for Cosmos, since rules were allowing him to play in the U.S. without his club's permission.[9] However, after rules changed in 1980, he came back home and asked Zamalek for permission, but unfortunately, the club refused, and he left New York Cosmos without even signing a contract and returned to Zamalek.[10][11]

At the continental level, Gaafar won with Zamalek the 1984 African Cup of Champions Clubs and 1986 African Cup of Champions Clubs. Gaafar scored 64 goals for Zamalek in all competitions.[12] Gaafar retired as a player in 1987. A retirement festival had taken place in Cairo Stadium, with a friendly match between Egypt and Kuwait in 1988.[13]

International career

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Gaafar played for the Egypt national football team for 11 years from 1970 to 1981, he played 62 international caps and scored 7 goals. He was a part of the team that won the 1972 Palestine Cup of Nations.[14] Gaafar was also a part of the team that won the bronze medal in the 1973 African Games in Nigeria, and scored in the group stage against Upper Volta and in the semifinals against Nigeria. Gaafar was part of the team that finished third in the 1974 African Cup of Nations in Egypt.

Gaafar (first standing from left) with Egypt in the 1974 African Cup of Nations

He was part of the team that finished fourth in the 1976 African Cup of Nations in Ethiopia and fourth in the 1980 African Cup of Nations in Nigeria. He won the best playmaker award in 1974 African Cup of Nations and was included in the 1974 CAN dream team and he also won the best playmaker in the 1976 African Cup of Nations and was included in the 1976 CAN dream team. He was a part of the team that won the 1975 Palestine Cup of Nations. Gaafar came the 7th African footballer of the year by France Football in 1975, and 8th African footballer of the year by France Football in 1977.

Managerial career

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Managerial statistics

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As of match played 4 August 2016
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
P W D L Win %
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

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Player

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Zamalek

Egypt

Individual

Manager

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Zamalek

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Farouk Gafaar - International Appearances
  2. ^ "Egyptian Football Net - Farouk Gaafar".
  3. ^ "Farouk Gaafar - Stats and titles won". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  4. ^ Pierrend, José Luis (2000-02-14). "African Player of the Year 1975". RSSSF. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  5. ^ Said, Tarek (2006-11-23). "Egyptian National Team Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  6. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Farouk Gaafar (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  7. ^ FilGoal (2021-10-29). "في عيد ميلاده.. ملك النص يحكي كواليس لا تعرفها في مسيرته". FilGoal.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  8. ^ الديك, محمد. "من ذكريات القمة فى ديسمبر: إلغاء الدوري بسبب ضربة جزاء للزمالك - سبورت 360". arabic.sport360.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  9. ^ "العالم قبل كورونا.. فاروق جعفر يروي قصة "ثغرة" أمريكا للرحيل عن الزمالك دون موافقته". www.yallakora.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  10. ^ "Farouk Gaafar". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  11. ^ "New York Cosmos 1971-1984 - Players, Ranking and Transfers - 1980". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  12. ^ فتحي الشافعي (29 March 2024). "شخصيات رياضية لها تاريخ .. فاروق جعفر "ملك النص" ..صاحب اللمسات الساحرة".
  13. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Farouk Gaafar (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  14. ^ "Palestine Cup 1972-1975". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
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