Famous Muslim Football(Soccer) Players.

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There are some Famous Muslim Football(Soccer) Players .Happy to see that many famous Footballers are converting.

Frédéric Kanouté has been practising Islam since he was around the age of 20. This meant that his current club in the 2006/07 La Liga season, Sevilla, had to give him a brand-free jersey every match, because of the club's sponsor—888.com, an internet gambling site and gambling is against the principles of Islam. . Frédéric Kanouté has splashed out more than US$700,000 to buy his own mosque in Spain.
In 2006, he has launched an appeal to establish a 'Children’s Village' in Mali.Kanoute is married to Fatima and they have two small kids, Ibrahim and Iman.

Arouna Koné  is an Ivorian football striker who currently plays for Sevilla FC of the Spanish La Liga and the Côte d'Ivoire national football team. Koné is a practising Muslim. He prays five times a day, and also wears the traditional West African Islamic dress, the Boubou, on holidays and on Fridays .

Mohamed Lamine Sissoko Gillan is a French born footballer who represents Mali at international level and who is currently signed to Juventus F.C. ( Italian Serie A). His father, Abu Sissoko is a well known mulla at Finsbury Park Mosque.


Bruno Metsu  is a French football manager. Bruno Metsu is a Muslim. He converted to Islam when coaching Senegal.

Nicolas  Anelka  is a French international footballer, who currently plays for chelsea .  Anelka who changed his name to Abdul-Salam Bilal after converting to islam.

 Franck Ribery is a  French football (soccer) player who playes for german club bayan munich, who converted to islam.

Zenidine Zidane is a former  French football (soccer) player .

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a Swedish football (soccer) player who playes for italian club inter milan.

 Khalid Boulahrouz is a dutch football (soccer) player who playes for sevilla fc (spanish club).

Robin Van Persie dutch  football (soccer) player who playes for arsenal , who converted to islam.

 France Omar Troussier is a former French football (soccer) player and now a manager, who converted to islam.

Nihat Kahveci  is a Turkish football player for Spanish side Villarreal CF.

Karim Benzema is a French footballer of Algerian-Kabyle descent who plays in a forward role for Olympique Lyonnais.

Mahamadou Diarra plays for spanish club real madrid.

Yaya Toure plays for spanish club Fc barcelona.

 Kolo Habib Touré plays for arsenal.

Eric Abidal born is a French football player who currently plays for FC Barcelona in La Liga.

Hakan Yakin  is a Turkish-Swiss footballer,  He is also a regular on the Switzerland national football team.

Moustapha Salifou  is a Togolese football midfielder, who currently plays for Aston Villa.

Johan Djourou  is a Swiss international footballer who plays for Arsenal.

Hamit Altintop is a Turkish national footballer. He plays for Bundesliga team  Bayern Munich.

Halil Altintop  is a Turkish national footballer playing for Bundesliga team Schalke . He is the identical twin brother of footballer Hamit Altintop.

Seydou Keita who plays for FC Barcelona.

Samir Nasri , is a French international footballer, who currently plays for Arsenal.

Tuncay Sanli  is a Turkish footballer who plays for Middlesbrough in the Premier League.