Haitham Mustafa
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File:هيثم مصطفى.jpg Mustafa in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Haitham Mustafa Karar Ahmed | ||
| Date of birth | 19 July 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Khartoum Bahri, Khartoum State, Sudan | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993-1995 | Al-Amir SC (Bahri) | 17 | (2) |
| 1996–2012 | Al-Hilal Club | 578 | (57) |
| 2013–2014 | Al-Merrikh SC | ||
| 2015 | Al-Ahly Shendi | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1998–2012 | Sudan | 111[1] | (8) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016 | Al-Hilal Club U20 | ||
| 2017 | Al Ahli SC (Khartoum) | ||
| 2018 | Alamal SC Atbara | ||
| 2019 | Al-Hilal Club assist | ||
| 2019 | Al-Hilal Club | ||
| 2019-2020 | Al-Falah SC | ||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of June 24, 2024 | |||
Haitham Mostafa Karar (Arabic: هيثم مصطفي كرار; born 19 July 1977) is a Sudanese former footballer who played as midfielder. He was the captain of Al-Hilal Omdurman and the Sudan national team.
Club career
[edit | edit source]He joined Al-Hilal in November 1995 after transferring from Al-Ameer Al-Bahrawi, a second league team. He was one of the most promising players of Africa at that time. He was on the verge to going to Everton in the transfer window in 2011, but it was declined.
International career
[edit | edit source]He led the Sudanese national team to qualify for the 2008 African Cup of Nations, which was the first time for the national team to qualify in over 30 years.
Honours
[edit | edit source]Clubs
[edit | edit source]Al-Hilal Club
- Sudan Premier League: 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012
- Sudan Cup: 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2011
Al-Merrikh SC
Sudan
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]International goals
[edit | edit source]| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 25 December 2002 | Kuwait, Kuwait | File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco | 1-0 | Won | 2002 Arab Cup |
| 2. | 19 September 2003 | Sanaa, Yemen | File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen | 2-1 | Won | Friendly |
| 3. | 12 December 2004 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 2-2 | Draw | 2004 CECAFA Cup |
| 4. | 18 December 2004 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia | 4-0 | Won | 2004 CECAFA Cup |
| 5. | 22 December 2004 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi | 1-2 | Lost | 2004 CECAFA Cup |
| 6. | 21 December 2006 | Beirut, Lubnan | File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia | 6-1 | Won | 2009 Arab Nations Cup qualification |
| 7. | 3 May 2008 | Omdurman, Sudan | File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda | 4-0 | Won | 2009 African Nations Championship qualification |
| 8. | 16 January 2011 | Cairo, Egypt | File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania | 2-0 | Won | 2011 Nile Basin Tournament |
Trivia
[edit | edit source]Mustafa is one of Sudan's footballing legends. He is a highly rated player. In his youth years Haitham Mustafa was regarded as a highly talented holding midfielder.
He is a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations.
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Haitham Mustafa at WorldFootball.netLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Haitham Mustafa at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Khartoum North
- Sudanese men's footballers
- Sudan men's international footballers
- 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Men's association football midfielders
- 2011 African Nations Championship players
- Al Hilal Club (Omdurman) players
- Al Merrikh SC players
- Sudan men's A' international footballers
- Sudan Premier League players