List of Muslim footballers

A list of notable Muslim footballers is given below. Many of them have converted to Islam and most are of African descent, and play professional soccer in Europe.


 * Sulley Muntari – Ghanaian footballer currently playing for Internazionale in Italy.


 * Kamel Fathi Ghilas – Algerian footballer currently playing for Hull City in England.


 * Yaya Touré – Ivorian footballer currently playing for Barcelona in Spain.


 * Moustapha Bangura – Sierra Leonean International footballer.


 * Miralem Pjanić – Bosnian footballer currently playing for Lyon in France.


 * Mohamed Aboutrika – Egyptian footballer currently playing for Al-Ahly in Egypt.


 * Frédéric Kanouté – Malian footballer who currently plays for Sevilla in Spain.


 * Kolo Touré – Ivorian footballer currently playing for Manchester City in England.


 * Hasan Salihamidžić – Bosnian footballer currently playing for Juventus in Italy.


 * Mahamadou Diarra – Malian footballer currently playing for Real Madrid in Spain.


 * Lorik Cana – Albanian footballer currently playing for Sunderland in England.


 * Mohammed Abdellaoue – Norwegian footballer currently playing for Vålerenga in Norway.


 * Rashid Yussuff – English footballer currently playing for Gillingham in England.


 * Nicolas Anelka – French footballer currently playing Chelsea in England.


 * 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 in Syria.


 * El Hadji Diouf – Senegalese footballer currently playing for Blackburn Rovers in England.


 * Yakubu Aiyegbeni – Nigerian footballer currently playing for Everton in England.


 * Mamady Sidibe – Malian footballer currently playing for Stoke City in England.


 * Joseph-Désiré Job – Cameroonian footballer currently playing for Diyarbakırspor in Turkey.


 * Ali Daei – Former Iranian footballer and coach.


 * Taye Taiwo – Nigerian footballer currently playing for Marselle in France.


 * Darijo Srna – Croatian footballer currently playing for Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine.


 * Philippe Troussier – Former French footballer and current manager.


 * Zlatan Ibrahimović – Swedish footballer currently playing for Barcelona in Spain.


 * Franck Ribéry – French footballer currently playing for Bayern Munich in Germany.


 * Samir Nasri – French footballer currently playing for Arsenal in England.


 * Khalid Boulahrouz – Dutch footballer currently playing for Stuttgart in Germany.


 * Hatem Ben Arfa – French footballer currently playing for Marseille in France.


 * Éric Abidal – French footballer currently playing for Barcelona in Spain.


 * Ibrahim Afellay – Dutch footballer currently playing for PSV in the Netherlands.


 * Hamit Altıntop – Turkish footballer currently playing for Bayern Munich in Germany.


 * Tuncay Şanlı – Turkish footballer currently playing for Middlesbrough in England.


 * Nihat Kahveci – Turkish footballer currently playing for Beşiktaş in Turkey.


 * Halil Altıntop – Turkish footballer currently playing for Schalke 04 in Germany.


 * Serdar Tasci – German footballer currently playing for Stuttgart in Germany.


 * Mesut Özil – German footballer, of Turkish heritage, who plays for Werder Bremen in Germany.


 * Sami Khedira – German footballer currently playing for Stuttgart in Germany.


 * Mido – Egyptian footballer currently playing for El Zamalek in Egypt, on loan from Middlesbrough.


 * Mohamed Shawky – Egyptian footballer currently playing for Middlesbrough in England.


 * Mohamed Zidan – Egyptian footballer currently playing for Borussia Dortmund in Germany.
 * Amr Zaki – Egyptian footballer currently playing for El Zamalek in Egypt.


 * Zinedine Zidane – Former French footballer.


 * Mohamed Sissoko – Malian footballer currently playing for Juventus in Italy.


 * Abdulkader EL Meer – Libyan footballer currently playing for Liverpool F.C. Reserves in England.


 * Hakan Yakin – Swiss footballer currently playing for Lucerne in Switzerland.


 * Abou Diaby – French footballer currently playing for Arsenal in England.


 * Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye – Senegalese footballer currently playing for Stoke City in England.


 * Nacer Barazite – Dutch footballer currently playing for Arsenal in England.


 * Abdoulaye Méïté – Ivorian footballer currently playing for West Bromwich Albion in England.


 * Leon Osman – English footballer currently playing for Everton in England.


 * Marouane Fellaini – Belgian footballer currently playing for Everton in England.


 * Nabil El Zhar – Moroccan footballer currently playing for Liverpool in England.


 * Bara Ayadi - Tunisian footballer currently playing for Manchester United F.C. Reserves in England.


 * Marouane Chamakh – Moroccan footballer currently playing for Bordeaux in France.


 * Zesh Rehman – Pakistani footballer currently playing for Bradford City in England.


 * Bouna Coundoul – Senegalese footballer currently playing for the New York Red Bulls in the United States.


 * Armand Traoré – French footballer currently playing for Arsenal in England.


 * Karim Benzema - French footballer currently playing for Real Madrid F.C.