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.


 * Zinedine Zidane –                  French    Former Footballer
 * Philippe Troussier -               French                  Former Footballer and Now Football Manager
 * Bruno Metsu -                      French football manager


 * Armand Traoré –                    French       footballer currently playing for Arsenal F.C.
 * Abou Diaby –                       French       footballer currently playing for Arsenal F.C.
 * Samir Nasri –                      French       footballer currently playing for Arsenal F.C.
 * Mikaël Silvestre -                 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
 * Thierry Henry -                    French footballer currently playing for Barcelona
 * Yaya Touré –                       Ivorian   footballer currently playing for Barcelona
 * Éric Abidal –                      French footballer currently playing for Barcelona
 * Zlatan Ibrahimović –               Swedish   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.
 * Yakubu Aiyegbeni –                 Nigerian  footballer currently playing for Everton F.C.
 * Leon Osman –                       English footballer currently playing for Everton 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
 * 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
 * Abdulkader EL Meer –               Libyan    footballer currently playing for Liverpool F.C.
 * 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
 * Bara Ayadi -                       Tunisian  footballer currently playing for Manchester United F.C.
 * Kolo Touré –                       Ivorian   footballer currently playing for Manchester City
 * Hatem Ben Arfa –                   French footballer currently playing for Marseille
 * Taye Taiwo –                       Nigerian  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
 * Karim Benzema -                    French footballer currently playing for Real Madrid F.C.
 * Julien Faubert -                   French footballer currently playing for Real Madrid F.C.
 * Mahamadou Diarra –                 Malian    footballer currently playing for Real Madrid F.C.
 * Lorik Cana –                       Albanian  footballer currently playing for Sunderland A.F.C.
 * Frédéric Kanouté –                 Malian & French footballer currently playing for Sevilla FC
 * Mohammed Abdellaoue –              Norwegian footballer currently playing for Vålerenga
 * Edin Džeko –                       Bosnian   footballer currently playing for Wolfsburg
 * Mesut Özil -                       German footballer 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
 * Sejad Salihovic                    Bosnian      footballer currently playing for  1899 Hoffenheim
 * Vedad Ibisevic                     Bosnian      footballer currently playing for  1899 Hoffenheim
 * 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.
 * Joseph-Désiré Job – Cameroonian footballer currently playing for Diyarbakırspor in Turkey.
 * 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 – Dutch footballer currently playing for PSV in the Netherlands.
 * Hamit Altıntop – Turkish footballer currently playing for Bayern Munich in Germany.
 * Halil Altıntop – Turkish footballer currently playing for Schalke 04 in Germany.
 * 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.
 * Mesut Özil – German footballer, of Turkish heritage, who plays for Werder Bremen 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.
 * Marouane Chamakh – Moroccan footballer currently playing for Bordeaux in France.
 * Zesh Rehman – Pakistan footballer currently playing for Bradford City in England.
 * Bouna Coundoul – 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, footballer for Galatasaray.
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 * Hamit Altıntop, footballer for FC Bayern Munich
 * Halil Altıntop, footballer for FC Schalke 04
 * Nuri Kazim Şahin, footballer for Borussia Dortmund
 * Malik Fathi, footballer for Hertha BSC Berlin
 * Uncle Nasir/Biggie Biggie, footballer for manchester united
 * Ryan Osman footballer currently playing for Ahly FC