Haitham Mustafa
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Manager | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993-1995 | 17 | (2) | |
| 1995–2012 | Al-Hilal Club | 578 | (57) |
| 2013–2014 | Al-Merrikh SC | ||
| 2015 | Al-Ahly Shendi | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2000–2012 | Sudan | 66 | (5) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 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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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 23, 2019 | |||
Haitham Mostafa Karar (Arabic: هيثم مصطفي كرار; born 30 Aug 1978) is a Sudanese former footballer who played as midfielder. He was the captain of Al-Hilal Omdurman and the Sudan national team.
He joined Al-Hilal in November 1995 after transferring from , a second league team. He is one of the promising players of Africa. He was on the verge to going to Everton in the transfer window in 2011, but it was declined.
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 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 (then 2008) in over 30 years.
He is a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations.
Honours[]
Clubs[]
Al-Hilal Club
- Sudan Premier League: , , , , , , , , 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012
- Sudan Cup: , , , , ,
Al-Merrikh SC
Sudan
Career statistics[]
International[]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 25 December 2002 | Kuwait City, Kuwait |  Morocco |
1-0 | Won | 2002 Arab Nations Cup |
| 2. | 12 December 2004 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |  Kenya |
2-2 | Drow | 2004 CECAFA Cup |
| 3. | 18 December 2004 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |  Somalia |
4-0 | Won | 2004 CECAFA Cup |
| 4. | 22 December 2004 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |  Burundi |
1-2 | Lost | 2004 CECAFA Cup |
| 5. | 21 December 2006 | Beirut, Lubnan | Somalia |
6-1 | Won | 2009 Arab Nations Cup qualification |
| 6. | 2 May 2008 | Khartoum, Sudan |  Rwanda |
4-0 | Won | 2009 African Nations Championship qualification |
| 7. | 16 January 2011 | Cairo, Egypt |  Tanzania |
2-0 | Won | 2011 Nile Basin Tournament |
External links[]
- Haitham Mustafa at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- People from Khartoum North
- Sudanese footballers
- Sudan international footballers
- 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Association football midfielders
- 2011 African Nations Championship players
- Al-Hilal Club (Omdurman) players
- Al-Merrikh SC players