Fares Arnaout

Fares Arnaout
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Fares Al Arnaout[1]
Date of birth (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 27)[2]
Place of birth Syria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Al-Fotuwa
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Al-Jazeera 14 (1)
2017–2020 Al-Jaish 37 (3)
2020–2021 Hutteen 15 (2)
2021 Al-Muharraq 8 (0)
2021–2022 Manama Club 13 (1)
2022–2023 Goa 19 (1)
2023–2024 Al-Zawraa
2024– Al-Fotuwa
International career‡
2018–2020 Syria U23 10 (0)
2019– Syria 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:31, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2023

Mohamed Fares Al Arnaout (Arabic: محمد فارس الأرناؤوط; born 31 January 1997) is a Syrian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Syrian Premier League club Al-Fotuwa and the Syria national team.[3]

Club career

Arnaout previously played for Al-Jazeera, Al-Jaish, Hutteen in Syria.[4] He won the Syrian Cup, Syrian Premier League and Syrian Super Cup in his first season with Al-Jaish. In the years to come, he would establish himself as a key member of the squad – winning the Syrian League again the following season in 2018/19.

Arnaout joined Bahraini outfit Al-Muharraq and clinched the 2021 AFC Cup title.[5] He later joined Manama Club in the same league.

Goa

In July 2022, Indian Super League outfit Goa completed the permanent signing of Arnaout on a one-year deal.[3]

"I am thrilled at the prospect of playing for FC Goa. It's a big challenge for me – to come to India and show people what I am all about and I'm already excited thinking about the start of the new season."

— Arnaout, after signing with Goa.[6]

International career

On 8 July 2019, Arnaout made his international debut for Syria against North Korea in a 5–2 win in the 2019 Intercontinental Cup, where they achieved third place.[7][8]

Arnaout captained the Syria U23 side to the quarter-finals of the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship. The tournament saw Syria brave the odds to qualify from a group that had Asian powerhouses in Saudi Arabia, Japan and Qatar. They eventually bowed out of the tournament in the quarter-finals, losing to Australia in extra time.[9][10]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 April 2023[11]
Club Season League Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Al-Jazeera 2016–17 Syrian Premier League 14 1 0 0 — 14 1
Al-Jaish 2017–18 37 2 0 0 5[a] 0 ? 2
2018–19 0 0 0 8[a] 0 ? 0
2019–20 1 0 0 2[a] 0 ? 1
Al-Jaish total 37 3 0 0 15 0 52 3
Hutteen 2020–21 Syrian Premier League 15 2 0 0 — 15 2
Al-Muharraq 2020–21 Bahraini Premier League 8 0 0 0 3[a] 1 11 1
Manama Club 2021–22 13 1 0 0 — 13 1
Goa 2022–23 Indian Super League 19 1 3[b] 1 — 22 2
Career total 106 7 3 1 18 1 127 9
  1. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Super Cup

International

As of matches played till 28 March 2023[12]
National team Year Apps Goals
Syria 2019 3 0
2020 2 0
2021 5 0
2023 2 0
Total 12 0

Honours

Al-Jaish

Al-Muharraq

References

  1. ^ Fares Arnaout at Soccerway
  2. ^ a b "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Syria" (PDF). FIFA. December 4, 2021. p. 14. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "FC Goa signs Syrian international defender Fares Arnaout". fcgoa.in. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  4. ^ "ISL Transfer News: FC Goa rope in Syrian defender Fares Arnaout". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Muharraq Club emerge champions with masterful display against FC Nasaf". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  6. ^ "FC Goa signs Syrian international defender Fares Arnaout". fcgoa.in.
  7. ^ "Intercontinental Cup: Syria downs DPR Korea with a fine second-half show". sportstar.thehindu.com. July 8, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  8. ^ "Syria 5 – 2 North Korea". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  9. ^ "Toure's extra-time strike moves Australia U-23 within one win of Olympic Games". socceroos.com.au. January 9, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  10. ^ "Australia U23 1 – 0 Syria U23". soccerway.com. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  11. ^ Fares Arnaout at Soccerway
  12. ^ "Fares Arnaout". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved July 8, 2019.