Farouk Ben Mustapha ( ar, فاروق بن مصطفى; born 1 July 1989) is a Tunisian professional

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who plays as a

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Career

Ben Mustapha was voted Ligue Professionnelle 1 player of the month for August 2009 by a fansite. He was called up to play for

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for the

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but did not play a match in the tournament. In June 2018 he was named in Tunisia's 23-man squad for the

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in Russia. He was the substitute goalkeeper in the first Tunisia World Cup game versus

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on 18 June 2018.

Career statistics

International

Honours

CA Bizertin *

Tunisian Cup The Tunisian Cup , officially named the President's Cup, is the official competition of the Cup in Tunisian football and is considered the second most important local title after the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1. The first cup competition was h ...

: 2012–13 Club Africain *

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (; ar, الرابطة المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم) was previously called the Tunisian National Championship between 1956 and 1994. is the top division football tournament in Tunisia und ...

: 2014–15 *

: 2016–17 Tunisia *

African Nations Championship The African Nations Championship (french: Championnat d'Afrique des Nations; abbreviated as CHAN), known as the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship for sponsorship purposes, is a biennial African national association football tourname ...

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African Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...

: fourth place

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Individual * Saudi Professional League Goalkeeper of the Month: January 2020

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ben Mustapha, Farouk 1989 births Living people People from Bizerte Tunisian footballers Association football goalkeepers Tunisia international footballers 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players 2011 African Nations Championship players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2018 FIFA World Cup players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Saudi Professional League players CA Bizertin players Club Africain players Al-Shabab FC (Riyadh) players Espérance Sportive de Tunis players Tunisian expatriate footballers Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players Tunisia A' international footballers