Sharbel Touma

Sharbel Touma (Syriac: ܫܪܒܝܠ ܬܐܘܡܐ; born 25 March 1979) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a winger.

Sharbel Touma
Touma in 2007
Personal information
Full name Sharbel Touma
Date of birth (1979-03-25) 25 March 1979
Place of birth Beirut, Lebanon
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1989–1992 Motala
1992–1994 Syrianska
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Syrianska 1 (0)
1995–1999 Djurgården 46 (9)
1999–2001 AIK 29 (4)
2002–2005 Halmstad 68 (20)
2005–2007 FC Twente 79 (18)
2007–2009 Borussia Mönchengladbach 17 (3)
2009–2010 Iraklis Thessaloniki 8 (0)
2010–2011 Djurgården 26 (5)
2011–2014 Syrianska 72 (18)
2017 Syrianska 1 (0)
Total 347 (77)
International career
1994 Sweden U16 1 (0)
1995–1997 Sweden U18 8 (1)
1999–2001 Sweden U21 5 (1)
2001–2004 Sweden 2 (0)
Managerial career
2017 Syrianska
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Beginning his career with Syrianska in the mid-1990s, he went on to represent Djurgårdens IF, AIK, Halmstad, Twente, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and Iraklis before returning to Syranska in 2011 to wrap up his career. A full international between 2001 and 2004, he won two caps for the Sweden national team.

Early life

Touma was born in Beirut, Lebanon,[1][2] into a Syriac Orthodox family with roots in the Tur Abdin region of southern Turkey, he moved to Sweden at a young age and was granted Swedish citizenship.[3][4]

Club career

Touma made his senior debut for Syrianska FC in the 1994 Division 2.[5] He joined Djurgårdens IF, where he won the PSM för klubblag with the under-16 squad.[5] He debuted in the senior team in the 1997 season.

He later played for AIK, Halmstads BK and F.C. Twente.[6] He won "the Big Silver" (Stora Silvret in Swedish, second place in the Swedish top league, Allsvenskan) with Halmstads BK 2004 and left them for FC Twente. On 4 November 2008 was suspended and called up for the second team from Borussia Mönchengladbach between December 2008, he also release the club in July 2009 to sign with Iraklis.

Touma was on a trial with the Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK[7] and on 22 March 2010 Touma returned from Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. to his mother club Djurgårdens IF of the Allsvenskan.[8] He played from 1997–99 in Stockholm and scored 10 goals in 48 matches.

In 2017, Touma re-joined Syrianska, playing one league match.[9]

International career

A youth international for the Sweden U16, U18, and U21 teams, Touma made his full international debut for Sweden on 1 February 2001 in a friendly 0–1 loss against Finland when he played for 77 minutes before being replaced by Christian Hemberg.[10][11] He won his second and final cap on 17 October 2004 in a friendly 4–1 win against Scotland, coming on as a substitute for Christian Wilhelmsson in the 76th minute.[12]

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Syrianska FC 1994[13] Division 2 Östra Svealand 10—10
Total 1000—000010
Djurgården 1997[13] Division 1 Norra 801—––81
1998[14] Division 1 Norra14110—––151
1999[13] Allsvenskan 248—––248
Total 46911—00004710
AIK 2000[13] Allsvenskan 4000—40
2001[13] Allsvenskan25443—50347
Total 29443—5000387
Halmstads BK 2002[13] Allsvenskan 226—226
2003[13] Allsvenskan204—204
2004[13] Allsvenskan2610—102610
Total 682000—00106920
FC Twente 2004–05[15] Eredivisie 194—194
2005–06[15][16] Eredivisie285—61346
2006–07[15][16] Eredivisie329—43103712
Total 791800—43719022
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2007–08[15] 2. Bundesliga 16310173
2008–09[15] Bundesliga 1010—20
Total 17320000000193
Iraklis 2009–10[15] Superleague 80—80
Total 8000—000080
Djurgården 2010[13] Allsvenskan 26500—265
Total 26500—0000265
Syrianska FC 2011[15] Allsvenskan 245—20265
2012[15] Allsvenskan25812—2610
2013[15] Allsvenskan173—173
2014[13] Superettan 6210—72
2017[10] Superettan 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Total 731822—00107720
Career total 3477796009310137587

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[10]
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2001 1 0
2002 0 0
2003 0 0
2004 1 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Djurgårdens IF

FC Twente

Borussia Mönchengladbach

References
General
  • Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken [100 years: Swedish Football Association's centenary 1904-2004, part 2: statistics] (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
Specific
  1. "500 AIK:are - Sharbel Touma". aik.se.
  2. "Aftonbladet sport: Allsvenskan". aftonbladet.se.
  3. Officiellt: Sharbel Touma blir huvudtränare i Syrianska FC‚ fotbolltransfers.com, 21 December 2016
  4. "Privacyinstellingen op VI.nl".
  5. Frantz, Alf; Glanell, Tomas; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2008). Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008 [The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008] (in Swedish). Vällingby: CA Strömberg AB. ISBN 978-91-86184-69-8.
  6. eredivisie.nl Archived 4 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Hjem - Rosenborg". Rosenborg Ballklub.
  8. Sharbel Touma till DIF Archived 25 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  9. TV: Sharbel Touma, 38, bytte in sig själv: "Livsviktig match"‚ fotbollskanalen.se, 17 June 2017
  10. "Sharbel Touma - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  11. "Sverige - Finland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  12. "Skottland - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.sehttps (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  13. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "Sharbel Touma - National Football Teams". national-football-teams.com.
  14. Niklas Schulman. "DIF.se - Lagstatistik 1998". dif.se.
  15. "Eliteprospects.com - Sharbel Touma". Elite Prospects.
  16. "Sharbel Touma » Vereinsspiele » Playoffs Eredivisie". weltfussball.de.
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