Farouk Ben Mustapha

In this article, the surname is Ben Mustapha, not Mustapha.
Farouk Ben Mustapha
Mustapha with Tunisia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Farouk Ben Mustapha[1]
Date of birth (1989-07-01) 1 July 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Bizerte, Tunisia
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2014 CA Bizertin 106 (0)
2014–2017 Club Africain 62 (0)
2017–2020 Al Shabab 78 (0)
2020–2022 Espérance de Tunis 13 (0)
International career‡
2010–2022 Tunisia 34 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Tunisia
Men's football
FIFA Arab Cup
Runner-up 2021 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 January 2022

Farouk Ben Mustapha (Arabic: فَارُوق بَن مُصطَفى; born 1 July 1989) is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Ben Mustapha was voted Ligue Professionnelle 1 player of the month for August 2009 by a fansite.[3]

He was called up to play for Tunisia for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations but did not play a match in the tournament.[4][5]

In June 2018 he was named in Tunisia's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[6][7] He was the substitute goalkeeper in the first Tunisia World Cup game versus England on 18 June 2018.

Career statistics

International

As of 17 July 2019[8]
Tunisia
Year Apps Goals
2012 2 0
2013 3 0
2014 5 0
2015 2 0
2016 0 0
2017 1 0
2018 8 0
2019 5 0
Total 26 0

Honours

CA Bizertin

Club Africain

Tunisia

Individual

References

  1. ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ^ "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 15. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Ben Mustapha et Jemâa les meilleurs en Août". Tunisie-Foot. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  4. ^ "CAN 2010: Tunisian soccer fans expect Carthage Eagles to fly high". Archived from the original on 31 December 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  5. ^ MTN Football Player Profile - Farouk Ben Mustapha
  6. ^ Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  7. ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (2 June 2018). "Tunisia World Cup squad: Leicester City's Benalouane in 23-man squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Farouk Ben Mustapha". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  9. ^ "لوشيسكو وجوفينكو وبن مصطفى يحصدون جوائز الأفضلية لشهر يناير". Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2021.