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Ahmed Faras
	Faras at the 1970 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Ahmed Faras
Date of birth	7 December 1946 (age 77)
Place of birth	Mohammedia, Morocco
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1965–1982	Chabab Mohammédia
International career
1966–1979	Morocco
Medal record
Representing Morocco
Africa Cup of Nations
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ahmed Faras (Arabic: أحمد فرس; born 7 December 1946) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a striker for Chabab Mohammédia at club level and Morocco internationally.

Faras was named African Footballer of the Year in 1975. In 2006, Faras was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.^[1]

Club career

Faras played for Chabab Mohammédia between 1965 and 1982, winning the Moroccan League in 1981 and finishing as the league's top-scorer in 1969 and 1973. He retired in 1982, after spending 17 years with the club.

International career

Faras was a member of Morocco national team from 1965 to 1979, wearing the captain's armband for eight consecutive years, starting from 1971. At international level, Faras took part in the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico,^[2] and the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich,^[3] before leading his team to African Cup of Nations success in 1976. Faras scored a total of 42 goals in 94 games for his national side.^[4]

1972 Summer Olympics

The Moroccan national team was placed in Group A, with West Germany, Malaysia, United States. Ahmed Faras played a major role in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was the top scorer for the Moroccan national team with 3 goals scored all against Malaysia making it his first and only hat-trick for the National team.^[5]^[6]

1976 Africa Cup of Nations

Morocco was placed in Group B. Morocco tied its first match against Sudan and won its second against Zaire. Morocco played the final game against Nigeria, to determine the group winner, and Morocco won by 3 goals to 1. In the final round Morocco defeated Egypt 2-1 with a goal scored by Faras in the 23rd minute. They played against Nigeria again and won 2-1 scored by Faras in the 82nd minute. Morocco was to play its final against Guinea and needed a tie to win the cup. The match ended in a tie and Morocco won the cup. Faras was named best player of the tournament and was the 2nd top goal-scorer.^[7]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Morocco
	1966	2	0
	1967	6	1
	1968	4	2
	1969	7	1
	1970	3	2
	1971	9	4
	1972	16	9
	1973	8	5
	1974	11	3
	1975	7	4
	1976	11	5
	1977	1	0
	1978	3	0
	1979	6	6
Total		94	42

International

Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Morocco goal.

List of international goals scored by Ahmed Faras^[8]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	5 November 1967	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Tunisia	1–1	1–1	1968 Summer Olympic qualification
2	9 June 1968	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Ghana	1–0	1–1
3	30 June 1968	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana	Ghana	2–1	2–1
4	21 September 1969	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Nigeria	2–1	2–1	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	28 March 1971		Niger	1–0	5–2	1972 Summer Olympic qualification
6	28 March 1971			4–2	5–2
7	25 April 1971	Stade du 29 Juillet, Niamey, Niger		1–0	3–1
8	8 October 1971	İzmir Atatürk Stadium, İzmir, Turkey	Egypt	1–0	1–0	1971 Mediterranean Games
9	17 February 1972	Stade Demba Diop, Dakar, Senegal	Senegal	3–1	3–1	Friendly
10	25 February 1972	Stade de la Réunification, Douala, Cameroon	Congo	1–0	1–1	1972 Africa Cup of Nations
11	27 February 1972		Sudan	1–0	1–1
12	29 February 1972		Zaire	1–1	1–1
13	23 April 1972	Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia	Tunisia	2–1	3–3	1972 Summer Olympic qualification
14	30 April 1972	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Mali	1–0	2–1
15	21 May 1972	Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako, Mali	Mali	1–0	2–1
16	31 August 1972	Tuja-Stadion, Ingolstadt, Germany	Malaysia	2–0	6–0	1972 Summer Olympics
17				3–0
18				4–0
19	25 February 1973	Stade Saniat Rmel, Tétouan, Morocco	Guinea	1–0	2–0	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
20	25 February 1973		Guinea	2–0	2–0
21	3 June 1973		Ivory Coast	1–0	4–1
22	3 June 1973		Ivory Coast	2–0	4–1
23	25 November 1973		Zambia	2–0	2–0
24	1 October 1974	Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria	Tunisia	2–1	2–1	1974 Kuneitra Cup
25	6 October 1974		Sudan	2–0	2–0
26	9 October 1974		Syria	1–1	1–1
27	23 February 1975	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Libya	1–0	2–1	1976 Summer Olympic qualification
28	22 March 1975	Stade Hassan-II, Fez, Morocco	Senegal	1–0	4–0	1976 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
29	13 April 1975	Kaolack, Senegal	Senegal	1–2	1–2	1976 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
30	14 December 1975	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Tunisia	1–0	1–0	1976 Summer Olympic qualification
31	20 February 1976	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	2–0	2–0	Friendly
32	6 March 1976	Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia	Nigeria	1–0	3–1	1976 Africa Cup of Nations
33	9 March 1976	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Egypt	1–0	2–1
34	11 March 1976	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Nigeria	1–1	2–1
35	8 April 1979	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Mauritania	4–1	4–1	1980 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
36	24 June 1979	Stade El Bachir, Mohammedia, Morocco	Togo	1–0	7–0	1980 Africa Cup of Nations qualification