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{{short description|Syrian footballer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{EngvarB|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Fares Arnaout
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname = Mohamed Fares Al Arnaout<ref>{{Soccerway|483936}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|1|31|df=y}}<ref name="FIFA Arab 2021">{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce14/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Syria |publisher=[[FIFA]] |page=14 |date=4 December 2021 |access-date=13 December 2022}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Syria]]
| height = {{height|m=1.85}}<ref name="FIFA Arab 2021"/>
| position = [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|Centre back]]
| currentclub = [[FC Goa|Goa]]
| clubnumber = 5
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2016–2017
| clubs1 = [[Al-Jazeera SC (Syria)|Al-Jazeera]]
| caps1 = 14
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2017–2020
| clubs2 = [[Al-Jaish SC (Syria)|Al-Jaish]]
| caps2 = 37
| goals2 = 3
| years3 = 2020–2021
| clubs3 = [[Hutteen SC|Hutteen]]
| caps3 = 15
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2021
| clubs4 = [[Al-Muharraq SC|Al-Muharraq]]
| caps4 = 8
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2021–2022
| clubs5 = [[Manama Club (football)|Manama Club]]
| caps5 = 13
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2022–
| clubs6 = [[FC Goa|Goa]]
| caps6 = 19
| goals6 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2018–2020
| nationalteam1 = [[Syria national under-23 football team|Syria U23]]
| nationalcaps1 = 10
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2019–
| nationalteam2 = [[Syria national football team|Syria]]
| nationalcaps2 = 12
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 20:31, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 28 March 2023
}}

'''Mohamed Fares Al Arnaout''' ({{lang-ar|محمد فارس أرناؤوط }}; born 31 January 1997) is a Syrian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|centre back]] for [[Indian Super League]] club [[FC Goa|Goa]] and the [[Syria national football team|Syria national team]].<ref name="fcgoa.in">{{cite web|url=https://fcgoa.in/media/news/fc-goa-signs-syrian-international-defender-fares-arnaout/|title=FC Goa signs Syrian international defender Fares Arnaout|website=fcgoa.in|access-date=1 July 2022}}</ref>

==Club career==
Arnaout previously played for [[Al-Jazeera SC (Syria)|Al-Jazeera]], [[Al-Jaish SC (Syria)|Al-Jaish]], [[Hutteen SC|Hutteen]] in Syria.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/indian-football/news-isl-transfer-news-fc-goa-rope-syrian-defender-fares-arnaout|title=ISL Transfer News: FC Goa rope in Syrian defender Fares Arnaout|website=www.sportskeeda.com|access-date=1 July 2022}}</ref> He won the [[2018 Syrian Cup|Syrian Cup]], [[2017–18 Syrian Premier League|Syrian Premier League]] and [[Syrian Super Cup]] in his first season with [[Al-Jaish SC (Syria)|Al-Jaish]]. In the years to come, he would establish himself as a key member of the squad – winning the [[2018–19 Syrian Premier League|Syrian League]] again the following season in 2018/19.

Arnaout joined Bahraini outfit [[Al-Muharraq SC|Al-Muharraq]] and clinched the [[2021 AFC Cup]] title.<ref name="the-afc.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/club/afc_cup/news/final_muharraq_club_bahrain_v_fc_nasaf_uzbekistan.html|title=Muharraq Club emerge champions with masterful display against FC Nasaf|website=www.the-afc.com|access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> He later joined [[Manama Club (football)|Manama Club]] in the same league.

===Goa===
In July 2022, [[Indian Super League]] outfit [[FC Goa|Goa]] completed the permanent signing of Arnaout on a one-year deal.<ref name="fcgoa.in"/>

{{Quote box|width=30%|align=right| quote="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."|source= — Arnaout, after signing with [[FC Goa|Goa]].<ref>{{cite web|title=FC Goa signs Syrian international defender Fares Arnaout|url=https://fcgoa.in/media/news/fc-goa-signs-syrian-international-defender-fares-arnaout|website=fcgoa.in}}</ref>}}

==International career==
On 8 July 2019, Arnaout made his international debut for [[Syria national football team|Syria]] against [[North Korea national football team|North Korea]] in a 5–2 win in the [[2019 Intercontinental Cup (India)|2019 Intercontinental Cup]], where they achieved third place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/intercontinental-cup-2019-syria-dpr-korea-match-report-5-2/article28323574.ece|title=Intercontinental Cup: Syria downs DPR Korea with a fine second-half show|website=sportstar.thehindu.com|date=July 8, 2019 |access-date=8 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/23660/Syria_North_Korea.html|title=Syria 5 – 2 North Korea|website=national-football-teams.com|access-date=8 July 2019}}</ref>

Arnaout captained the [[Syria national under-23 football team|Syria U23]] side to the [[2020 AFC U-23 Championship#Quarter-finals|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 national under-23 football team|Saudi Arabia]], [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan]] and [[Qatar national under-23 football team|Qatar]]. They eventually bowed out of the tournament in the [[2020 AFC U-23 Championship#Quarter-finals|quarter-finals]], losing to [[Australia men's national under-23 soccer team|Australia]] in extra time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.socceroos.com.au/match/australia-u23-v-syria-u23-afc-u23-18-01-2020/2031770|title=Toure's extra-time strike moves Australia U-23 within one win of Olympic Games|website=socceroos.com.au|date=January 9, 2020 |access-date=19 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2020/01/18/asia/afc-u23-asian-cup/australia-under-23/syria-u23/3176384/|title=Australia U23 1 – 0 Syria U23|website=soccerway.com|access-date=19 January 2020}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{{updated|18 April 2023}}<ref>{{Soccerway|fares-arnaout/483936}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[Al-Jazeera SC (Syria)|Al-Jazeera]]
|[[2016–17 Syrian Premier League|2016–17]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Syrian Premier League]]
|14||1||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||14||1
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Al-Jaish SC (Syria)|Al-Jaish]]
|[[2017–18 Syrian Premier League|2017–18]]
| rowspan="3" |37||2||0||0||5{{efn|name=statsAFCC|Appearance(s) in [[AFC Cup]]}}||0||?||2
|-
|[[2018–19 Syrian Premier League|2018–19]]
|0||0||0||8{{efn|name=statsAFCC}}||0||?||0
|-
|[[2019–20 Syrian Premier League|2019–20]]
|1||0||0||2{{efn|name=statsAFCC}}||0||?||1
|-
! colspan="2" |Al-Jaish total
!37!!3!!0!!0!!15!!0!!52!!3
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[Hutteen SC|Hutteen]]
|[[2020–21 Syrian Premier League|2020–21]]
| rowspan="1" |Syrian Premier League
|15||2||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||15||2
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[Al-Muharraq SC|Al-Muharraq]]
|[[2020–21 Bahraini Premier League|2020–21]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Bahraini Premier League]]
|8||0||0||0||3{{efn|name=statsAFCC}}||1||11||1
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[Manama Club (football)|Manama Club]]
|[[2021–22 Bahraini Premier League|2021–22]]
|13||1||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||13||1
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[FC Goa|Goa]]
|[[2022–23 Indian Super League|2022–23]]
|Indian Super League
|19||1||3{{efn|name=SuperCup|Appearance(s) in [[Super Cup (India)|Super Cup]]}}||1|| colspan="2" |—||22||2
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total
!106!!7!!3!!1!!18!!1!!127!!9
|}
{{notelist}}

===International===
{{updated|matches played till 28 March 2023}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/74808/Mohamed_Fares_Arnaout.html|title=Fares Arnaout|website=national-football-teams.com|access-date=8 July 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Syria national football team|Syria]]
|2019||3||0
|-
|2020||2||0
|-
|2021||5||0
|-
|2023||2||0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!12!!0
|}

==Honours==
'''Al-Jaish'''
* [[Syrian Premier League]]: [[2017–18 Syrian Premier League|2017–18]], [[2018–19 Syrian Premier League|2018–19]]
* [[Syrian Cup]]: [[2018 Syrian Cup|2018]]
* [[Syrian Super Cup]]: 2018

'''Al-Muharraq'''
* [[AFC Cup]]: [[2021 AFC Cup|2021]]<ref name="the-afc.com"/>
* [[Bahraini FA Cup]]: 2021

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{Soccerway|483936}}
*{{WorldFootball.net |mohamad-al-arnaout}}
*{{NFT|74808}}
*[https://www.eurosport.com/football/mhd-fares-arnaout_prs576014/person.shtml Fares Arnaout] at [[Eurosport]]

{{FC Goa squad}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arnaout, Fares}}
[[Category:Syria men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Syrian expatriate sportspeople in India]]
[[Category:FC Goa players]]
[[Category:Al-Jaish SC (Syria) players]]
[[Category:Hutteen SC players]]
[[Category:Al Jazira Club players]]
[[Category:Al-Muharraq SC players]]
[[Category:Manama Club players]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]
[[Category:Syrian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Syrian expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bahrain]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in India]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:1997 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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