Yousef Fakhro

Yousef Fakhro
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-05-03) 3 May 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1989–2001 Trelleborgs FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2012 Trelleborgs FF 115 (5)
2013–2014 FC Höllviken 35 (1)
2015 IFK Trelleborg 19 (1)
2016–2017 MF Pelister 18 (3)
Total 187 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yousef Fakhro (Arabic: يوسف فخرو; born 3 May 1983) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Fakhro was called up to represent Sweden internationally at under-21 level, and Lebanon at senior level thanks to his origins.

Club career

Born in Germany,[2] Fakhro joined Trelleborgs FF's youth academy aged six.[3] His debut for the senior team came in the 2002 Superettan, against Ängelholms FF.[3] Fakhro has scored one goal in the Allsvenskan throughout his career, in an away match against Gefle IF. He played 115 league matches in 10 years for Trelleborgs FF, scoring five times.[4]

On 1 March 2013, Fakhro signed for FC Höllviken.[5] In December 2014, he signed for IFK Trelleborg.[6] In the 2016 season, Fakhro signed for Division 5 side MP Pelister, where he played 15 games and scored twice in his first season.[7] The following season, in Division 4, he scored once in three league games.[7]

International career

Fakhro was once called up to the Sweden national under-21 team.[2]

Thanks to his Lebanese origins, Fakhro was called up to play for the Lebanon national team in 2008. He was called up a second time in January 2012, for a training camp before a match against Iraq.[2]

Personal life

Fakhro is married to a German woman of Lebanese descent.[2]

References

  1. ^ Eliteprospects.com - Yousef Fakhro
  2. ^ a b c d Hansson, Sigge (17 January 2012). "Fakhro i Libanons landslag". Trelleborgs Allehanda. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b Jacobsson, Jonas. "Lämnar TFF efter 23 år". Trelleborgs Allehanda. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Yousef Fakhro". svenskfotboll.se. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. ^ "KLART: Yousef Fakhro till FC Höllviken". Fotbolltransfers.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Officiellt: FC Höllviken förlänger med sju spelare - duo lämnar". Fotbolltransfers.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Yousef Fakhro - Lagstatistik". www.lagstatistik.se. Retrieved 29 January 2020.


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