Ahmed Faras
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ahmed Faras | ||
| Date of birth | 7 December 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Mohammedia, Morocco | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1982 | Chabab Mohammédia | 496 | (231) |
| National team | |||
| 1966–1979 | Morocco | 94 | (36) |
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Honours | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Ahmed Faras (Arabic: أحمد فرس; born 7 December 1946) is a Moroccan former footballer who played as a striker for Chabab Mohammédia at club level and Morocco internationally.
Faras was named African Footballer of the Year in 1975. In 2006, Faras was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.[1]
Club career[]
Faras played for Chabab Mohammédia between 1965 and 1982, winning the Moroccan League in 1981 and finishing as the league's top-scorer in 1969 and 1973. He retired in 1982, after spending 17 years with the club.
International career[]
Faras was a member of Morocco national team from 1965 to 1979, wearing the captain's armband for eight consecutive years, starting from 1971. At international level, Faras took part in the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico,[2] and the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich,[3] before leading his team to African Cup of Nations success in 1976. Faras scored a total of 36 goals in 94 games for his national side.[4]
Career statistics[]
International[]
- Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Morocco goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 November 1967 | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco |  Tunisia
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1–1 | 1–1 | 1968 Summer Olympic qualification |
| 2 | 9 June 1968 |  Ghana
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1–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | 30 June 1968 | Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | 21 September 1969 | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco |  Nigeria
|
2–1 | 2–1 | 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 28 March 1971 |  Niger
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1–0 | 5–2 | 1972 Summer Olympic qualification | |
| 6 | 4–2 | |||||
| 7 | 25 April 1971 | Stade du 29 Juillet, Niamey, Niger | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||
| 8 | 8 October 1971 | İzmir Atatürk Stadium, İzmir, Turkey |  Egypt
|
1–0 | 1–0 | 1971 Mediterranean Games |
| 9 | 17 February 1972 | Stade Demba Diop, Dakar, Senegal |  Senegal
|
3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 10 | 25 February 1972 | Stade de la Réunification, Douala, Cameroon |  Congo
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1–0 | 1–1 | 1972 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 11 | 27 February 1972 |  Sudan
|
1–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 12 | 29 February 1972 |  Zaire
|
1–1 | 1–1 | ||
| 13 | 23 April 1972 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia | Tunisia
|
2–1 | 3–3 | 1972 Summer Olympic qualification |
| 14 | 30 April 1972 | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco |  Mali
|
1–0 | 2–1 | |
| 15 | 21 May 1972 | Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako, Mali | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 16 | 31 August 1972 | Tuja-Stadion, Ingolstadt, Germany |  Malaysia
|
2–0 | 6–0 | 1972 Summer Olympics |
| 17 | 3–0 | |||||
| 18 | 4–0 | |||||
| 19 | 25 February 1973 | Stade Saniat Rmel, Tétouan, Morocco |  Guinea
|
1–0 | 2–0 | 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 20 | 2–0 | |||||
| 21 | 3 June 1973 |  Ivory Coast
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1–0 | 4–1 | ||
| 22 | 2–0 | |||||
| 23 | 25 November 1973 |  Zambia
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2–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 24 | 1 October 1974 | Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria | Tunisia
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2–1 | 2–1 | 1974 Kuneitra Cup |
| 25 | 6 October 1974 | Sudan
|
2–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 26 | 9 October 1974 |  Syria
|
1–1 | 1–1 | ||
| 27 | 23 February 1975 | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco |  Libya
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1–0 | 2–1 | 1976 Summer Olympic qualification |
| 28 | 22 March 1975 | Stade Hassan-II, Fez, Morocco | Senegal
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1–0 | 4–0 | 1976 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 29 | 13 April 1975 | Kaolack, Senegal | 1–2 | 1–2 | ||
| 30 | 14 December 1975 | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco | Tunisia
|
1–0 | 1–0 | 1976 Summer Olympic qualification |
| 31 | 20 February 1976 | Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |  Saudi Arabia
|
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 32 | 6 March 1976 | Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia | Nigeria
|
1–0 | 3–1 | 1976 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 33 | 9 March 1976 | Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |  Egypt
|
1–0 | 2–1 | |
| 34 | 11 March 1976 | Nigeria
|
1–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 35 | 8 April 1979 | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco |  Mauritania
|
4–1 | 4–1 | 1980 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 36 | 24 June 1979 | Stade El Bachir, Mohammedia, Morocco |  Togo
|
1–0 | 7–0 |
References[]
- ^ "Meilleur joueur des 50 dernières années 14 Marocains en lice" (in French). Le Matin. 13 October 2006. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ^ Ahmed Faras – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Ahmed Faras Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- ^ Ahmed Faras - Goals in International Matches
- ^ "Ahmed Faras". RSSSF.
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