Talk:Stephan El Shaarawy

His mother is ITALIAN!!
I've read it in the Italian Wikipedia. This should be noted, here the information is incorrect!!! Not Egyptian family but Egyptian father — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.59.100.23 (talk) 20:00, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Numer of goals scored
As 30 September of 2012, Stephan El Shaarawy has scored 4 goals in the 2012-2013 Serie A season. But in 2011-2012 Serie A season he scored 2 goals (both against Udinese in different matches), so how it can it be possible to be that the total of goals indicated in the description be 5 goals? Please fix that little mistake. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.163.153.23 (talk) 15:52, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Wrong name for the page
The last name of the player is El Shaarawy. With y.--79.2.225.250 (talk) 20:53, 13 February 2011 (UTC) YES, WRONG LAST NAME..... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.61.12.113 (talk) 18:20, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

This page should be updated since El Shaarawy has been bought by A.C. Milan. This transfer can represent a breakthrough in his career. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Memetz (talk • contribs) 07:53, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 65.9.174.11, 22 June 2011
Greetings,

Just wanted to give a heads up that El Shaarawy is no longer a Genoa player. He will be officially putting pen to paper this Saturday with A.C. Milan, right after medical exams.

Thank you.

65.9.174.11 (talk) 16:18, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
 * "He will" implies that "he did not do it yet". As long as the move is not formalized and finalized, he is still a Genoa player. Wikipedia is based on accurate facts, no events that are likely to happen but haven't yet. --Angelo (talk) 18:29, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Jnorton7558 (talk) 14:19, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

He is aslo the first italian fotball player that play for AC Milan as a gay fotball player — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.34.187.235 (talk) 17:06, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Edit request from Maxmurd, 16 August 2012
Ciao, il tipo qui ha appena esordito nelle nazionale maggiore. Lo avrei scritto io se non ci fosse 'sto blocco IMHO rimovibile. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxmurd (talk • contribs) 23:46, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Suggested edits
Well, since this article is "semi-protected" I can only suggest some editings to make here and there. As for the "Early Life" section, El Shaarawy's family is not totally Egyptian as reported here, only his father is while his mother is Italian (you can find this piece of information in a lot of websites, even the Italian wikipedia has it). Plus, I found an interesting interview (see http://www.goal.com/it/news/2/serie-a/2012/12/01/3569298/le-confessioni-di-el-shaarawy-devo-molto-ad-allegri-mi-ha-sempre-) where El Shaarawy himself explains the origin of his nickname, Il Faraone (The Pharaoh). When asked about it, he goes like this:

"Non me lo sono dato io. Mi definì così in diretta il telecronista Sky di Genoa-Empoli, alle finali del campionato Primavera di due anni fa. Avevo fatto goal e mi ero inginocchiato mimando il tipico gesto degli egiziani, con le dita delle mani chiuse a ventaglio. Da allora sono diventato il Faraone. Mi sta bene, anche perché sono egiziano da parte di padre."

..which means:

"I didn't give myself that nickname. A Sky commentator dubbed me so during a Genoa-Empoli match, while playing the Campionato Primavera finals two years ago. I'd just scored so I got on my knees and mimicked the Egyptians' typical gesture, with the fingers fan-shapedly closed. I've become "il Faraone" ever since. It's okay with me, also because I am Egyptian on my father's side." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.44.211.99 (talk) 23:42, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 10 March 2013
Stephan El Shaarawy is known to terrorise Borussia Dortmund's defence when John Ruddy is in charge. The 5 throphies out of 7 seasons shows the ability that he has.

DannyLafferty (talk) 20:01, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Also the proposed wording violates the policy on neutral point-of-view. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 21:15, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 24 March 2013
Early Life He is the son of an Egyptian father and an Italian mother

Flaconi (talk) 00:52, 24 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Has been added. Harryboyles 01:35, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

Appearances in 2013-14 Uefa Champions League
El Shaarawy played 3 games (the current version of this page states 2) in the 2013-14 UCL: the playoffs vs PSV and AC Milan vs Ajax, the last game of the group stage. Sources:, and. 92.11.183.200 (talk) 19:06, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

He scored one for 2014/15 can someone fix?
Apparently he hasn't scored any goals so far in the 14/15 season. He has. Please change Gianluca07 (talk) 08:21, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 January 2016
This player has completed a loan move to AS Roma so is no longer a Monaco player

Omagoblep (talk) 21:26, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. --allthefoxes (Talk) 01:59, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 April 2023
Change "six-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi" to "seven-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi". In Style of Play section 51.191.9.61 (talk) 10:43, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I removed what's irrelevant to him (the kind of info that belongs in the linked articles). M.Bitton (talk) 14:44, 21 April 2023 (UTC)