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{{short description|Syrian footballer (born 1966)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mohammad Afash
| image = 
| fullname = Mohammad Nasser Afash
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1966|10|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Aleppo]], [[Syria]]
| height = 
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1988–1993 
| clubs1 = [[Al-Ittihad Aleppo]] 
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1993–1996 
| clubs2 = [[Proodeftiki F.C.|Proodeftiki]] 
| caps2 = 89  
| goals2 = 28 
| years3 = 1996–2004 
| clubs3 = [[Ionikos F.C.|Ionikos]] 
| caps3 = 196
| goals3 = 19 
| years4 = 2004–2005
| clubs4 = Al-Ittihad Aleppo
| nationalyears1 = 1989–2004
| nationalteam1 = [[Syria national football team|Syria]]
| nationalcaps1 =27 
| nationalgoals1 =9
}}
'''Mohammad Nasser Afash''' ({{langx|ar|محمد عفش}}; born 31 October 1966) is a Syrian retired [[Association football|footballer]], who played as a [[Midfielder (association football)|midfielder]]. He started his career for [[Al-Ittihad Aleppo]], before moving to [[Greece]], where he spent 11 years for [[Football derbies in Greece|rivals]] [[Proodeftiki F.C.|Proodeftiki]] and [[Ionikos F.C.|Ionikos]]. He finished his career with Al-Ittihad Aleppo. Afash has represented [[Syria national football team|Syria]], getting capped 27 times and scoring 9 goals.

==Club career==
Afash is one of the most notable Syrian football exports. Beginning his career with [[Al-Ittihad (Aleppo)|Al-Ittihad]], he moved to Greece in 1993 to play for [[Proodeftiki F.C.|Proodeftiki]] before joining [[Ionikos F.C.|Ionikos]] in the 1996–97 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60|website=[[RSSSF]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/foreign-players-in-grk6080.html|access-date=2009-02-23}}</ref> He returned to Al-Ittihad in 2004.

== International career ==
Afash made seven appearances for the senior [[Syria national football team]] in qualifying matches for the [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]] and [[1998 FIFA World Cup]].<ref name="FIFA">{{FIFA player|94083|Mohamad Afash}}</ref> He was a member of the Syria squad at the [[1996 AFC Asian Cup]] finals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Asian Nations Cup 1996 Final Tournament - Extended File|website=[[RSSSF]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96asch-ext.html|date=15 December 2006}}</ref>

He also played for Syria at the [[1989 FIFA World Youth Championship|1989]] and [[1991 FIFA World Youth Championship]]<ref name="FIFA" />

==International goals==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || rowspan=2| 2 July 1993 || rowspan=2| [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]], [[Damascus]], [[Syria]] || rowspan=2 |{{fb|TAI}} || align=center|'''5'''–0 || align=center rowspan=2 | 8–1 || rowspan=2| [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)]]
|-
| 2. || align=center|'''6'''–0  
|-
| 3. || 19 August 1999 || [[Amman]], [[Jordan]]|| {{fb|OMA}} || align=center|'''1'''-0 || align=center|1-1 || rowspan=3|[[Football at the 1999 Arab Games|1999 Arab Games]]
|-
| 4. || 23 August 1999 || [[Amman International Stadium]], [[Amman]], [[Jordan]]|| {{fb|LBY|1999}} || align=center|'''1'''-0 || align=center|1-1 
|-
| 5. || 25 August 1999 || [[Amman]], [[Jordan]]|| {{fb|UAE}} || align=center|'''2'''-1 || align=center|2-2 
|-
| 6. || 30 April 2001 || rowspan=4| [[Al-Hamadaniah Stadium]], [[Aleppo]], [[Syria]] || {{fb|PHI}} || align=center|'''9'''–0 || align=center| 12–0 || rowspan=4| [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 7. || rowspan=2| 7 May 2001 || rowspan=2| {{fb|LAO}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 11–0
|-
| 8. || align=center|'''10'''–0
|-
| 9. || 18 May 2001 || {{fb|OMA}} || align=center|'''2'''–2 || align=center| 3–3
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{NFT player|pid=6455}}

{{Syrian Premier League top scorers}}
{{Football League Greece top scorers}}
{{Syria Squad 1996 AFC Asian Cup}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Afash, Mohammad Nasser}}
[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Aleppo]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Syrian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Syria men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Syrian expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Greece]]
[[Category:Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo players]]
[[Category:Proodeftiki F.C. players]]
[[Category:Ionikos F.C. players]]
[[Category:1996 AFC Asian Cup players]]
[[Category:Syrian Premier League players]]
[[Category:Super League Greece players]]
[[Category:Football League (Greece) players]]
[[Category:20th-century Syrian people]]


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