Mosab Balhous Explained

Mosab Balhous
Birth Date:5 October 1983
Birth Place:Homs, Syria
Height:1.85 m
Currentclub:Al-Karamah
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:2002–2011
Clubs1:Al-Karamah
Caps1:252
Goals1:0
Years2:2011–2012
Clubs2:Al-Wahda (Loan)
Caps2:30
Goals2:0
Years3:2012–2013
Years4:2013–2015
Clubs4:Dhofar
Caps4:52
Goals4:0
Years5:2019
Clubs5:Al-Karamah
Nationalyears1:2006–2016
Nationalcaps1:86
Nationalgoals1:0
Ntupdate:18 March 2016

Mosab Balhous (Arabic: مُصعَب بَلحُوس; born 5 October 1983) is a Syrian footballer who is currently playing for Al-Karamah in Syria. Balhous is Syria's most-capped player ever with 86 caps.[1]

Club career

Balhous's career began in the youth system of Al-Karamah before starting his professional career with the senior team. He won with Al-Karamah four Syrian Premier League titles, four Syrian Cups, one Super Cup and helped the club reach the final of the AFC Champions League for the first time.[2] Al-Karamah were defeated 3–2 on aggregate in the final by Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors of the K-League.[3] Three years later, he was an important factor in his side's first-ever accession to AFC Cup Final. Al-Karamah were defeated 2–1 in the final of the second most important association cup in Asia by Kuwait SC of the Kuwaiti Premier League. On 3 October 2011, Balhous joined Al-Wahda on loan until the end of the 2011–12 season.[4] On 26 August 2013, he signed a one-year contract with Oman Professional League club Dhofar.[5] On 7 July 2014, he signed a one-year contract extension with Dhofar.

Later on, he held the position of Goalkeeping Coach for Dhofar, and Syria national team during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. In February 2019, Balhous came out of retirement to sign for Al-Karamah until the end of the season.[6]

International career

Balhous has been a regular for the Syria national football team since 2006. He made 10 appearances for Syria during the qualifying rounds of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was selected as Syria's number one goalkeeper for the AFC Asian Cup 2011 in Qatar. He played full 90 minutes in all Syria's three group games against Saudi Arabia, Japan and Jordan.

Personal life

Mosab is the brother of Al-Karamah's Anas Balhous.

Honours

Al-Karamah

2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09

2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

2008

Dhofar

Syria

2012

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mosab Balhous - International Appearances . Mamrud, Roberto . 14 February 2019 . . dmy .
  2. Web site: Al Karama continue the dream . AL JAZEERA.
  3. Web site: Asian Club Competitions 2006 . .
  4. Web site: ...في الكرامة: إعارة البلحوس للوحدة والعمير للشرطة . Syrian Soccer . 19 January 2012 . 3 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001115/http://www.syrian-soccer.com/?page=show_det&select_page=1023&id=5597 . dead .
  5. Web site: بلحوس يفسخ تعاقده مع الشرطة السوري وينضم رسمياً لظفار العماني . 10 July 2019 . KOOORA.
  6. Web site: مصعب بلحوس يعود لحراسة مرمى الكرامة. Kooora. Arabic. 5 February 2019.