Mosab Balhous

{{short description|Syrian footballer (born 1983)|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Mosab Balhous

| image = Balhous 21.03.09 SvQ.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Mosab Balhous, Syrian footballer

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|10|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Homs, Syria

| height = 1.85 m

| currentclub = Al-Karamah

| clubnumber =

| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = 2002–2011 | clubs1 = Al-Karamah | caps1 = 252 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2011–2012 | clubs2 = → Al-Wahda (Loan) | caps2 = 30 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2012–2013 | clubs3 = Al-Shorta | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 2013–2015 | clubs4 = Dhofar | caps4 = 52 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2015– | clubs5 = Al-Karamah | caps5 = | goals5 =

| nationalyears1 = 2006–2016 | nationalteam1 = Syria | nationalcaps1 = 86 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate =

| ntupdate = 18 March 2016

}}

Mosab Balhous ({{langx|ar|مُصعَب بَلحُوس}}; born 5 October 1983) is a Syrian footballer who is currently playing for Al-Karamah in Syria.{{NFT player|id=9954}} Balhous is Syria's most-capped player ever with 86 caps.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/balhous-intl.html |title=Mosab Balhous – International Appearances |author1=Mamrud, Roberto |date= 14 February 2019 |publisher=RSSSF }}

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.{{cite web | url= http://english.aljazeera.net/archive/2006/10/2008410121756699987.html | title= Al Karama continue the dream | publisher= Al Jazeera}} Al-Karamah were defeated 3–2 on aggregate in the final by Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors of the K-League.{{cite web | url= https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/ascup06.html | publisher= RSSSF | title= Asian Club Competitions 2006 }} Three years later, he was an 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. On 3 October 2011, Balhous joined Al-Wahda on loan until the end of the 2011–12 season.{{cite web | url= http://www.syrian-soccer.com/?page=show_det&select_page=1023&id=5597 | title= ...في الكرامة: إعارة البلحوس للوحدة والعمير للشرطة | publisher= Syrian Soccer | access-date= 19 January 2012 | archive-date= 3 December 2013 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001115/http://www.syrian-soccer.com/?page=show_det&select_page=1023&id=5597 | url-status= dead }} On 26 August 2013, he signed a one-year contract with Oman Professional League club Dhofar.{{cite web | url= http://www.kooora.com/?n=259796&pg=5&o=n1001319 | title= بلحوس يفسخ تعاقده مع الشرطة السوري وينضم رسمياً لظفار العماني | date= 10 July 2019 | publisher= KOOORA}} On 7 July 2014, he signed a one-year contract extension with Dhofar.

Later on, he held the position of Goalkeeping Coach for Dhofar, and Syria national team during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. In February 2019, Balhous came out of retirement to sign for Al-Karamah until the end of the season.{{cite web|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=783594&o=n3008818|title=مصعب بلحوس يعود لحراسة مرمى الكرامة|website=Kooora|language=Arabic|date=5 February 2019}}

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. He was selected as Syria's number one goalkeeper for the AFC Asian Cup 2011 in Qatar. He played full 90 minutes in all Syria's three group games against Saudi Arabia, Japan and Jordan.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

Personal life

Mosab is the brother of Al-Karamah's Anas Balhous.

Honours

Al-Karamah

Syrian Premier League: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
Syrian Cup: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Syrian Super Cup: 2008
AFC Champions League runner-up: 2006
AFC Cup runner-up: 2009

Dhofar

Oman Professional League Cup runner-up: 2014–15
Baniyas SC International Tournament: 2014

Syria

West Asian Football Federation Championship: 2012

References

External links

{{FIFA player|284066}}
{{Soccerway|mosab-balhous/26278}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150222083858/http://www.goal.com/en/people/syria/60540/mosab-balhous Mosab Balhous] at Goal.com (archived)
{{Kooora|8818|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140412153457/http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?player=8818}}

Category:1983 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Homs

Category:Syrian men's footballers

Category:21st-century Syrian sportsmen

Category:Syria men's international footballers

Category:Syrian expatriate men's footballers

Category:Men's association football goalkeepers

Category:2011 AFC Asian Cup players

Category:Al-Karamah SC players

Category:Al-Wahda SC (Syria) players

Category:Al-Shorta SC (Syria) players