Haytham Farouk Aboelw (Arabic: هيثم فاروق; born 4 January 1971) is an Egyptian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
He spent most of his career in Egypt and played for El-Olympi and Zamalek SC.
He was also the first Egyptian player to ever play in the Dutch league, that occurred in 1996 with Feyenoord, Rotterdam.
Aside long Farouk incredible achievements he was also the fifth Egyptian player in history that played in UEFA cup.
Farouk made several appearances for the Egypt national football team, including 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.