Nizar Mahrous
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Full name
Nizar Hamed Mahrous
Date of birth
12 March 1963
Place of birth
Damascus, Syria
Height
1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nizar Hamed Mahrous | ||
| Date of birth | 12 March 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Damascus, Syria | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Wahda (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 | ||
| 2024 | Newroz | ||
| 2024– | Al-Wahda | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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 Al-Wahda.
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]