Frans Dhia Jirjis Haddad (born 14 July 1993), known as Frans Putros ( ar, فرانس بطرس), is a professional

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who plays as a

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or a

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for Thai club

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and the Iraq national team. Born in Denmark, Putros is of Assyrian ethnicity from Iraq; he represented his native country internationally at youth level, before switching allegiance to Iraq, making his debut in 2018.

Club career

Putros began his youth career at IK Skovbakken, and was picked up by AGF in 2004, where he played a number of years in the youth and reserve teams for the club. He made his

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debut on 16 November 2012, playing the full 90 minutes in a match against

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. In fall 2013, Putros was loaned to

Silkeborg IF Silkeborg Idrætsforening, (; commonly known as Silkeborg IF or SIF in short) is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards became ...

, where he was reunited with the former AGF assistant coach Jesper Sørensen, who had become the head coach of Silkeborg IF. After a successful stay in Silkeborg, Putros signed a permanent contract at the end of 2013. Putros joined

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in 2015; he decided to run out his contract at the end of 2017 to sign a two-year deal with Hobro IK. Putros joined

Hobro IK Hobro Idræts Klub () is a professional association football club based in the town of Hobro, Denmark, that competes in the 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1913, it is known by the short names 'Ho ...

in August 2017. He left the club at the end of 2019, where his contract expired. On 11 January 2020, he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with

Viborg FF Viborg Fodsports Forening ("Viborg Footsport Association"), or Viborg F.F. and VFF for short, is a Danish professional football club based in Viborg. The club was founded in 1896 and waited more than a century before winning its only national ...

International career

Putros was born in Denmark and is of Assyrian ethnicity from Iraq. Putros made his debut for the Iraq national team in a friendly 3–0 win over

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on 4 August 2018. He was part of the

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squad.

Honours

Viborg *

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Danish national team profile

Danish Superliga stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Putros, Frans 1993 births Living people Footballers from Aarhus Iraqi footballers Danish footballers Danish people of Iraqi descent Danish people of Assyrian descent People of Iraqi-Assyrian descent Iraqi Assyrian people Assyrian sportspeople Association football defenders Association football midfielders Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Silkeborg IF players FC Fredericia players Hobro IK players Viborg FF players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Denmark youth international footballers Denmark under-21 international footballers Frans Putros Frans Putros Iraq international footballers 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Iraqi expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Thailand

Club career

International career

Honours

See also

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