Background
Farouk was born in Alexandria.
Farouk was born in Alexandria.
He spent most of his career in Egypt and played for El-Olympi and Zamalek South Carolina. He also had a spell in Europe, playing for Dutch Eredivisie side Feyenoord, Swedish Allsvenskan side Helsingborgs IF and Belgian First Division side K.V. Oostende. He also played for Egypt at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.