List of Muslim footballers

A list of notable Muslim footballers is given below.

* Philippe Troussier - French Former Footballer and Now Football Manager
* Bruno Metsu - French football manager
* Bacary Sagna - French footballer currently playing for Arsenal F.C.[1]
* Abou Diaby – French footballer currently playing for Arsenal F.C.
* Marouane Chamakh – Moroccan footballer currently playing for Arsenal F.C.
* Abdisalam Ibrahim- Somali footballer currently playing for Manchester City F.C.
* Ayub Daud- Somali footballer currently playing for Juventus F.C.
* Samir Nasri – French footballer currently playing for Arsenal F.C.
* Nacer Barazite – Dutch footballer currently playing for Arsenal F.C.
* Mohamed Aboutrika – Egyptian footballer currently playing for Al-Ahly
* Emad Moteab - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Al-Ahly
* Ahmed Hassan - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Al-Ahly
* Mohamed Barakat - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Al-Ahly
* Ahmed Fathy - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Al-Ahly
* Sayed Moawad - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Al-Ahly
* Wael Gomaa - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Al-Ahly
* Sherif Abdel-Fadil - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Al-Ahly
* Ahmed Adel - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Al-Ahly
* Mostafa Shebeita - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Al-Ahly
* Jérémie Janot - French footballer currently playing for AS Saint-Étienne
* Hosny Abd Rabo - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Al-Ahli Club (Dubai)
* Mohamed Nagy 'Geddo' - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary
* El-Hany Soliman - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary
* Hossam Ghaly - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Al-Nassr
* Ihab El-Masry - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab
* Yaya Touré – Ivorian footballer currently playing for Barcelona
* Éric Abidal – French footballer currently playing for Barcelona
* Franck Ribéry - French footballer currently playing for Bayern Munich
* El Hadji Diouf – Senegal footballer currently playing for Blackburn Rovers F.C.
* Yıldıray Baştürk - Turkish & German footballer currently playing for Blackburn Rovers F.C.
* Mohamed Zidan - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Borussia Dortmund
* Nicolas Anelka – French footballer currently playing for Chelsea F.C.
* Marouane Fellaini – Belgian footballer currently playing for Everton F.C.
* Ahmed Raouf - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Enppi
* Abdelaziz Tawfik - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Enppi
* Ahmed El-Muhammadi - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Enppi
* Abdel El-Saqua - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Eskişehirspor
* Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud - Egyptian footballer currently playing for El-Mansoura
* Amir Abdelhamid - Egyptian footballer currently playing for El-Masry
* Salah Amin - Egyptian footballer currently playing for El Geish
* Mesut Ozil - German footballer currently playing for SV Werder Bremen
* Emre Belözoğlu - Turkish footballer currently playing for Fenerbahçe
* Rashid Yussuff – English footballer currently playing for Gillingham F.C.
* Amr Zaki - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Hull City A.F.C.
* Kamel Fathi Ghilas – Algerian footballer currently playing for Hull City A.F.C.
* Ahmed Abdel-Ghani - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Haras El Hodood
* Ahmed Salama - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Haras El Hodood
* Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Haras El Hodood
* Ahmed Said 'Okka' - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Haras El Hodood
* Ahmed Kamal - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Haras El Hodood
* Sulley Muntari – Ghanaian footballer currently playing for Internazionale Milano
* Essam El-Hadary - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Ismaily
* Mohamed 'Homos' - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Ismaily
* Mohamed Abougrisha - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Ismaily
* Moatasem Salem - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Ismaily
* Mohamed Sobhy - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Ismaily
* Ahmed Samir Farag - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Ismaily
* Ahmed Khairy - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Ismaily
* Hasan Salihamidžić – Bosnian footballer currently playing for Juventus F.C.
* Mohamed Sissoko – Malian footballer currently playing for Juventus F.C.
* Mohamed Shawky - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Kayserispor
* Nabil El Zhar – Moroccan footballer currently playing for Liverpool F.C.
* Miralem Pjanić – Bosnian footballer currently playing for Lyon
* Mohamed El-Gabbas 'Doody' - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Lierse
* Kolo Touré – Ivorian footballer currently playing for Manchester City
* Hatem Ben Arfa – French footballer currently playing for Marseille
* Didier Domi - French footballer currently playing for Olympiacos
* Al-Sayed Hamdy - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Petrojet
* Walid Soliman - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Petrojet
* Mohamed Shaaban - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Petrojet
* Julien Faubert - French footballer currently playing for West Ham United F.C.
* Mahamadou Diarra – Malian footballer currently playing for Real Madrid F.C.
* Lassana Diarra - French footballer currently playing for Real Madrid F.C.
* Karim Benzema - French footballer currently playing for Real Madrid F.C.
* Frédéric Kanouté – Malian & French footballer currently playing for Sevilla FC
* Mohammed Abdellaoue – Norwegian footballer currently playing for Vålerenga
* Mesut Özil - German football currently paying for Werder Bremen
* Ayman Touhami - Morrocan footballer currently playing for Westside F.C.
* Ahmed Hossam 'Mido' - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Zamalek SC
* Abdel Wahed Al Sayed - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Zamalek SC
* Mahmoud Fathallah - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Zamalek SC
* Hani Said - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Zamalek SC
* Mohamed Abdel-Shafy - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Zamalek SC
* Shikabala - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Zamalek SC
* Hazem Emam - Egyptian footballer currently playing for Zamalek SC
* Moustapha Bangura – Sierra Leonean International footballer.
* Arouna Koné – Ivorian footballer currently playing for Sevilla in Spain.
* Mehdi Mahdavikia – Iranian footballer currently playing for Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany.
* Ibrahim Touré – Ivorian footballer currently playing for Al-Ittihad
* Mamady Sidibe – Malian footballer currently playing for Stoke City in England.
* Ali Daei – Former Iranian footballer and coach.
* Abel Xavier – Former Portuguese footballer.
* Darijo Srna – Croatian footballer currently playing for Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine.
* Philippe Troussier – Former French footballer and current manager.
* Franck Ribéry– French footballer currently playing for Bayern Munich in Germany.
* Khalid Boulahrouz – Dutch footballer currently playing for Stuttgart in Germany.
* Ibrahim Afellay[2] – Dutch footballer currently playing for PSV in the Netherlands.
* Hamit Altıntop[3] – Turkish footballer currently playing for Bayern Munich in Germany.
* Halil Altıntop – Turkish footballer currently playing for Schalke 04 in Germany.
* Hassan Sunny – Singaporean footballer currently playing for Tampines Rovers in Singapore.
* Tuncay Şanlı – Turkish footballer currently playing for Middlesbrough in England.
* Nihat Kahveci – Turkish footballer currently playing for Beşiktaş in Turkey.
* Emre Belözoğlu – Turkish footballer currently playing for Fenerbahçe in Turkey.
* Serdar Tasci – German footballer currently playing for Stuttgart in Germany.
* Sami Khedira – German footballer currently playing for Stuttgart in Germany.
* Hakan Yakin – Swiss footballer currently playing for Lucerne in Switzerland.
* Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye – Senegalese footballer currently playing for Stoke City in England.
* Abdoulaye Méïté – Ivorian footballer currently playing for West Bromwich Albion in England.
* Zesh Rehman – Pakistan footballer currently playing for Bradford City in England.
* Bouna Coundoul[4] – Senegal footballer currently playing for the New York Red Bulls in the United States.
* Yusuf Ali - Somalian footballer currently playing for Pure F.C.
* Hakan Şükür,
* Nuri Şahin,
* Malik Fathi,
* Edin Džeko
* Emir Spahić
* Vedad Ibišević
* Sejad Salihović
* Elvir Rahimić
* Ismaïl Aissati
* Taye Taiwo – Nigerian footballer currently playing for Marseille
* Rabiu Afolabi – Nigerian footballer currently playing for SV Red Bull Salzburg
* Dele Aiyenugba – Nigerian footballer currently playing for Bnei Yehuda
* Aiyegbeni Yakubu – Nigerian footballer currently playing for Everton
* Sani Kaita – Nigerian footballer currently playing for Monaco
* Lukman Haruna – Nigerian footballer currently playing for Monaco
* Yusuf Ayinla – Nigerian footballer currently playing for Homplayer
* Nicolas Anelka – French footballer currently playing for Chelsea F.C.
* Franck Ribery – French footballer currently playing for F.C. Bayern Munich
* Robin Van Persie - Dutch footballer currently playing for Arsenal
* Zinedine Zidane French footballer played for France, Cannes, Bordeaux, Juventus and Real Madrid

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/711886/SAGNA-ILL-DEDICATE-TITLE-TO-MY-DEAD-BRUV.html
2. ^ http://www.wereldvanoranje.nl/profielen/profiel.php?id=1529
3. ^ http://www.hamit-altintop.com/
4. ^ http://redbull.newyork.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090906&content_id=6825106&vkey=news_rbn&fext=.jsp&team=t107

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