| Mahdi Fahs | |
| Fullname: | Mahdi Hassan Fahs |
| Birth Date: | 13 October 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Nabatieh, Lebanon |
| Height: | 1.83 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Ahed |
| Years1: | 2012– |
| Clubs1: | Ahed |
| Caps1: | 93 |
| Goals1: | 6 |
| Years2: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs2: | → Sagesse (loan) |
| Caps2: | 10 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2024 |
| Clubs3: | → Safa (loan) |
| Caps3: | 14 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | Lebanon U20 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2012–2015 |
| Nationalteam2: | Lebanon U23 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2014 |
| Nationalteam3: | Lebanon |
| Nationalcaps3: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 14:47, 7 July 2023 (UTC) |
Mahdi Hassan Fahs (Arabic: مهدي حسن فحص; born 13 October 1994) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Ahed.
Fahs began his senior debut at Lebanese Premier League side Ahed aged 18, during the 2012–13 season. In his first season at the club, Fahs played six league games, scoring one goal in the process. Fahs won his first title with Ahed during the 2013–14 season, helping his side life the 2013 Lebanese Elite Cup.[1] The following season, in 2014–15, Fahs won his first league title, scoring two league goals in 16 games.
Fahs continued to help Ahed win domestically, lifting both the 2015 Lebanese Elite Cup, and the 2015 Lebanese Super Cup. During the 2015–16 season, Fahs scored two goals in 11 league games. In 2016–17, Fahs won his second league title with his club, playing 18 games in the league. Due to his performances that season, Fahs was included in the 2016–17 Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season.[2]
In 2017–18 Ahed won three competitions: a league title, a Lebanese FA Cup, and a Lebanese Super Cup. During the 2017–18 season, Fahs played 16 league games, and helped Ahed win both a league title and a Super Cup. At the start of the 2018–19 season, he sustained a cruciate ligament injury,[3] remaining unavailable for seven months.[4] Fahs finished the season with two league games, and won both the league and FA Cup.
In August 2019, he was injured in his other foot's cruciate ligament, for six months.[5] On 26 March 2021, midway through the 2020–21 season, Fahs sustained his third ACL injury, during a friendly game against Shabab Bourj.[6] [7] He returned to training in September 2022.[8]
In December 2022, Fahs joined Sagesse ahead of the second half of the 2022–23 Lebanese Premier League.[9] He helped Sagesse secure their spot in the league.
Ahead of the second half of the 2023–24 Lebanese Premier League, Fahs was loaned to Safa and reunited with his former manager from Ahed Bassem Marmar.[10]
Fahs made his international senior debut for Lebanon on 9 October 2014, in a friendly against Qatar; Lebanon lost the encounter 5–0.
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