Firas Ben Larbi

Firas Larbi
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Firas Ben Larbi[1]
Date of birth (1996-05-27) 27 May 1996[1]
Place of birth Tunisia
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Hatta
Number 11
Youth career
–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)
2023–2026 Al-Sharjah 62 (12)
2026– Hatta 2 (2)
International career‡
2013 Tunisia U17 6 (2)
2019– Tunisia 13 (3)
Medal record
Representing  Tunisia
Men's football
FIFA Arab Cup
Runner-up2021 Qatar
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 07:57, 23 August 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:00, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Mohamed Firas Ben Larbi (Arabic: مُحَمَّد فِرَاس بِالعَرَبِيّ; born 27 May 1996) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hatta. 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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 December 2023[4]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Marsa 2013–14 TLP1 6000–––60
2014–15 8000–––80
2015–16 5011–––61
Total 19011–––201
Bizertin 2016–17 TLP1 11100–––111
2017–18 23740–––277
Total 34840–––388
ESS 2018–19 TLP1 22631–12 [c]11[d]1389
2019–20 15510–4[e]2–207
Total 371141–163115816
Fujairah 2020–21 UPL 237103100–278
Ajman 2021–22 2512103200–2914
2022–23 2612542000003316
Total 5124645200006230
Sharjah 2023–24 UPL 82001041–133
Career total 17252166932041121866
  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.
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.30 November 2021Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar Mauritania2–05–12021 FIFA Arab Cup
2.4–1
3.17 November 2023Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia São Tomé and Príncipe4–04–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Sharjah

Tunisia

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 15. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 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