Nizar Hamed Mahrous (Arabic: نِزَار حَمَد مَحرُوس; 12 March 1963), known as Abu Hamed, is a Syrian football manager and former player who is the head coach of Erbil.

Nizar Mahrous
Personal information
Full name Nizar Hamed Mahrous
Date of birth (1963-03-12) 12 March 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Damascus, Syria
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Zakho FC (Manager)
Youth career
1978–1981 Al-Wahda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1984 Al-Wahda
1984–1985 Al Jaish
1985–1986 Tishreen
1986–1990 Al-Wahda
1990 Saham
1990–1994 Al-Wahda
International career
1982–1994 Syria 76[1] (12)
Managerial career
1996 Al-Wahda
1997 Al-Jaish
1998–2000 Al-Wahda
2001–2002 Al-Jaish
2002 Al-Hazem
2003 Safa
2004 Al-Baqa'a
2004 Syria
2005 Al Ahed
2006–2008 Shabab Al-Ordon
2008 Al-Faisaly
2009–2011 Al-Wahda
2011–2012 Syria
2013–2013 Erbil
2014 Najran
2014 That Ras
2015 Al-Faisaly
2016 Tripoli
2016–2017 Al-Jazeera
2017–2018 Hatta
2018 Emirates
2018 Al-Jazeera
2020 Al Ansar
2021 Syria
2021–2022 Erbil
2023– Zakho
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Managerial career edit

In May 2011, Mahrous was appointed manager of the Syria national team.[2] On 24 August 2011, he quit after FIFA disqualified Syria from 2014 World Cup qualifying for fielding an ineligible player.[3]

On 7 July 2021, Mahrous returned as head coach of the Syria national team, ahead of the third round of qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[4]

Statistics edit

As of match played 3 July 2022
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
P W D L Win %
Al-Faisaly SC 6 February 2009 30 April 2009 16 5 5 6 031.3
Al-Wahda SC 9 November 2009 19 December 2011 48 18 15 15 037.5
Syria 22 May 2011 18 August 2011 7 5 2 0 071.4
Erbil SC 12 January 2012 14 December 2012 43 27 13 3 062.8
Najran SC 10 January 2014 1 June 2014 10 2 4 4 020.0
That Ras SC 8 June 2014 26 August 2014 6 2 2 2 033.3
Al-Faisaly SC 27 January 2015 19 April 2015 8 1 5 2 012.5
AC Tripoli 25 January 2016 30 May 2016 19 6 4 9 031.6
Al-Jazeera SC 24 September 2016 19 September 2017 39 19 13 7 048.7
Hatta Club 7 October 2017 5 March 2018 21 4 5 12 019.0
Emirates Club 30 March 2018 28 May 2018 5 2 2 1 040.0
Al-Jazeera SC 20 July 2018 20 December 2018 14 9 1 4 064.3
Al Ansar FC 28 June 2019 19 January 2020 8 5 1 2 062.5
Syria 8 July 2021 16 November 2021 7 0 2 5 000.0
Erbil SC 23 December 2021 present 25 11 7 7 044.0
Total 276 116 81 79 042.0

Honours edit

As a Manager edit

Al-Jaish SC

Al-Wahda SC

Al-Jaish SC

Shabab Al-Ordon SC

Erbil SC

Al-Jazeera SC

Al Ansar FC

References edit

  1. ^ Karkora, Mahmoud (11 February 2021). "Nizar Hamed Mahrous - International Appearances". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "Mahrous to lead Syrian National Football team". Dp-news. 22 May 2011. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Syria coach Nizar Mahrous quits after Fifa disqualifies the Red Eagles from 2014 World Cup qualifying | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  4. ^ "رسميا.. نزار محروس مدربا لسوريا". كووورة. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

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