Sharbel Touma

Sharbel Touma

Touma in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Sharbel Touma
Date of birth	(1979-03-25) 25 March 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth	Beirut, Lebanon
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position	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

Sharbel Touma (born 25 March 1979) is a former professional footballer who played as a winger. Born in Lebanon, he played for the Sweden national team.

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.

Early life

Touma was born in Beirut, Lebanon, ^{[1] [2]} and is of Syriac (Assyrian/Aramean) origin. ^{[3] [4] [5]} He moved to Sweden at a young age and was granted Swedish citizenship.

Club career

Touma made his senior debut for Syrianska FC in the 1994 Division 2. ^[6] He joined Djurgårdens IF, where he won the PSM för klubblag with the under-16 squad. ^[6] He debuted in the senior team in the 1997 season.

He later played for AIK, Halmstads BK and F.C. Twente. ^[7] 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 ^[8] and on 22 March 2010 Touma returned from Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. to his mother club Djurgårdens IF of the Allsvenskan. ^[9] He played from 1997–99 in Stockholm and scored 10 goals in 48 matches.

In 2017, Touma re-joined Syrianska, playing one league match. ^[10]

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. ^{[11] [12]} 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. ^[13]

Managerial career

In 2024, Touma was appointed head coach of Syrianska. ^[14]

Personal life

Touma is related to footballers Jimmy Durmaz, David Durmaz, and Charbel Georges. ^{[15] [4]}

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Syrianska FC	1994 [16]	Division 2 Östra Svealand	1	0			—						1	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	1	0
Djurgården	1997 [16]	Division 1 Norra	8	0		1	—		–	–			8	1
	1998 [17]	Division 1 Norra	14	1	1	0	—		–	–			15	1
	1999 [16]	Allsvenskan	24	8			—		–	–			24	8
	Total		46	9	1	1	—		0	0	0	0	47	10
AIK	2000 [16]	Allsvenskan	4	0	0	0	—						4	0
	2001 [16]	Allsvenskan	25	4	4	3	—		5	0			34	7
	Total		29	4	4	3	—		5	0	0	0	38	7
Halmstads BK	2002 [16]	Allsvenskan	22	6			—						22	6
	2003 [16]	Allsvenskan	20	4			—						20	4
	2004 [16]	Allsvenskan	26	10			—				1	0	26	10
	Total		68	20	0	0	—		0	0	1	0	69	20
FC Twente	2004–05 [18]	Eredivisie	19	4			—						19	4
	2005–06 [18] [19]	Eredivisie	28	5			—				6	1	34	6
	2006–07 [18] [19]	Eredivisie	32	9			—		4	3	1	0	37	12
	Total		79	18	0	0	—		4	3	7	1	90	22
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2007–08 [18]	2. Bundesliga	16	3	1	0							17	3
	2008–09 [18]	Bundesliga	1	0	1	0	—						2	0
	Total		17	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	3
Iraklis	2009–10 [18]	Superleague	8	0			—						8	0
	Total		8	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	8	0
Djurgården	2010 [16]	Allsvenskan	26	5	0	0	—						26	5
	Total		26	5	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	26	5
Syrianska FC	2011 [18]	Allsvenskan	24	5			—				2	0	26	5
	2012 [18]	Allsvenskan	25	8	1	2	—						26	10
	2013 [18]	Allsvenskan	17	3			—						17	3
	2014 [16]	Superettan	6	2	1	0	—						7	2
	2017 [11]	Superettan	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
	Total		73	18	2	2	—		0	0	1	0	77	20
Career total			347	77	9	6	0	0	9	3	10	1	375	87

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year ^[11]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sweden	2001	1	0
	2002	0	0
	2003	0	0
	2004	1	0
Total		2	0

Honours

Djurgårdens IF

• Division 1 Norra: 1998

FC Twente

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2006

Borussia Mönchengladbach

• 2. Bundesliga: 2007–08

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. "'Ook Friesland kan meedoen aan het schaduw-WK'". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 29 May 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
4. "David Durmaz om mötet med sin nya klubb". www.svenskafans.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 November 2025.
5. Ahmed, Shuaib (11 March 2016). "The Assyrian community in Sweden holding on to its roots". These Football Times. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
6. 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.
7. eredivisie.nl Archived 4 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine
8. "Hjem - Rosenborg". Rosenborg Ballklub. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
9. Sharbel Touma till DIF Archived 25 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
10. TV: Sharbel Touma, 38, bytte in sig själv: "Livsviktig match"‚ fotbollskanalen.se, 17 June 2017
11. "Sharbel Touma - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 November 2021.
12. "Sverige - Finland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). February 2001. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
13. "Skottland - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.sehttps (in Swedish). 17 October 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
14. Officiellt: Sharbel Touma blir huvudtränare i Syrianska FC‚ fotbolltransfers.com, 21 December 2016
15. "Durmaz kusin jagas av allsvenskar". fotbolldirekt.se. 22 August 2012. Archived from the original on 28 February 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2017.; "Från division II till 50 000 på Friends?". fotbolldirekt.se. 26 March 2013. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
16. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "Sharbel Touma - National Football Teams". national-football-teams.com.
17. Niklas Schulman. "DIF.se - Lagstatistik 1998". dif.se. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
18. "Eliteprospects.com - Sharbel Touma". Elite Prospects.
19. "Sharbel Touma » Vereinsspiele » Playoffs Eredivisie". weltfussball.de.

External links

• Sharbel Touma at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
• Sharbel Touma at Elite Football