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.
 * Abou Diaby –                       French       footballer currently playing for Arsenal F.C.
 * Anwar Uddin                         Bengali  footballer currently playing for Barnet F.C
 * Marouane Chamakh –                 Moroccan    footballer currently playing for Arsenal F.C.


 * Samir Nasri –                      French       footballer currently playing for Arsenal F.C.
 * Nacer Barazite –                   Dutch   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.
 * 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
 * Colin Kazim Richards -           English     footballer currently playing for Fenerbahce S.K.
 * 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 Manchester City
 * 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 – 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.
 * 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 Real Madrid 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 – Senegal footballer currently playing for the New York Red Bulls in the United States.
 * Yusuf Ali -                        Somali 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
 * Mesut Özil – German footballer currently playing for Real Madrid


 * Zinedine Zidane French footballer played for France, Cannes, Bordeaux, Juventus and Real Madrid