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Mohamed Fares Al Arnaout (Template:Lang-ar; born 31 January 1997) is a Syrian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Indian Super League club Goa and the Syria national team.[1]
Club career
Arnaout previously played for Al-Jazeera, Al-Jaish, Hutteen in Syria.[2] 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.[3] 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.[1]
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.[4][5]
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.[6][7]
Career statistics
Club
| 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 | 5Template:Efn | 0 | ? | 2 | |
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8Template:Efn | 0 | ? | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2Template:Efn | 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 | 3Template:Efn | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Manama Club | 2021–22 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| Goa | 2022–23 | Indian Super League | 19 | 1 | 3Template:Efn | 1 | — | 22 | 2 | |
| Career total | 106 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 127 | 9 | ||
International
| 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
- AFC Cup: 2021[3]
- Bahraini FA Cup: 2021
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 FC Goa signs Syrian international defender Fares Arnaout. fcgoa.in. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ↑ ISL Transfer News: FC Goa rope in Syrian defender Fares Arnaout. www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Muharraq Club emerge champions with masterful display against FC Nasaf. www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ↑ Intercontinental Cup: Syria downs DPR Korea with a fine second-half show. sportstar.thehindu.com(July 8, 2019). Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ↑ Syria 5 – 2 North Korea. national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ↑ Toure's extra-time strike moves Australia U-23 within one win of Olympic Games. socceroos.com.au(January 9, 2020). Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ↑ Australia U23 1 – 0 Syria U23. soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ↑ Template:Soccerway
- ↑ Fares Arnaout. national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 8 July 2019.