Firas Ben Larbi

Tunisian footballer (born 1996)
Firas Larbi
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Firas Ben Larbi[1]
Date of birth (1996-05-27) 27 May 1996 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth Tunisia
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al-Sharjah
Number 11
Youth career
0000–2014 Marsa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Marsa 19 (0)
2016–2018 Bizertin 34 (8)
2018–2021 Étoile du Sahel 37 (11)
2020–2021 → Fujairah (loan) 23 (7)
2021–2023 Ajman 51 (24)
2023– Al-Sharjah 8 (2)
International career‡
2013 Tunisia U17 6 (2)
2019– Tunisia 13 (3)
Medal record
Representing  Tunisia
Men's football
FIFA Arab Cup
Runner-up 2021 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:21, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:00, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Mohamed Firas Ben Larbi (Arabic: محمد فراس بالعربي; born 27 May 1996) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al-Sharjah. He has represented Tunisia at senior international level.

Club career

Firas began his senior career Marsa and also played for Bizertin and Étoile du Sahel in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.[2] In August 2020, he joined UAE Pro League side Fujairah on loan, scoring on his league debut for the club in a 4–2 loss to Sharjah.[3]

Club Career Stats

As of match played 16 December 2023[4]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Marsa 2013–14 TLP1 6 0 0 0 – – – 6 0
2014–15 8 0 0 0 – – – 8 0
2015–16 5 0 1 1 – – – 6 1
Total 19 0 1 1 – – – 20 1
Bizertin 2016–17 TLP1 11 1 0 0 – – – 11 1
2017–18 23 7 4 0 – – – 27 7
Total 34 8 4 0 – – – 38 8
ESS 2018–19 TLP1 22 6 3 1 – 12 [c] 1 1[d] 1 38 9
2019–20 15 5 1 0 – 4[e] 2 – 20 7
Total 37 11 4 1 – 16 3 1 1 58 16
Fujairah 2020–21 UPL 23 7 1 0 3 1 0 0 – 27 8
Ajman 2021–22 25 12 1 0 3 2 0 0 – 29 14
2022–23 26 12 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 33 16
Total 51 24 6 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 62 30
Sharjah 2023–24 UPL 8 2 0 0 1 0 4 1 – 13 3
Career total 172 52 16 6 9 3 20 4 1 1 218 66
  1. ^ Includes Moroccan Throne Cup, UAE President's Cup
  2. ^ Includes UAE League Cup
  3. ^ 8 Appearances & 1 goal in CAF Confederation Cup,4 Appearances & no goals in CAF Champions League
  4. ^ Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup
  5. ^ Appearances in [[CAF Champions League ]]

International career

Firas was part of the Tunisia U17 squad who competed in the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup,[2] having earlier in the year competed for the same side in the 2013 African U-17 Championship. In September 2019, he was called up to the senior Tunisia squad for the first time, for their 2020 African Nations Championship qualification matches against Libya, of which he played in both matches.[5]

International goals

Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first.
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 30 November 2021 Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar  Mauritania 2–0 5–1 2021 FIFA Arab Cup
2. 4–1
3. 17 November 2023 Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia  São Tomé and Príncipe 4–0 4–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 15. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b Firas Ben Larbi at Soccerway
  3. ^ "FUJAIRAH VS. SHARJAH 2 – 4". uk.soccerway.com. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Firas ben larbi". Soccerway.
  5. ^ Firas Ben Larbi at National-Football-Teams.com
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