Mohammad Afash | |
Fullname: | Mohammad Nasser Afash |
Birth Date: | 31 October 1966 |
Birth Place: | Aleppo, Syria |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 1988–1993 |
Years2: | 1993–1996 |
Caps2: | 89 |
Goals2: | 28 |
Years3: | 1996–2004 |
Caps3: | 196 |
Goals3: | 19 |
Years4: | 2004–2005 |
Clubs4: | Al-Ittihad Aleppo |
Nationalyears1: | 1989–2004 |
Nationalteam1: | Syria |
Nationalcaps1: | 27 |
Nationalgoals1: | 9 |
Mohammad Nasser Afash (ar|محمد عفش; born 31 October 1966) is a Syrian retired footballer, who played as a midfielder. He started his career for Al-Ittihad Aleppo, before moving to Greece, where he spent 11 years for rivals Proodeftiki and Ionikos. He finished his career with Al-Ittihad Aleppo. Afash has represented Syria, getting capped 27 times and scoring 9 goals.
Afash is one of the most notable Syrian football exports. Beginning his career with Al-Ittihad, he moved to Greece in 1993 to play for Proodeftiki before joining Ionikos in the 1996–97 season.[1] He returned to Al-Ittihad in 2004.
Afash made seven appearances for the senior Syria national football team in qualifying matches for the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cup. He was a member of the Syria squad at the 1996 AFC Asian Cup finals.[2]
He also played for Syria at the 1989 and 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
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1. | 2 July 1993 | 5–0 | align=center rowspan=2 | 8–1 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) | ||
2. | 6–0 | ||||||
3. | 19 August 1999 | Amman, Jordan | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1999 Arab Games | ||
4. | 23 August 1999 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan | 1-0 | 1-1 | |||
5. | 25 August 1999 | Amman, Jordan | 2-1 | 2-2 | |||
6. | 30 April 2001 | 9–0 | 12–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
7. | 7 May 2001 | 1–0 | 11–0 | ||||
8. | 10–0 | ||||||
9. | 18 May 2001 | 2–2 | 3–3 |