SOCCER PLAYER

Ahmed Faras

1946 - 2025

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Ahmed Faras (Arabic: أَحْمَد فَرَس; 7 December 1946 – 16 July 2025) was a Moroccan professional footballer who played as a striker for Chabab Mohammédia at club level and Morocco internationally. Faras was named African Footballer of the Year in 1975. In 2006, Faras was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years. With 36 international goals, he is Morocco's all time top goalscorer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmed Faras is the 691st most popular soccer player (down from 438th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Morocco (down from 37th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Moroccan Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ahmed Faras ranks 691 out of 21,273. Before him are Lúcio, Bruno Fernandes, Michael Owen, Gary Lineker, Ken Naganuma, and Fabio Cudicini. After him are Isco, Klaus Augenthaler, Takayuki Kuwata, Marius Trésor, Mario Balotelli, and Zdeněk Zeman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Ahmed Faras ranks 192. Before him are Rebiya Kadeer, Grigory Margulis, Ralf Hütter, Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester, Héctor Babenco, and Mario Zenari. After him are Mel Martínez, Krister Henriksson, Robert Metcalfe, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Ellison Onizuka, and George Young. Among people deceased in 2025, Ahmed Faras ranks 122. Before him are Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh, Ove Kindvall, Nikola Pilić, Theo Jörgensmann, Suchinda Kraprayoon, and Fabio Cudicini. After him are Margarita Xhepa, Katharine, Duchess of Kent, Frits Bolkestein, Jerry Butler, Priscilla Pointer, and Horst Mahler.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Ahmed Faras ranks 42 out of 264. Before him are Sayyida al Hurra (1485), Ahmad al-Badawi (1199), Mohamed Choukri (1935), Mohammed ben Abdallah (1710), Abd al-Rahman of Morocco (1779), and Philippe Barbarin (1950). After him are Muhammad IV of Morocco (1803), Christian de Portzamparc (1944), Mordechai Vanunu (1954), Abbas El Fassi (1940), Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi (1541), and Margarita Lozano (1931).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Morocco

Among soccer players born in Morocco, Ahmed Faras ranks 3. Before him are Just Fontaine (1933), and Larbi Benbarek (1914). After him are Ezzaki Badou (1959), Mustapha Hadji (1971), Noureddine Naybet (1970), Abdelmajid Dolmy (1953), Mohammed Hazzaz (1945), Houmane Jarir (1944), Abdallah Lamrani (1946), Driss Bamous (1942), and Abdeljalil Hadda (1972).

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