Feras Esmaeel

Feras Esmaeel
Personal information
Full name	Feras Esmaeel
Date of birth	3 January 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Damascus, Syria
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Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Al-Masafi
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2005	Al-Jaish
2005–2006	Qardaha
2006–2009	Al-Karamah
2009–2011	Al-Jaish
2011–2013	Zakho FC
2013–2014	Al-Masafi
2014–	Nart Sukhum
International career‡
2002–	Syria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 January 2011

Feras Esmaeel (Arabic: فراس إسماعيل‎‎) (born 3 January 1983 in Damascus, Syria) is a Syrian footballer. He currently plays for Al-Masafi, which competes in the Iraqi Premier League the top division in Iraq. He plays as a midfielder. He wears the number 5 shirt for the Syrian national football team.^[1] He is an ethnic Circassian.

International career

Esmaeel was selected to Valeriu Tiţa's 23-man final squad for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar.^[2] He played full 90 minutes in all Syria's three group games against Saudi Arabia, Japan and Jordan.

Scores and results table. Syria's goal tally first:

**Feras Esmaeel: International goals**^[3]
Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 October 2007	Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan	Afghanistan	2–1	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	9 November 2007	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	Indonesia	1–0	4–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	23 January 2009	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	2–1	3–2	International Friendly
4	2 January 2010	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Zimbabwe	3–0	6–0	Friendly/Non FIFA 'A' international match
5	5 July 2011	Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	Jordan	1–1	3–1	International Friendly
6	15 July 2011	Seeb Stadium, Masqat, Oman	Oman	1–1	1–1	International Friendly