Mohammad Afash

Mohammad Afash

Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Nasser Afash
Date of birth	(1966-10-31) 31 October 1966
Place of birth	Aleppo, Syria
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1993	Al-Ittihad Aleppo
1993–1996	Proodeftiki	89	(28)
1996–2004	Ionikos	196	(19)
2004–2005	Al-Ittihad Aleppo
International career
1989–2004	Syria	27	(9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohammad Nasser Afash (Arabic: 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.

Club career

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. He returned to Al-Ittihad in 2004.

International career

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.

He also played for Syria at the 1989 and 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 July 1993	Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria	Taiwan	5–0	8–1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
2.				6–0
3.	19 August 1999	Amman, Jordan	Oman	1-0	1-1	1999 Arab Games
4.	23 August 1999	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Libya	1-0	1-1
5.	25 August 1999	Amman, Jordan	United Arab Emirates	2-1	2-2
6.	30 April 2001	Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo, Syria	Philippines	9–0	12–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.	7 May 2001		Laos	1–0	11–0
8.				10–0
9.	18 May 2001		Oman	2–2	3–3

External links

• Mohammad Afash at National-Football-Teams.com