| Fares Arnaout | |
| Fullname: | Mohamed Fares Al Arnaout |
| Birth Date: | 31 January 1997[1] |
| Birth Place: | Syria |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Clubnumber: | 2 |
| Years1: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Al-Jazeera |
| Caps1: | 14 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2017–2020 |
| Clubs2: | Al-Jaish |
| Caps2: | 37 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs3: | Hutteen |
| Caps3: | 15 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2021 |
| Clubs4: | Al-Muharraq |
| Caps4: | 8 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs5: | Manama Club |
| Caps5: | 13 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs6: | Goa |
| Caps6: | 19 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs7: | Al-Zawraa |
| Years8: | 2024– |
| Clubs8: | Al-Fotuwa |
| Nationalyears1: | 2018–2020 |
| Nationalteam1: | Syria U23 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam2: | Syria |
| Nationalcaps2: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 20:31, 23 February 2023 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 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.[2]
Arnaout previously played for Al-Jazeera, Al-Jaish, Hutteen in Syria.[3] 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.[4] 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.[2]
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.[5] [6]
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.[7] [8]
| 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 | 0 | ? | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ? | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 1 | 11 | 1 | |
| Manama Club | 2021–22 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| Goa | 2022–23 | Indian Super League | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 22 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 106 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 127 | 9 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 2019 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 12 | 0 | ||
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