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List of Muslim sportspeople

From EverybodyWiki Bios & Wiki


Muslims have been involved in sports since the inception of Islam. Muslims have performed in various sports tournaments, country events, World Cups, as well as the Olympics.

American football[edit]

Player Nationality Current
team		 Ref
Isa Abdul-Quddus  United States United States Miami Dolphins [1]
Ameer Abdullah  United States United States Detroit Lions [2]
Hamza Abdullah  United States retired [3][4]
Husain Abdullah  United States retired [5]
Rabih Abdullah  United States retired [6]
Oday Aboushi  United States United States Houston Texans [7]
Hakim Akbar  United States retired [8]
Dominique Easley  United States United States Los Angeles Rams [9]
Az-Zahir Hakim  United States retired [10]
Saalim Hakim  United States free agent [11]
Ryan Harris  United States United States Pittsburgh Steelers [12]
Mack Herron  United States retired [13]
Abdul Hodge  United States Virgin Islands retired [14]
Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar  United States retired [15]
Calvin Muhammad  United States retired [16]
Mustafah Muhammad  United States retired [17]
Ahmad Rashād  United States retired [18][19]
Saleem Rasheed  United States retired [20]
Abdul Salaam  United States retired [21]
Ephraim Salaam  United States retired [22]
Rashaan Salaam  United States retired [23]
Mohamed Sanu  United States United States Atlanta Falcons [24]
Al-Hajj Shabazz  United States United States Pittsburgh Steelers [25]
Aqib Talib  United States United States Denver Broncos [26]
Muhammad Wilkerson  United States United States New York Jets [27]
Usama Young  United States free agent [28]
Jihad Ward  United States United States Oakland Raiders [29]

Association football[edit]

Main article: Islam in association football
Mesut Özil
Paul Pogba
Player Nationality Current
team		 Ref
Éric Abidal  France retired [30]
Karim El Ahmadi  Morocco Netherlands Feyenoord
Arda Turan  Turkey Spain FC Barcelona
Sofyan Amrabat  Morocco Netherlands FC Utrecht
Taulant Xhaka  Albania Switzerland FC Basel
Mehdi Carcela-González  Morocco Spain Granada CF
Mbark Boussoufa  Morocco United Arab Emirates Al Jazira
Hamza Mendyl  Morocco France Lille OSC
Vincent Aboubakar  Cameroon Turkey Beşiktaş J.K.
Ibrahim Afellay  Netherlands England Stoke City
Halil Altıntop  Turkey Germany FC Augsburg
Hamit Altıntop  Turkey Germany Darmstadt 98
Nordin Amrabat  Morocco England Watford [31]
Nicolas Anelka  France retired
André Ayew  Ghana England West Ham United [32]
Jordan Ayew  Ghana Wales Swansea City [32]
Demba Ba  Senegal China Shanghai Shenhua
Nabil Bahoui  Sweden Germany Hamburger SV [33]
Abdelaziz Barrada  Morocco France Marseille [34]
Valon Behrami   Switzerland England Watford [35]
Younès Belhanda  Morocco France Marseille [36]
Mehdi Benatia  Morocco Italy Juventus [37]
Nabil Bentaleb  Algeria Germany Schalke 04 [38]
Karim Benzema  France Spain Real Madrid [39]
Sofiane Boufal  Morocco England Southampton [36]
Majid Bougherra  Algeria Greece Aris [39]
Khalid Boulahrouz  Netherlands retired
Yacine Brahimi  Algeria Portugal Porto
Hakan Çalhanoğlu  Turkey Germany Bayer Leverkusen [40]
Emre Can  Germany England Liverpool [41]
Marouane Chamakh  Morocco Wales Cardiff City [42]
Mousa Dembélé  Belgium England Tottenham Hotspur [43]
Lassana Diarra  France France Marseille
Mahamadou Diarra  Mali retired
Nabil Dirar  Morocco France Monaco [31]
Edin Džeko  Bosnia and Herzegovina Italy Roma [43]
Karim El Ahmadi  Morocco Netherlands Feyenoord [44]
Stephan El Shaarawy  Italy Italy Roma [45]
Nathan Ellington  England retired [36]
Mohamed Elneny  Egypt England Arsenal
Sofiane Feghouli  Algeria England West Ham United [39]
Marouane Fellaini  Belgium England Manchester United [39]
Gervinho  Ivory Coast China Hebei China Fortune [43]
İlkay Gündoğan  Germany England Manchester City
Samir Handanović  Slovenia Italy Inter Milan
Nihat Kahveci  Turkey retired
Frédéric Kanouté  Mali retired [46]
N'Golo Kanté  France England Chelsea [47]
Seydou Keita  Mali Qatar El Jaish
Sami Khedira  Germany Italy Juventus [39]
Meho Kodro  Bosnia and Herzegovina retired
Riyad Mahrez  Algeria England Leicester City [39]
Hachim Mastour  Morocco Netherlands PEC Zwolle [38]
Admir Mehmedi   Switzerland Germany Bayer Leverkusen [48]
Samir Nasri  France Spain Sevilla [34]
Bibras Natkho  Israel Russia CSKA Moscow [49]
Noureddine Naybet  Morocco retired
Abdelhak Nouri  Netherlands Netherlands Ajax
Mesut Özil  Germany England Arsenal [39]
Miralem Pjanić  Bosnia and Herzegovina Italy Juventus
Paul Pogba  France England Manchester United [50]
Franck Ribéry  France Germany Bayern Munich [39]
Zaur Sadayev  Russia Russia Terek Grozny [51]
Bacary Sagna  France England Manchester City [43]
Nuri Şahin  Turkey Germany Borussia Dortmund
Mamadou Sakho  France England Liverpool [39]
Mohamed Salah  Egypt Italy Roma [52]
Philippe Senderos   Switzerland Scotland Rangers F.C.
Xherdan Shaqiri   Switzerland England Stoke City [39]
Mamady Sidibé  Mali retired [36]
Moussa Sissoko  France England Tottenham Hotspur [39]
Islam Slimani  Algeria England Leicester City
El Arbi Soudani  Algeria Croatia Dinamo Zagreb [39]
Emir Spahić  Bosnia and Herzegovina Germany Hamburger SV [53]
Saphir Taïder  Algeria Italy Sassuolo [39]
Kolo Touré  Ivory Coast Scotland Celtic F.C.
Yaya Touré  Ivory Coast England Manchester City [39]
Abdou Razack Traoré  Ivory Coast Turkey Karabükspor
Adama Traoré  Ivory Coast Switzerland FC Basel
Adama Traoré  Mali France AS Monaco FC
Adama Traoré  Spain England Middlesbrough F.C.
Armand Traoré  Senegal England Nottingham Forest F.C.
Alain Traoré  Burkina Faso Turkey Kayserispor
Edin Višća  Bosnia and Herzegovina Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.
Lee Woon-jae  South Korea retired [54]
Granit Xhaka   Switzerland England Arsenal [38]
Hakim Ziyech  Morocco Netherlands Ajax [36]
Zinedine Zidane  France retired [55]

Australian rules football[edit]

Player Nationality Current
team		 Ref
Bachar Houli  Australia Australia Richmond [56]
Sedat Sir  Turkey
 Australia		 retired [57]
Ahmed Saad  Australia delisted
Adam Saad  Australia Australia Gold Coast Football Club

Badminton[edit]

Taufik Hidayat
Player Nationality Current
team		 Ref
Tontowi Ahmad  Indonesia PB. Djarum [58]
Mohammad Ahsan  Indonesia PB. Djarum [59]
Sigit Budiarto  Indonesia retired [60]
Sony Dwi Kuncoro  Indonesia Tjakrindo Masters [61]
Taufik Hidayat  Indonesia retired [62]
Markis Kido  Indonesia Jaya Raya Jakarta [63]
Zelin Resiana  Indonesia retired [64]
Jalani Sidek  Malaysia retired [65]
Misbun Sidek  Malaysia retired [66]
Rahman Sidek  Malaysia retired [67]
Rashid Sidek  Malaysia retired [68]
Razif Sidek  Malaysia retired [69]
Ricky Subagja  Indonesia retired [70]
Icuk Sugiarto  Indonesia retired [71]
Joko Supriyanto  Indonesia retired [72]

Baseball[edit]

Player Nationality Current
team		 Ref
Sam Khalifa  United States retired [73]


Basketball[edit]

Rasheed Wallace
Player Nationality Current
team		 Ref
Alaa Abdelnaby  United States
 Egypt		 retired [74]
Zaid Abdul-Aziz  United States retired [75]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar  United States retired [76]
Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir  United States retired [77]
Shareef Abdur-Rahim  United States retired [78]
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf  United States retired [79]
Tariq Abdul-Wahad  France retired [80]
Abdul-Malik Abu  United States United States NC State Wolfpack [81]
Jamal Abu-Shamala  United States
 Jordan		 retired [82]
Hassan Adams  United States free agent [83]
Al-Farouq Aminu  United States United States Portland Trail Blazers [84]
Ömer Aşık  Turkey United States New Orleans Pelicans [85]
Gorgui Dieng  Senegal United States Minnesota Timberwolves [86]
DeSagana Diop  Senegal
 United States		 retired [87]
Khalid El-Amin  United States free agent [88]
Semih Erden  Turkey Turkey Darüşşafaka S.K. [89]
Tacko Fall  Senegal United States UCF Knights [90]
Kenneth Faried  United States United States Denver Nuggets [91]
Mustapha Farrakhan, Jr.  United States United States Fort Wayne Mad Ants [92]
Hamed Haddadi Iran Iran China Sichuan Blue Whales [93]
Walt Hazzard  United States retired [94]
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson  United States United States Brooklyn Nets [95]
Ersan Ilyasova  Turkey United States Philadelphia 76ers
Ibrahim Jaaber  United States
 Bulgaria		 free agent [96]
Scoop Jardine  United States Canada Moncton Miracles [97]
Abdul Qadir Jeelani  United States retired [98]
Larry Johnson  United States retired [99]
Enes Kanter  Turkey United States Oklahoma City Thunder [100]
İbrahim Kutluay  Turkey retired [101]
Anas Mahmoud  Egypt United States Louisville Cardinals [102]
Nazr Mohammed  United States retired [103]
Shabazz Muhammad  United States United States Minnesota Timberwolves [104]
Mamadou N'Diaye  Senegal
 United States		 retired [105]
Jusuf Nurkić  Bosnia and Herzegovina United States Portland Trail Blazers [106]
Shaquille O'Neal  United States retired [107]
Mehmet Okur  Turkey retired [108]
Hakeem Olajuwon  Nigeria
 United States		 retired [109]
Omar Samhan  United States
 Egypt		 Belgium Leuven Bears [110]
Dennis Schröder  Germany United States Atlanta Hawks [111]
Mirza Teletović  Bosnia and Herzegovina United States Milwaukee Bucks [112]
Hasheem Thabeet  Tanzania free agent [113]
Hedo Türkoğlu  Turkey retired [114]
Dion Waiters  United States United States Miami Heat [115]
Rasheed Wallace  United States retired [116]
Jamaal Wilkes  United States retired [117]
Talib Zanna  Nigeria France Nanterre 92 [118]
Dražen Dalipagić  Bosnia and Herzegovina retired

Boxing[edit]

Muhammad Ali in 1978
Boxer Nationality Rated at Ref
Muhammad Ali  United States Heavyweight [119][120][121]
Mike Tyson  United States Heavyweight [122]
Bernard Hopkins  United States Middleweight
Super middleweight
Light heavyweight		 [123]
Amir Khan  United Kingdom
 Pakistan		 Lightweight
Light welterweight
Welterweight		 [124]
Naseem Hamed  United Kingdom Featherweight [125]
Chris Eubank  United Kingdom Middleweight [126]
Harry Khan  United Kingdom
 Pakistan		 Super flyweight [127]
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad  United States Light heavyweight [128]
Matthew Saad Muhammad  United States Light heavyweight [128]
Dwight Muhammad Qawi  United States
 Morocco		 Light heavyweight
Cruiserweight
Heavyweight		 [129]
Hasim Rahman  United States Heavyweight [130]
Nadeem Siddique  United Kingdom
 Pakistan		 Welterweight [131]
Badr Hari  Morocco Heavyweight [132]
Danny Williams  United Kingdom Heavyweight [133]
Adil Anwar  Morocco Light welterweight [134]
J'Leon Love  United States Super middleweight [citation needed]
Jamal Ben Saddik  Morocco Super heavyweight [citation needed]
Mosab Amrani  Morocco Light middleweight [citation needed]
Xhavit Bajrami  Albania Heavyweight [citation needed]
Karim Bennoui  France Light welterweight [citation needed]
Anthony Small  United Kingdom Light middleweight [citation needed]
Anthony Mundine  Australia Light-middleweight
Middleweight
Super-middleweight
Cruiserweight		 [citation needed]
Usman Ahmed  United Kingdom Flyweight [citation needed]
Ruslan Chagaev  Uzbekistan Heavyweight [citation needed]
Juan Carlos Gomez  Cuba Cruiserweight
Heavyweight		 [citation needed]

Cricket[edit]

Hashim Amla
Player Nationality Current
teams		 Ref
Fawad Ahmed  Australia Australia Victoria
Australia Melbourne Renegades		 [56]
Usman Khawaja  Australia Australia Sydney Thunder
Jahid Ahmed  England Sri Lanka Unicorns [135]
Shakib Al Hasan  Bangladesh Bangladesh Khulna
India Kolkata Knight Riders
Barbados Barbados Tridents
Australia Melbourne Renegades		 [136]
Tamim Iqbal  Bangladesh Bangladesh Chittagong Vikings [137]
Kabir Ali  England Bangladesh Barisal Burners
England Lancashire		 [138]
Kadeer Ali  England England Staffordshire [139]
Moeen Ali  England England Worcestershire [140]
Adil Rashid  England Australia Adelaide Strikers [141]
Haseeb Hameed  England England Lancashire [142]
Zafar Ansari  England England Surrey County Cricket Club [143]
Nasser Hussain  England England England cricket team [144]
Imran Tahir  South Africa India Delhi Daredevils [145]
Hashim Amla  South Africa South Africa Cape Cobras [135]
Farhaan Behardien  South Africa England Leicestershire County Cricket Club [146]
Tabraiz Shamsi  South Africa India Royal Challengers Bangalore [147]
Wayne Parnell  South Africa [148]
Imraan Khan  South Africa South Africa Dolphins (cricket team) [149]
Yusuf Abdulla  South Africa [150]
Majid Haq  Scotland Scotland Clydesdale [151]
Sikandar Raza Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Mashonaland Eagles [152]
Amjad Khan  England retired [153]
Sajid Mahmood  England England Essex [154]
Adil Rashid  England England Yorkshire [155]
Owais Shah  England South Africa Cape Cobras
Bangladesh Dhaka Gladiators
England Hampshire		 [156]
Bilal Shafayat  England England Hampshire [157]
Ajmal Shahzad  England England Sussex [158]
Inzaman-ul-Haq  Pakistan retired [159]
Shahid Afridi  Pakistan Pakistan Peshawar Zalmi [160]
Younis Khan  Pakistan Pakistan Abbottabad Falcons [161]
Wasim Akram  Pakistan retired [162]
Waqar Younis  Pakistan retired [163]
Imran Khan  Pakistan retired [164]
Javed Miandad  Pakistan retired [165]
Saleem Malik  Pakistan retired [166]
Saeed Anwar  Pakistan retired [167]
Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer, born 1974)  Pakistan retired [168]
Shoaib Malik  Pakistan Pakistan Karachi Kings [169]
Misbah-ul-Haq  Pakistan Pakistan Islamabad United [170]
Zaheer Khan  India retired [171]
Mohammed Shami  India India national cricket team, India A cricket team, Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knightriders [172]
Mohammed Azharuddin  India retired [citation needed]
Yusuf Pathan  India India [citation needed]
Irfan Pathan  India  India [citation needed]
Iftikar Ali Khan Pataudi  India retired [citation needed]
Farveez Maharoof  Sri Lanka  Sri Lanka [173]
Naveed Nawaz  Sri Lanka  Sri Lanka [174]
Sulieman Benn West Indies Cricket Board West Indies West Indies Cricket Board West Indies [175]

Fencing[edit]

Athlete Nationality Ref
Halet Çambel  Turkey [176]
Ibtihaj Muhammad  United States [56]
Ines Boubakri  Tunisia [177]

Gymnastics[edit]

Athlete Nationality Ref
Aliya Mustafina  Russia [178]

Judo[edit]

Athlete Nationality Event Ref
Majlinda Kelmendi  Kosovo 52 kg [179]
Wojdan Shaherkani  Saudi Arabia 78 kg [180]
Islam El Shehaby  Egypt 100 kg [181]

Ice hockey[edit]

Nail Yakupov
Player Nationality Current
team		 Ref
Ramzi Abid  Canada Germany EHC Wolfsburg [182]
Nazem Kadri  Canada Canada Toronto Maple Leafs [182]
Alain Nasreddine  Canada retired [182]
Rushan Rafikov  Russia Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl [183]
Nail Yakupov  Russia United States St. Louis Blues [184]

Mixed martial arts[edit]

Fighter Nationality Rated at Ref
Adlan Amagov  Russia Light heavyweight
Middleweight
Welterweight		 [185]
Siyar Bahadurzada  Afghanistan Light heavyweight
Middleweight
Welterweight		 [186]
Reza Madadi  Iran Lightweight
Welterweight		 [187]
Khabib Nurmagomedov  Russia Lightweight [188]
Irshaad Sayed  South Africa Bantamweight [188]
Ahmed "Wolverine" Mujtaba  Pakistan Featherweight [189]

Modern pentathlon[edit]

Athlete Nationality Ref
Aya Medany  Egypt [190]

Rugby[edit]

Player Nationality Current
team		 Ref
Sonny Bill Williams  New Zealand Waikato Chiefs [56]
Iliess Macani  England Bradford Bulls [56]

Shooting[edit]

Athlete Nationality Event Ref
Bahiya Al-Hamad  Qatar 10 m air rifle [176]
Nur Suryani Taibi  Malaysia 10 m air rifle
50 m prone rifle
50 m prone rifle 3 position
50 m prone rifle team		 [180]

Swimming[edit]

Athlete Nationality Event Ref
Nada Arkaji  Qatar 50 m freestyle [180]
Jewel Ahmed  Bangladesh
Mahfizur Rahman Sagor  Bangladesh
Karar Samedul Islam  Bangladesh
Rubel Rana  Bangladesh
Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 1500 m freestyle GOLD [191]

Rehan Pouch (India)

Table tennis[edit]

Athlete Nationality Ref
Aya Majdi  Qatar [180]

Taekwondo[edit]

Athlete Nationality Ref
Patimat Abakarova  Azerbaijan [192]
Ahmad Abughaush  Jordan [193]
Kimia Alizadeh  Iran [194]
Hedaya Malak  Egypt [195]
Nur Tatar  Turkey [196]

Track and field[edit]

Dalilah Muhammad
Athlete Nationality Event Ref
Sarah Attar  Saudi Arabia 800 metres [180]
Ruqaya Al-Ghasra  Bahrain 60 metres
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres		 [180]
Noor Al-Malki  Qatar 100 metres [180]
Hassiba Boulmerka  Algeria 1500 metres
800 metres		 [180]
Fatima Dahman  Yemen 100 metres [180]
Mo Farah  United Kingdom 5000 metres
10,000 metres		 [197]
Zamzam Mohamed Farah  Somalia 400 metres [198]
Dalilah Muhammad  United States 400 metres [199]
Tahmina Kohistani  Afghanistan 100 metres [180]
Nawal El Moutawakel  Morocco 400 metres hurdles [180]
Woroud Sawalha  Palestine 800 metres [180]

Weightlifting[edit]

Athlete Nationality Discipline Ref
Sara Ahmed (weightlifter)  Egypt 63 kg
69 kg		 [200]
Khadija Mohammed  United Arab Emirates 75 kg [180]
Nurcan Taylan  Turkey 48 kg
53 kg		 [180]
Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia 56 kg
62 kg		 [201]
Sri Wahyuni Agustiani  Indonesia 48 kg [202]
Zhazira Zhapparkul  Kazakhstan 53 kg
69 kg		 [203]

Wrestling[edit]

Real name Ring names Nationality Ref
Mustafa Ali Mustafa Ali  United States
 Pakistan		 [204]
Muhammad Inoki Antonio Inoki  Japan [205]
Rami Sebei Sami Zayn  Canada [206]
Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri The Iron Sheik  Iran [207]

Tennis[edit]

Name Country Discipline
Sania Mirza  India Doubles, Mixed Doubles
Marat Safin  Russia Singles
Dinara Safina  Russia Singles
Aisam-Ul-Haque Qureshi  Pakistan Doubles
Zarina Diyas  Kazakhstan Singles
Younes El Aynaoui  Morocco Singles
Yayuk Basuki  Indonesia Doubles, Singles
Karim Alami  Morocco Singles
Hicham Arazi  Morocco Singles

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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