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Sharbel Touma

Sharbel Touma
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Personal information
Full name Sharbel Touma
Date of birth (1979-03-25) 25 March 1979 (age 37)
Place of birth Beirut, Lebanon
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
Syrianska (interim manager)
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 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)
National team
Sweden U16 1 (0)
Sweden U18 8 (1)
1999–2001 Sweden U21 5 (1)
2001–2004 Sweden 2 (0)
Teams managed
2014– Syrianska (assistant manager)
2014 Syrianska (interim manager)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.



* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Sharbel Touma (born 25 March 1979) is a former Swedish footballer who last played for Syrianska in the Allsvenskan, a team he is now assistant manager for.

Touma was born in Beirut, Lebanon, into a Syriac Orthodox (or "Aramean") family. He moved to Sweden at a young age and was granted Swedish citizenship.

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

He later played for AIK, Halmstads BK and F.C. Twente. 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 and on 22 March 2010 Touma returned from Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. to his mother club Djurgårdens IF of the Allsvenskan. He played from 1997–1999 in Stockholm and scored 10 goals in 48 matches.


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