Feras Esmaeel (born 3 January 1983 in Damascus

Damascus

Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...

, Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

) is a Syrian

Syrian people

The Syrian people are the inhabitants and citizens of Syria. Syrians are tied together by geography, linguistic heritage, religion, and similar Eastern Mediterranean ethnicities...

 footballer. He currently plays for Zakho FC, which competes in the Iraqi Premier League the top division in Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

. He plays as a midfielder. He wears the number 5 shirt for the Syrian national football team

Syria national football team

The Syria national football team represents Syria in association football and is controlled by the Syrian Football Association, the governing body for football in Syria. Syria's home grounds are Abbasiyyin Stadium and Aleppo International Stadium...

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International career

Esmaeel was selected to Valeriu Tiţa

Valeriu Tiţa

Valeriu Tiţa is a Romanian football coach. He is the former manager of Syrian club Al-Ittihad Aleppo with whom he won the AFC Cup in 2010 and former manager of the Syrian national team....

's 23-man final squad for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup

2011 AFC Asian Cup

The 2011 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Qatar on 7–29 January 2011. It was the fifteenth time the tournament has been held, and the second time it has been hosted by Qatar, the other being the 1988 AFC Asian Cup...

 in Qatar

Qatar

Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...

. He played full 90 minutes in all Syria's three group games

2011 AFC Asian Cup Group B

Group B of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup was one of four groups of nations competing at 2011 AFC Asian Cup. The group's first round of matches began on 9 January and its last matches were played on 17 January. All six group matches were played at venues in Doha and Al Rayyan, Qatar...

 against Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia national football team

Saudi Arabia national football team is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation...

, Japan

Japan national football team

The Japan national football team represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association, the governing body for association football in Japan...

 and Jordan

Jordan national football team

The Jordan national football team is the national team of Jordan and is controlled by the Jordan Football Association...

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International goals

Scores and results table. Syria's goal tally first:

Club

  Al-Jaish

• Syrian Premier League
  Syrian Premier League
  The Syrian League is the highest division in football in Syria. The league began play in 1966.- Current clubs :*Al-Futowa *Al-Ittihad *Al-Jaish *Al-Jazeera *Al-Karamah *Al-Majd...
  
  : 2010
  2009–10 Syrian Premier League
  The Syrian Premier League 2009-10 was the 39th season of the Syrian Premier League. The season began on 9 October 2009 and ended on May 7, 2010.* Al-Futowa and Hutteen were relegated from the previous season.* Afrin and Al-Jazeera moved up from the 2...
  
  
• Syrian Cup
  Syrian Cup
  The Syrian Cup is Syria's premier knockout tournament in men's football .-Previous winners:*1959/60 : Al Ahly *1960/61 : no cup*1961/62 : Rmelan*1962/63 : no cup*1963/64 : Al-Yarmouk SC Aleppo...
  
  : 2004
• AFC Cup
  AFC Cup
  The AFC Cup is an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation . Qualification to the competition is to clubs from AFC-affiliated countries which fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category as laid out in their...
  
  : 2004

  Al-Karamah

• Syrian Premier League
  Syrian Premier League
  The Syrian League is the highest division in football in Syria. The league began play in 1966.- Current clubs :*Al-Futowa *Al-Ittihad *Al-Jaish *Al-Jazeera *Al-Karamah *Al-Majd...
  
  : 2007, 2008, 2009
• Syrian Cup
  Syrian Cup
  The Syrian Cup is Syria's premier knockout tournament in men's football .-Previous winners:*1959/60 : Al Ahly *1960/61 : no cup*1961/62 : Rmelan*1962/63 : no cup*1963/64 : Al-Yarmouk SC Aleppo...
  
  : 2007, 2008, 2009
• Syrian Super Cup
  Syrian Super Cup
  The Syrian Super Cup is the curtain raiser to the Syrian football season. It was first played in 1985, afterwards the competition stopped until the 2008/09 season.-Previous winners:-External links:* http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=4017 Results...
  
  : 2008

External links

• Player profile at worldfootball.net
• Player profile at zerozerofootball.com