| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mohamed Fares Al Arnaout[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 31 January 1997[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Syria | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Fotuwa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Al-Jazeera | 14 | (1) |
| 2017–2020 | Al-Jaish | 37 | (3) |
| 2020–2021 | Hutteen | 15 | (2) |
| 2021 | Al-Muharraq | 8 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Manama Club | 13 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Goa | 19 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Al-Zawraa | ||
| 2024– | Al-Fotuwa | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2020 | Syria U23 | 10 | (0) |
| 2019– | Syria | 12 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:31, 23 February 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 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.[3]
Arnaout previously played for Al-Jazeera, Al-Jaish, Hutteen in Syria.[4] 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.[5] 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.[3]
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.[7][8]
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.[9][10]
| 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[a] | 0 | ? | 2 | |
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8[a] | 0 | ? | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 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[a] | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Manama Club | 2021–22 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| Goa | 2022–23 | Indian Super League | 19 | 1 | 3[b] | 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 | |
Al-Jaish
Al-Muharraq