Farouk Ben Mustapha

In this article, the surname is Ben Mustapha, not Mustapha.

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

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 34)
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

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

• Tunisian Cup: 2012–13

Club Africain

• Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2014–15
• Tunisian Cup: 2016–17

Tunisia

• African Nations Championship: 2011
• African Cup of Nations: fourth place 2019

Individual

• Saudi Professional League Goalkeeper of the Month: January 2020^[9]

References

1. (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. . 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. . Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

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