Feras Esmaeel

Feras Esmaeel
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-01-03)3 January 1983
Place of birth Damascus, Syria
Date of death 16 July 2026(2026-07-16) (aged 43)
Place of death Samsun, Turkey
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Al-Jaish
2005–2006 Qardaha
2006–2009 Al-Karamah
2009–2011 Al-Jaish
2011–2013 Zakho FC 62 (10)
2013–2014 Al-Masafi 15 (1)
2014–2016 Nart Sukhum
International career
2002–2011 Syria 71 (6)
2016 Abkhazia 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Feras Esmaeel (Arabic: فراس إسماعيل; 3 January 1983 – 16 July 2026) was a Syrian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

International career

Esmaeel was selected for Valeriu Tița's 23-man final squad for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar. He played the full 90 minutes in all Syria's three group games against Saudi Arabia, Japan and Jordan.

Death

Esmaeel died at a hospital on 16 July 2026, at the age of 43, from injuries sustained in a traffic collision on the Samsun Airport road two days earlier.

Career statistics

Scores and results table. Syria's goal tally first:
List of international goals scored by Feras Esmaeel
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
126 October 2007Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Afghanistan2–12–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
29 November 2007Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia1–04–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
323 January 2009Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait2–13–2Friendly
42 January 2010National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Zimbabwe3–06–0Friendly/Non FIFA 'A' international match
55 July 2011Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey Jordan1–13–1Friendly
615 July 2011Seeb Stadium, Masqat, Oman Oman1–11–1Friendly

Honours

Al-Jaish

Al-Karamah

Syria

References

  1. ↑ "Feras Esmaeel – Player profile". kooora.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Syria squad". the-afc.com. Retrieved 19 March 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "Syrian Star Firas Ismail Passes Away". ysscores.com. 16 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "وفاة اللاعب الدولي السوري السابق ونجم نادي الكرامة الأسبق فراس إسماعيل" (in Arabic). Al Jadeed. 16 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Feras Esmaeel – International goals". kooora.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 17 May 2011.