George Mourad

Mourad in the jersey of Tromsø (2010)

George Mourad ( born September 18, 1982 in Beirut ) is a Swedish football player with Aramaic / Assyrian roots. He denied 2005, two caps for the Swedish national team and played in 2011 - not eligible to play - for the national team of Syria in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup, which was the exclusion of the country's selection from the competition result.

Career

Start your career in Sweden

Mourad started his career in 2000 at Västra Frölunda IF, but was initially only as a reserve player for use. In his third year in professional football, he managed to establish itself as a regular force and changed in the winter of 2003 in the Allsvenskan for IFK Göteborg. Even with his new employer, he was among the top performers and played in the notebook of the Swedish national team coach Lars Lagerback. On 22 January 2005 he debuted during a tour of America with a 1-1 draw against South Korea and played four days later in the 0-0 draw against the Mexican selection his second game in Jersey the Swedish national selection.

Move abroad

In January 2006, Mourad was loaned to Brescia Calcio in the Italian Serie B. He, however, came only six competitive games for use and the club from Lombardy refrained from further obligation. Therefore, he returned in the summer back in the Allsvenskan for IFK. During the winter break the Eredivisie - season 2007/ 08 he took part in the training camp of the in- the Eredivisie relegation Dutch club Willem II Tilburg in Portugal, from which it was contracted. Given the competition for Frank Demouge Gerson Sheotahul and Sergio Zijler but he came with his new club infrequently used.

In March 2010, Mourad therefore left the club and returned to Northern Europe, where he obtained a one-year contract signed with the Norwegian Club Tromsø IL. Here he was on the side of Helge Haugen, Sigurd Rushfeldt, Marcus Sahlman and Ruben Yttergård Jenssen regulars, reaching as with eight goals on par with Rushfeldt simplifying internal scorer with the team in third place behind champions Rosenborg BK and Vålerenga Oslo the European Cup.

In January 2011 he joined shortly before the end of the transfer period the Portuguese club SC Portimonense on. By the end of the season he did not come beyond the status of a supplementary player. He played there for five league matches and scored one goal. Thus, he could not prevent the direct descent of the riser from the Primeira Liga. Yet he had come into the focus of the Syrian Association who referred him to the Syrian national team. His international debut for Syria he gave on 29 June 2011, he scored his first goal in the World Cup qualifiers against Tajikistan on July 23, 2011. According to a Tajik official protest of the original 4-0 win was just like the 2:1 success in the first leg, scored with a 0-3 defeat and the national team excluded from the qualification, however, the Syrian Association announced an appeal.

In the meantime, Mourad had changed the club again. He signed in July 2011 a contract with Mes Kerman, with whom he played in the Iranian Pro League. In March 2012 he left Mes Kerman again and joined the Syrianska FC.