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{{short description|Egyptian footballer and manager (born 1952)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Farouk Gaafar
| image = فاروق جعفر.png
| caption = 
| full_name = Farouk Fouad Gaafar
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|10|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Sayyidah Zainab District|Sayyidah Zainab]], [[Cairo]], Egypt
| height = 
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1971–1979<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/xFaroukGaafar.html|title = Egyptian Football Net - Farouk Gaafar}}</ref>
| clubs1 = [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1979-1980
| clubs2 = [[New York Cosmos (1970–1985)|New York Cosmos]]
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| years3 = 1980-1987
| clubs3 = [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]]
| caps3 = 
| goals3 = 
| years4 = 
| clubs4 = 
| totalcaps = 
| totalgoals = 
| nationalyears1 = 1970–1981
| nationalteam1 = [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]]<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/egy-gafaar-intl.html Farouk Gafaar - International Appearances]</ref>
| nationalcaps1 = 62
| nationalgoals1 = 7
| medaltemplates = {{medalSport|[[Association football|Men's football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|EGY}}}} <small>(as player)</small>
{{MedalCompetition|[[African Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Football at the 1973 All-Africa Games|1973]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Africa Cup of Nations]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1974 African Cup of Nations|1974]]|}}
| manageryears1 = 1990–1991
| managerclubs1 = [[Gomhoriat Shebin SC|Gomhoriat Shebin]]
| manageryears2 = 1991–1993
| managerclubs2 = [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 1995–1996
| managerclubs3 = [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]] (assistant)
| manageryears4 = 1996–1997
| managerclubs4 = [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]]
| manageryears5 = 1998–1998
| managerclubs5 = [[Baladeyet El-Mahalla]]
| manageryears6 = 1998–1998
| managerclubs6 = [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]] (assistant)
| manageryears7 = 1998–1999
| managerclubs7 = [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]]
| manageryears8 = 1999–1999
| managerclubs8 = [[Suez SC|Montakhab Suez]]
| manageryears9 = 2000–2002
| managerclubs9 = [[Ghazl El Mahalla SC|Ghazl El Mahalla]]
| manageryears10 = 2002–2002
| managerclubs10 = [[Ismaily SC|Ismaily]]
| manageryears11 = 2002–2002
| managerclubs11 = [[Al-Riyadh SC|Al-Riyadh]]
| manageryears12 = 2003–2003
| managerclubs12 = [[Baladeyet El-Mahalla]]
| manageryears13 = 2003–2003
| managerclubs13 = [[Tersana SC|Tersana]]
| manageryears14 = 2003–2004
| managerclubs14 = [[Al-Masry SC|Al-Masry]]
| manageryears15 = 2005–2005
| managerclubs15 = [[Suez Cement (Asmant el-Suweis)|Suez Cement]]
| manageryears16 = 2005–2005
| managerclubs16 = [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]]
| manageryears17 = 2006–2008
| managerclubs17 = [[Tersana SC|Tersana]]
| manageryears18 = 2008–2013
| managerclubs18 = [[Tala'ea El-Gaish SC|Tala'ea El-Gaish]]
| manageryears19 = 2013–2014
| managerclubs19 = [[Ghazl El Mahalla SC|Ghazl El Mahalla]]
| manageryears20 = 2015–2015
| managerclubs20 = [[Al-Ansar SC|Al-Ansar]]
| manageryears21 = 2016–2016
| managerclubs21 = [[El Dakhleya SC|El Dakhleya]]
}}

'''Farouk Gaafar''' ({{langx|ar|فاروق جعفر}}; born 29 October 1952) is an Egyptian football manager and former [[association football|football]] player. Nicknamed "Roo'a" and '''King of Midfield''' ({{langx|ar|ملك النص}}), he played as a [[midfielder]] for [[Zamalek]] and the [[Egypt national football team|Egypt national team]]. He was a talented midfielder, constantly in the starting lineup for the national team. Gaafar finished seventh in the [[African Footballer of the Year|African Player of the Year]], by ''[[France Football]]'' in 1975 and eighth in 1977.<ref>{{cite web |author=Pierrend, José Luis |date=14 February 2000 |title=African Player of the Year 1975 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/afrpoy75.html |access-date=7 August 2009 |website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref> Following his retirement, Gaafar managed Egypt during 1996 and 1997 and later [[El Geish]] club.<ref>{{cite web |author=Said, Tarek |date=23 November 2006 |title=Egyptian National Team Coaches |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/egy-coach-triv.html |access-date=7 August 2009 |website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Strack-Zimmermann |first=Benjamin |title=Farouk Gaafar (Player) |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/33123/Farouk_Gaafar.html |access-date=5 May 2024 |website=www.national-football-teams.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Farouk Fouad Gaafar was born in [[Sayyidah Zainab District]], [[Cairo]] on 29 October 1952. His origin is from [[Aswan]] in [[Upper Egypt]]. His grandfather migrated to Cairo after the construction of the [[Aswan Dam|High Dam]]. He had 10 brothers and sisters. In 1963, in the streets of El-Munira neighborhood, [[Zamalek SC|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 ==
[[File:Zamalek_SC_team_1975.jpg|alt=Zamalek SC team 1975|thumb|Gaafar (front row, first from right) with Zamalek squad, winners of the [[1975 Egypt Cup final|1975 Egypt Cup]]|left|230x230px]]

[[File:T_Basry,_F_Gaafar_&_H_Shehata.jpg|alt=T Basry, F Gaafar & H Shehata|thumb|left|230x230px|Gaafar (middle), [[Hassan Shehata]] and [[Taha Basry]] with Zamalek in 1978]]

Farouk Gaafar played in [[Zamalek SC|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|Egypt national team]] before playing for the first team, as the Egyptian League was stopped, and not resumed until 1971–72 season.

In 1969, when he was 17 years old, Zamalek played against [[El Sekka El Hadid SC|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 SC|Ghazl El Mahalla]], he played as a right-back instead of [[Yaken Zaki|Yakan Hussein]]. Gaafar became known all over Egypt after the 1972 [[Cairo derby]] which Zamalek won [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]] by a score of 2–1, and the referee had awarded a [[Penalty kick (association football)|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 Egyptian Premier League|1977–78]], [[1983–84 Egyptian Premier League|1983–84]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last=FilGoal |date=29 October 2021 |title=في عيد ميلاده.. ملك النص يحكي كواليس لا تعرفها في مسيرته |url=https://www.filgoal.com/articles/421296 |access-date=28 April 2024 |website=FilGoal.com |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=الديك |first=محمد |title=من ذكريات القمة فى ديسمبر: إلغاء الدوري بسبب ضربة جزاء للزمالك - سبورت 360 |url=https://arabic.sport360.com/article/arabfootball/%d9%83%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a9/459006/%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%b0%d9%83%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d9%85%d8%a9-%d9%81%d9%89-%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%b3%d9%85%d8%a8%d8%b1-%d8%a5%d9%84%d8%ba%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d8%a8%d8%b3%d8%a8%d8%a8-%d8%b6%d8%b1%d8%a8%d8%a9-%d8%ac%d8%b2%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d9%84%d9%84%d8%b2%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83 |access-date=7 May 2024 |website=arabic.sport360.com |language=ar}}</ref> Gaafar won the [[October League Cup]] (held instead of the cancelled Egyptian Premier League) once in [[October League Cup|1974]]. He also won three Egypt Cup titles ([[1975 Egypt Cup final|1974–75]], [[1977 Egypt Cup final|1976–77]], [[1979 Egypt Cup final|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.

[[File:H_Shehata_-_F_Gaafar_(1981).jpg|thumb|210px|Gaafar (left) with [[Hassan Shehata]] with Zamalek in 1981]]

In 1979, Gaafar had a brief spell in [[New York Cosmos (1970–1985)|New York Cosmos]]. After Zamalek's refusal of Gaafar signing to [[Al Ain FC]] in [[United Arab Emirates|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=العالم قبل كورونا.. فاروق جعفر يروي قصة "ثغرة" أمريكا للرحيل عن الزمالك دون موافقته |url=https://www.yallakora.com/egyptian-league/2620/news/384916/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85-%d9%82%d8%a8%d9%84-%d9%83%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%86%d8%a7-%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%82-%d8%ac%d8%b9%d9%81%d8%b1-%d9%8a%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%8a-%d9%82%d8%b5%d8%a9-%d8%ab%d8%ba%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%a3%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%83%d8%a7-%d9%84%d9%84%d8%b1%d8%ad%d9%8a%d9%84-%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b2%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83-%d8%af%d9%88%d9%86-%d9%85%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%81%d9%82%d8%aa%d9%87 |access-date=5 May 2024 |website=www.yallakora.com |language=ar}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Farouk Gaafar |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/farouk-gaafar/ |access-date=5 May 2024 |website=worldfootball.net |language=en}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=فتحي الشافعي |date=29 March 2024 |title=شخصيات رياضية لها تاريخ .. فاروق جعفر "ملك النص" ..صاحب اللمسات الساحرة |url=https://m.youm7.com/story/2024/3/29/%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%AC%D8%B9%D9%81%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B5-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA/6522212}}</ref> Gaafar retired as a player in 1987. A retirement festival had taken place in [[Cairo International Stadium|Cairo Stadium]], with a friendly match between [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]] and [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]] in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strack-Zimmermann |first=Benjamin |title=Farouk Gaafar (Player) |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/33123/Farouk_Gaafar.html |access-date=4 May 2024 |website=www.national-football-teams.com |language=en}}</ref>

==International career==
[[File:Egypt_National_Football_Team_(1974).jpg|thumb|230x230px|left|Gaafar (first standing from left) with [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]] in the [[1974 African Cup of Nations]]]]

Gaafar played for the [[Egypt national football team|Egypt national 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Palestine Cup 1972-1975 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/palestine-cups.html |access-date=10 May 2024 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref> Gaafar was also a part of the team that won the [[bronze medal]] in the [[Football at the 1973 All-Africa Games|1973 African Games]] in Nigeria, and scored in the group stage against [[Burkina Faso national football team|Upper Volta]] and in the semifinals against [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]. Gaafar was part of the team that finished third in the [[1974 African Cup of Nations]] in Egypt.

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==
Gaafar worked as assistant in [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]] at the beginning of his coaching career. His first venture as a manager was in the 1990–91 season for Gomhoriat Shebin. He worked as assistant coach for Zamalek for two years from 1991 to 1993, followed by the 1995–96 season, also as an assistant coach for Zamalek. In 1996, he was appointed by the [[Egyptian Football Association]] as the head coach of the [[Egypt national football team|Egypt national team]] along with [[Mahmoud El Khatib|Mahmoud El-Khatib]] as Sports Manager. He worked as manager for [[Baladiyat El Mahalla SC]] in 1998–99. Again as Zamalek assistant in 1998–99. He was appointed as Zamalek’s [[Caretaker manager|caretaker]] in 1999. He worked for two seasons as manager for Montakhab El Suez in 2000–2002. He also managed [[Ghazl El Mahalla SC|Ghazl El Mahalla]] in 2002 and reached the [[Egypt Cup]] final. He managed [[Ismaily SC|Ismaily]] in 2002. Followed by [[Al-Riyadh SC|Al-Riyadh]] in 2003, and  Baladiyat El Mahalla in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Farouk Gaafar: Information, teams and honours {{!}} BeSoccer |url=https://www.besoccer.com/coach/farouk-gaafar-2787 |access-date=23 November 2024 |website=www.besoccer.com |language=en}}</ref> The next season in [[Tersana SC|Tersana]] in 2003–2004, [[Al Masry SC|Al-Masry]] in 2005, Suez Cement in 2005–2005, Zamalek in 2006, Tersana in 2008–2013. He managed Tala'ea El-Gaish in 2013–2014, Ghazl El Mahalla in 2015–2015. He was appointed as manager for the Lebanese side [[Al Ansar FC|Al-Ansar]] in 2016–2016. Followed by El Dakhleya the same season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 March 2024 |title=شخصيات رياضية لها تاريخ .. فاروق جعفر "ملك النص" ..صاحب اللمسات الساحرة |url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2024/3/29/%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%AC%D8%B9%D9%81%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B5-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA/6522212 |access-date=23 November 2024 |website=اليوم السابع |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=22 September 2023 |title=فاروق جعفر من النزوح إلى مغازلة كرسي القلعة «بروفايل» |url=https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/2988449}}</ref>

==Managerial statistics==
{{Updated|match played 4 August 2016}}

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
|-
!rowspan=2|Team
!rowspan=2|From
!rowspan=2|To
!colspan=5|Record
!rowspan=2|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!{{abbr|P|Matches played}}!!{{abbr|W|Matches won}}!!{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}!!{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}!!{{abbr|Win %|Win percentage}}
|-
|align=left|[[Egypt national football team|Egypt]]
|align=left|1 July 1996
|align=left|1 March 1997
{{WDL|2|1|0|1|decimals=1}}
|
|-
|align=left|[[Baladeyet El Mahalla SC|Baladeyet]]
|align=left|1 July 1998
|align=left|21 November 1998
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|decimals=1}}
|
|-
|align=left|[[Zamalek SC]]
|align=left|8 December 1998
|align=left|16 April 1999
{{WDL|9|4|3|2|decimals=1}}
|
|-
|align=left|[[Suez SC]]
|align=left|18 November 1999
|align=left|30 November 1999
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|decimals=1}}
|
|-
|align=left|[[Ghazl El Mahalla SC|Ghazl]]
|align=left|1 August 2000
|align=left|30 June 2002
{{WDL|29|8|12|9|decimals=1}}
|
|-
|align=left|[[Ismaily SC]]
|align=left|1 July 2002
|align=left|18 October 2002
{{WDL|4|3|0|1|decimals=1}}
|
|-
|align=left|[[Baladeyet El Mahalla SC|Baladeyet]]
|align=left|2 March 2003
|align=left|15 October 2003
{{WDL|15|4|4|7|decimals=1}}
|
|-
|align=left|[[Tersana SC]]
|align=left|15 October 2003
|align=left|22 December 2003
{{WDL|5|3|1|1|decimals=1}}
|
|-
|align=left|[[Al Masry SC]]
|align=left|22 December 2003
|align=left|6 November 2004
{{WDL|26|7|12|7|decimals=1}}
|
|-
|align=left|[[Suez Cement SC|Suez Cement]]
|align=left|17 June 2005
|align=left|18 August 2005
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|decimals=1}}
|
|-
|align=left|[[Zamalek SC]]
|align=left|18 August 2005
|align=left|30 December 2005
{{WDL|19|11|2|6|decimals=1}}
|
|-
|align=left|[[Tersana SC]]
|align=left|20 June 2006
|align=left|30 June 2008
{{WDL|64|16|21|27|decimals=1}}
|
|-
|align=left|[[Tala'ea El Gaish SC|El Gaish]]
|align=left|10 January 2008
|align=left|5 January 2013
{{WDL|141|42|53|46|decimals=1}}
|
|-
|align=left|[[Ghazl El Mahalla SC|Ghazl]]
|align=left|9 September 2013
|align=left|19 January 2014
{{WDL|5|1|1|3|decimals=1}}
|
|-
|align=left|[[Al Ansar FC]]
|align=left|24 March 2015
|align=left|27 March 2015
{{WDL|0|0|0|0|decimals=1}}
|
|-
|align=left|[[El Dakhleya SC]]
|align=left|24 May 2016
|align=left|4 August 2016
{{WDL|4|2|0|2|decimals=1}}
|
|-
!colspan=3|Total
{{WDLtot|326|104|109|113|decimals=1}}
!—
|}

==Honours==

===Player===
'''Zamalek'''

* [[Egyptian Premier League]]: [[1977–78 Egyptian Premier League|1977–78]], [[1983–84 Egyptian Premier League|1983–84]]
* [[Egypt Cup]]: [[1975 Egypt Cup final|1974–75]], [[1977 Egypt Cup final|1976–77]], [[1979 Egypt Cup final|1978–79]]
* [[October League Cup]]: [[October League Cup#Conditions for organizing the tournament|1974]]
* [[Egyptian Friendship Cup]]: [[Egyptian Friendship Cup#Match details|1986]]
* [[CAF Champions League|African Cup of Champions Clubs]]: [[1984 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1984]], [[1986 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1986]]

'''Egypt'''

* [[Palestine Cup of Nations]]: [[1972 Palestine Cup of Nations|1972]], [[1975 Palestine Cup of Nations|1975]]

'''Individual'''
* Best Playmaker in [[1974 African Cup of Nations]]
* Best Playmaker in [[1976 African Cup of Nations]]
* 7th [[African Footballer of the Year|African footballer of the year]] by [[France Football]]: 1975
* 8th African footballer of the year by France Football: 1977

===Manager===
'''Zamalek'''

* [[Egyptian Premier League]]: [[1991–92 Egyptian Premier League|1991–92]], [[1992–93 Egyptian Premier League|1992–93]] (Assistant Manager)

==See also==
* [[Football in Egypt]]
* [[List of Egyptians]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/xFaroukGaafar.html angelfire.com]

==External links==
* {{FIFA player|49554}}
* {{NFT|33123<!-- /Farouk_Gaafar -->}}
* [https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/xFaroukGaafar.html angelfire.com]

{{1974 Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament}}
{{1976 Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament}}
{{Egypt national football team managers}}
{{El Zamalek managers}}

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