Karim Al Abed Darwich (Arabic: كريم العبد درويش; born 2 November 1998) is a footballer who plays as a forward for Lebanese Premier League club Ansar and the Lebanon national team.
![]() Darwich with Akhaa Ahli Aley in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Karim Al Abed Darwich[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1998-11-02) 2 November 1998 (age 23) | ||
Place of birth | Berlin, Germany[1] | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Ansar | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
2015–2017 | Viktoria Berlin | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017 | Viktoria Berlin | 1 | (0) |
2017–2018 | SV Altlüdersdorf | 9 | (2) |
2018 | Nejmeh | 5 | (2) |
2018–2019 | → Akhaa Ahli Aley (loan) | 18 | (3) |
2019–2020 | Akhaa Ahli Aley | 2 | (1) |
2020 | → Ahed (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2020– | Ansar | 27 | (9) |
National team‡ | |||
2019 | Lebanon U23 | 3 | (1) |
2020– | Lebanon | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:49, 18 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2022 |
Coming through the youth system, Darwich made his senior debut with Viktoria Berlin on 13 March 2017,[2] as a 73rd-minute substitute in a 2–0 Regionalliga Nordost win against Carl Zeiss Jena in the 2016–17 season.[3]
Darwich played for SV Altlüdersdorf in the Oberliga Nord during the 2017–18 season,[4] making nine appearances and scoring twice.[5]
On 3 January 2018, Darwich moved to Lebanese Premier League side Nejmeh;[6] he scored two goals in five matches in the 2017–18 Lebanese Premier League.[7]
Darwich joined Akhaa Ahli Aley on loan in summer 2018,[8] with whom he played 18 league games and scored three times in the 2018–19 season.[2] He was purchased by Akhaa for the 2019–20 season, scoring a goal in two games in the cancelled league season.[2]
Darwich had a short loan experience at Ahed in February 2020, playing in the 2020 AFC Cup.[9]
Darwich joined Ansar from Akhaa on 3 July 2020,[9] in a deal worth $50,000.[10] In the 2020–21 season, he helped Ansar win their first league title since 2007, and their 14th overall.[11] Darwich also helped Ansar win the double, beating Nejmeh in the 2020–21 Lebanese FA Cup final on penalty shoot-outs.[12]
Born in Germany, Darwich is of Lebanese descent.[13] He played for the Lebanon U23s at the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification.[9] Darwich made his debut for the senior team in a friendly against Bahrain on 12 November 2020.[14]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Lebanon | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
2022 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 5 | 0 |
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