Firas Larbi | |
Full Name: | Mohamed Firas Ben Larbi[1] |
Birth Date: | 27 May 1996 |
Birth Place: | Tunisia |
Height: | 1.71 m |
Position: | Midfielder |
Currentclub: | Al-Sharjah |
Clubnumber: | 10 |
Youthyears1: | –2014 |
Youthclubs1: | Marsa |
Years1: | 2014–2016 |
Clubs1: | Marsa |
Caps1: | 19 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2016–2018 |
Clubs2: | Bizertin |
Caps2: | 34 |
Goals2: | 8 |
Years3: | 2018–2021 |
Clubs3: | Étoile du Sahel |
Caps3: | 37 |
Goals3: | 11 |
Years4: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs4: | → Fujairah (loan) |
Caps4: | 23 |
Goals4: | 7 |
Years5: | 2021–2023 |
Clubs5: | Ajman |
Caps5: | 51 |
Goals5: | 24 |
Years6: | 2023– |
Clubs6: | Al-Sharjah |
Caps6: | 8 |
Goals6: | 2 |
Nationalyears1: | 2013 |
Nationalteam1: | Tunisia U17 |
Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Nationalyears2: | 2019– |
Nationalteam2: | Tunisia |
Nationalcaps2: | 13 |
Nationalgoals2: | 3 |
Club-Update: | 08:21, 16 December 2023 (UTC) |
Ntupdate: | 22:00, 21 November 2023 (UTC) |
Mohamed Firas Ben Larbi (Arabic: محمد فراس بالعربي; born 27 May 1996) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al-Sharjah. He has represented Tunisia at senior international level.
Firas began his senior career Marsa and also played for Bizertin and Étoile du Sahel in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1. In August 2020, he joined UAE Pro League side Fujairah on loan, scoring on his league debut for the club in a 4–2 loss to Sharjah.[2]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Marsa | 2013–14 | TLP1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||||
2014–15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||||||
2015–16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | ||||||
Total | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 20 | 1 | ||||||
Bizertin | 2016–17 | TLP1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 11 | 1 | ||||
2017–18 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 27 | 7 | ||||||
Total | 34 | 8 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 38 | 8 | ||||||
ESS | 2018–19 | TLP1 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | – | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 9 | ||
2019–20 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 20 | 7 | |||||
Total | 37 | 11 | 4 | 1 | – | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 16 | ||||
Fujairah | 2020–21 | UPL | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 8 | ||
Ajman | 2021–22 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 14 | |||
2022–23 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 16 | |||
Total | 51 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 30 | |||
Sharjah | 2023–24 | UPL | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 13 | 3 | ||
Career total | 172 | 52 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 218 | 66 |
Firas was part of the Tunisia U17 squad who competed in the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, having earlier in the year competed for the same side in the 2013 African U-17 Championship. In September 2019, he was called up to the senior Tunisia squad for the first time, for their 2020 African Nations Championship qualification matches against Libya, of which he played in both matches.
Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first.
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||
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1. | 30 November 2021 | Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar | align=center | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2021 FIFA Arab Cup | |||
2. | align=center | 4–1 | |||||||
3. | 17 November 2023 | Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia | align=center | 4–0 | align=center | 4–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |