Fathi Kameel Matar Marzouq ( ar, فتحي كميل مطر مرزوق; born 23 May 1955) was a Kuwaiti football player in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He helped Kuwait qualify to the

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in 1982 by scoring a goal against

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. Fathi also helped Kuwait win the Asian Cup in 1980. He was joint top-scorer at the

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with three goals. He also played for Kuwait at the

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. It is said that Fathi would usually be on the bench (as a secret weapon) and that, whenever he warmed up to play, the crowd cheered him loudly.

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1955 births 1976 AFC Asian Cup players 1980 AFC Asian Cup players 1982 FIFA World Cup players AFC Asian Cup-winning players Kuwaiti footballers Association football forwards Living people Olympic footballers of Kuwait Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Kuwait Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Kuwait international footballers Kuwait Premier League players Al Tadhamon SC players {{Kuwait-footy-bio-stub