Mohamed Fares Arnaout (Arabic: محمد فارس أرناؤوط) (born 31 January 1997) is a Syrian professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Indian Super League club Goa.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mohamed Fares Arnaout | ||
Date of birth | (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 25) | ||
Place of birth | Syria | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Goa | ||
Number | 5 | ||
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– | Goa | 3 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2018–2020 | Syria U23 | 10 | (0) |
2019– | Syria | 10 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:31, 27 May 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2021 |
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.
In July 2022, Indian Super League outfit Goa completed the permanent signing of Arnaout on a one-year deal.[4]
“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."
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.[6][7]
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.[8][9]
Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
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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[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | ? | 2 | |
2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | ? | 0 | |||
2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 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[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 11 | 1 |
Manama Club | 2021–22 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | ||
Goa | 2022–23 | Indian Super League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
Career total | 90 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 108 | 7 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Syria | 2019 | 3 | 0 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 10 | 0 |
Al-Jaish
Al-Muharraq
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