Mosab Balhous

Mosab Balhous
Personal information
Full name Mosab Balhous
Date of birth 5 October 1983 (1983-10-05) (age 28)
Place of birth Homs, Syria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Al-Karamah
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2002– Al-Karamah
National team‡
2006– Syria 75 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 January 2011

Mosab Balhous (Arabic: مصعب بلحوس‎) (born 5 October 1983 in Homs, Syria) is a Syrian football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Al-Karamah, which competes in the Syrian Premier League the top division in Syria, wearing the number 1 jersey for Al-Karamah. He also wears the number 1 shirt for the Syrian national football team.[1] Mosab is the Brother of Al-Karamah defensive midfielder Anas Balhous.

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Career

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 a 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.[4]

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.[5] He was selected as Syria's number one goalkeeper for the AFC Asian Cup 2011 in Qatar.[6] He played full 90 minutes in all Syria's three group games against Saudi Arabia, Japan and Jordan.

Honour and Titles

Club

Al-Karamah

References

  1. ^ "Mosab Balhous – Player profile" (in Arabic). kooora.com. http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?player=8818. Retrieved 17 May 2011. 
  2. ^ "Al-Karamah continue the dream". Al Jazeera. http://english.aljazeera.net/archive/2006/10/2008410121756699987.html. Retrieved 30 May 2011. 
  3. ^ "2006 Asian Champions League Details". www.rsssf.com. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/ascup06.html. Retrieved 30 May 2011. 
  4. ^ "2009 AFC CUP Final - match summary". the-afc. http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=368&matchId=2489. Retrieved 30 May 2011. 
  5. ^ Mosab Balhous – FIFA competition record
  6. ^ "Syria squad". the-afc.com. http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-asian-cup-2011-schedule-a-results?view=teamdetails&compID=242&roundID=498&groupID=682&teamID=86&id=0. Retrieved 19 March 2011. 

External links

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