Haytham Faour

Haytham Moussa Faour (Arabic: هيثم موسى فاعور; born 27 February 1990) is a Lebanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Lebanese Premier League club Ahed.[4][5] He is known for his tackling and defensive reading of the game.[6]

In this Lebanese name, the father's name is Moussa and the family name is Faour.
Haytham Faour
Faour with Ahed in 2021
Personal information
Full name Haytham Moussa Faour[1]
Date of birth (1990-02-27) 27 February 1990
Place of birth Meiss Ej Jabal, Lebanon[1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ahed
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009– Ahed 161 (2)
International career
2011 Lebanon U23[3] 2 (0)
2011–2019 Lebanon 58 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:27, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

Faour joined Ahed in 2009 and became one of the team's main players, winning the Lebanese Golden Ball in 2015.[7] He also captained them to an AFC Cup win in 2019, helping Ahed become the first Lebanese club to win the title. Faour represented Lebanon internationally from 2011 to 2019, playing 58 games and retiring as one of the national team's most-capped players.

Club career

On 2 October 2013, it was reported that Faour had signed for Iraqi club Al-Naft on a loan deal worth $140,000.[8][9][10] After playing a friendly game for the club, the manager cancelled the transfer as he stated that he was looking for a "more attacking-minded midfielder".[11][12]

International career

Faour's debut for the national team came on 17 August 2011, in a 3–2 friendly defeat against Syria at home.[4] In December 2018, he was called up for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup squad.[2] Faour played the first two group stage games, against Qatar and Saudi Arabia.[4] On 24 July 2019, he announced his retirement from international football.[13]

Honours

Ahed[14]

Individual

See also

References
  1. "Haytham Faour". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. "AC2019 Final Squads". Asian Football Confederation. p. 19. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  3. "Official Home of Asian Football". archive.vn. 5 January 2013. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  4. Haytham Faour at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. "Worldfootball.net".
  6. "The final 23: who are they?". Lebanese Football Review. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  7. "فاعور لكووورة: اعتز بالكرة الذهبية اللبنانية". كووورة. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  8. "...هيثم فاعور من العهد اللبناني الى". sport.almanar.com.lb. Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  9. "منتخب لبنان يبدأ استعداده للقاء الكويت". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  10. "الإخاء-في-امتحان-العهد-بـ-المدينة-الرياضية-". www.alittihad.ae (in Arabic). 3 October 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  11. "Al Joumhouria". www.aljoumhouria.com. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  12. "تغيير المدرّبين مستمر في الدوري اللبناني واحتراف فاعور يحسم اليوم :: موقع يا صور". www.yasour.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  13. "Lebanese National Football Team Liviu Ciobotarui Press Conference". FaLebanon. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  14. "Lebanon - Haytham Faour - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  15. بلال نجارين أفضل لاعب في مهرجان "كرة المنار". malaeeb.com (in Arabic). 15 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  16. مهرجان كرة المنار الـ17 : محمد حيدر افضل لاعب في لبنان. Al Ahed News Archive (in Arabic). 18 June 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  17. محمد حيدر أفضل لاعب..ولا حذاء ذهبي. Malaeeb (in Arabic). 18 June 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  18. مهرجان كرة المنار الـ19. An-Nahar (in Arabic). 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  19. "مهرجان كرة المنار الـ 21 لونه "أصفر"" (in Arabic). Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  20. اللواء, جريدة. "النجماوي حسن معتوق أفضل لاعب في لبنان!". جريدة اللواء (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 February 2019.
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