Ahmed Faras

Ahmed Faras
Faras in 1970 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Date of birth (1946-12-07)7 December 1946
Place of birth Mohammedia, Morocco
Date of death 16 July 2025(2025-07-16) (aged 78)
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1982 Chabab Mohammédia (127)
International career
1966–1979 Morocco 94 (36)
Medal record
Representing  Morocco
African Cup of Nations
Winner1976 Ethiopia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ahmed Faras (Arabic: أَحْمَد فَرَس; 7 December 1946 – 16 July 2025) was a Moroccan footballer. He played as a striker for Chabab Mohammédia between 1965 and 1982, and won two Moroccan Throne Cups[1] and the 1979–80 Botola league title, finishing as the league's top goalscorer in 1969 and 1973.[2]

He was capped 94 times for Morocco, scoring 36 goals. He is the top goalscorer of the Moroccan national team.[3] He also played for Morocco at the 1970 FIFA World Cup,[4] the 1972 Summer Olympics,[5] and the 1976 African Cup of Nations.[6] Faras was named African Footballer of the Year in 1975, and in 2006, he was chosen by the CAF as one of the 200 best African footballers of the last 50 years.[7]

Faras died on 16 July 2025, at the age of 78, after a long illness.[8][9]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Morocco
196620
196761
196842
196971
197032
197194
1972169
197385
1974113
197574
1976115
197710
197830
197966
Total9442
List of international goals scored by Ahmed Faras[10]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1 5 November 1967 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco  Tunisia 1–1 1–1 1968 Summer Olympic qualification
2 9 June 1968  Ghana 1–0 1–1
3 30 June 1968 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana 2–1 2–1
4 21 September 1969 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco  Nigeria 2–1 2–1 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 28 March 1971  Niger 1–0 5–2 1972 Summer Olympic qualification
6 4–2
7 25 April 1971 Stade du 29 Juillet, Niamey, Niger 1–0 3–1
8 8 October 1971 İzmir Atatürk Stadium, İzmir, Turkey  Egypt 1–0 1–0 1971 Mediterranean Games
9 17 February 1972 Stade Demba Diop, Dakar, Senegal  Senegal 3–1 3–1 Friendly
10 25 February 1972 Stade de la Réunification, Douala, Cameroon  Congo 1–0 1–1 1972 African Cup of Nations
11 27 February 1972  Sudan 1–0 1–1
12 29 February 1972  Zaire 1–1 1–1
13 23 April 1972 Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia  Tunisia 2–1 3–3 1972 Summer Olympic qualification
14 30 April 1972 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco  Mali 1–0 2–1
15 21 May 1972 Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako, Mali 1–0 2–1
16 31 August 1972 Tuja-Stadion, Ingolstadt, Germany  Malaysia 2–0 6–0 1972 Summer Olympics
17 3–0
18 4–0
19 25 February 1973 Stade Saniat Rmel, Tétouan, Morocco  Guinea 1–0 2–0 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
20 2–0
21 3 June 1973  Ivory Coast 1–0 4–1
22 2–0
23 25 November 1973  Zambia 2–0 2–0
24 1 October 1974 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria  Tunisia 2–1 2–1 1974 Kuneitra Cup
25 6 October 1974  Sudan 2–0 2–0
26 9 October 1974  Syria 1–1 1–1
27 23 February 1975 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco  Libya 1–0 2–1 1976 Summer Olympic qualification
28 22 March 1975 Stade Hassan-II, Fez, Morocco  Senegal 1–0 4–0 1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
29 13 April 1975 Kaolack, Senegal 1–2 1–2
30 14 December 1975 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco  Tunisia 1–0 1–0 1976 Summer Olympic qualification
31 20 February 1976 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  Saudi Arabia 2–0 2–0 Friendly
32 6 March 1976 Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia  Nigeria 1–0 3–1 1976 African Cup of Nations
33 9 March 1976 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  Egypt 1–0 2–1
34 11 March 1976  Nigeria 1–1 2–1
35 8 April 1979 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco  Mauritania 4–1 4–1 1980 African Cup of Nations qualification
36 24 June 1979 Stade El Bachir, Mohammedia, Morocco  Togo 1–0 7–0

Honours

Chabab Mohammédia

  • Botola Pro: 1980
  • Moroccan Throne Cup: 1972, 1975
  • Moroccan Super Cup: 1975
  • Maghreb Cup Winners Cup: 1973
  • Maghreb Cup Winners Cup runner-up: 1975

Morocco

  • African Cup of Nations: 1976
  • Kuneitra Cup: 1974
  • Pan Arab Games: 1976

Individual

  • African Footballer of the Year: 1975
  • Botola Pro Top Goalscorer: 1969 (16 goals), 1973 (16 goals)
  • African Cup of Nations Player of the Tournament: 1976
  • African Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 1976
  • Kuneitra Cup Top Goalscorer: 1974
  • IFFHS All-time Morocco Men's Dream Team[11]

Records

References

  1. ↑ "ربورتاج: رحيل أسطورة الكرة المغربية أحمد فرس تخلف حزنا عميقا في قلوب أبناء وأصدقاء «مول الكورة»". 2025-07-17. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  2. ↑ "وفاة أحمد فرس أول مغربي يحرز الكرة الذهبية الأفريقية وأفضل هداف في تاريخ "أسود الأطلس"". 2025-07-17. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  3. ↑ "La légende marocaine Ahmed Faras est décédée". Foot Mercato. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  4. ↑ Ahmed Faras – FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ↑ "Ahmed Faras Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  6. ↑ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Atlas Lions roared loudest in 1976". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Meilleur joueur des 50 dernières années 14 Marocains en lice" (in French). Le Matin. 13 October 2006. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
  8. ↑ "Moroccan Football Legend Ahmed Faras Dies at 78". Barlaman Today. 16 July 2025.
  9. ↑ MASAITI, Amira EL (2025-07-16). "Moroccan football legend Ahmed Faras dies at 78". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
  10. ↑ "Ahmed Faras". RSSSF.
  11. ↑ "IFFHS". IFFHS. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  12. ↑ "Morocco – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

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