Ammar Ramadan
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-05) 5 January 2001
Place of birth Jableh, Syria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
 DAC Dunajská Streda
Number 10
Youth career
2005–2013 Jableh
2013–2014 Baniyas Refinery
2014–2015 Al Khor
2015–2016 Cimiano Calcio
2016–2019 Juventus
2019–2020 Ferencváros
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Ferencváros 1 (0)
2021 → Soroksár (loan) 17 (2)
2021–2022 → Spartak Trnava (loan) 12 (0)
2022– DAC Dunajská Streda 35 (5)
International career‡
2014–2016 Syria U17 21 (10)
2017–2019 Syria U19 6 (4)
2021– Syria U23 3 (0)
2022– Syria 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 January 2024

Ammar Ramadan (Arabic: عَمَّار رَمَضَان; born 5 January 2001) is a Syrian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda in Niké liga.

Club career

Early career

Ramadan started his career at Jableh, then Baniyas Refinery in Syria, before joining Qatari side Al-Khor.[1]

Youth clubs in Italy

Ramadan left Syria for Italy in October 2015, where he initially joined Cimiano Calcio,[2] then he played for Juventus's youth team from 2016 to 2019, where he teamed up with players such as Moise Kean, Fabio Miretti and Nicolò Fagioli.[3]

Ferencváros

In January 2019, he joined Hungarian side Ferencváros.[4] On 23 June 2020, Ramadan played his first professional match for Ferencváros in a 1–0 defeat against Fehérvár. He later won the 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I with the club.[5] However, he was excluded from the 29-man squad for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League.[6]

In 2021, he joined Soroksár and Spartak Trnava on loan,[7] where he won the 2021–22 Slovak Cup with the latter.[3]

DAC Dunajská Streda

After spending the summer break with DAC Dunajská Streda, Ramadan signed with the club on 22 July 2022 after impressing the staff led by Adrián Guľa.[8] On 11 August 2022, he made his debut in European competitions by starting in a 1–0 away defeat against FCSB during the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round.[9]

On 13 July 2023, he scored a goal in a 2–1 win over Dila Gori in the first leg of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round,[10] to be the first Syrian to score in European competitions.[11] However, his club was eliminated with a 3–2 defeat on aggregate.[12] A month later, on 23 August, he scored his first career hat-trick in a 5–1 away win over Gabčíkovo in the Slovak Cup.[3]

International career

Ramadan was part of Syria U19 national team during the 2018 and 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualifications, scoring three goals in total, yet Syria were eliminated from the group stage in both competitions.[13]

On 26 September 2022, he made his debut for Syria senior national team in a 1–0 defeat in a friendly match against Iraq.[14]

Personal life

Ramadan's father, Munaf, was also a footballer.[15]

Career statistics

As of 23 September 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ferencváros 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 100000—10
2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 001000—10
Total 1010——20
Soroksár (loan) 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság II 17210——182
Spartak Trnava (loan) 2021–22 Fortuna Liga 12[lower-alpha 1]031——151
DAC Dunajská Streda 2022–23 Fortuna Liga 27[lower-alpha 2]4311[lower-alpha 3]0—315
Niké liga 81132[lower-alpha 3]1—115
Total 3554431—4210
Career total 6579531—7713
  1. ↑ 6 Appearances in the Championship group
  2. ↑ 7 Appearances in the Championship group
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Ferencváros

Spartak Trnava

References

  1. ↑ "عمار مناف رمضان.. رحلة سورية كروية إلى هنغاريا". enabbaladi.net (in Arabic). 27 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "La storia di Ammar Ramadan: dalla guerra in Siria alla maglia della Juve". spazioj.it (in Italian). 27 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "A lot needs to change for Syria to be on the right path: Ammar Ramadan". The Asian Game. 8 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "FTC: Juventusban nevelkedett szíriai légiós érkezett – hivatalos -". NSO.hu. 24 January 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Ammar Ramadan". Fradi.hu (in Hungarian).
  6. ↑ "عمار مناف رمضان يهدد ناديه لأنه استبعده من دوري أبطال أوروبا". enabbaladi.net (in Arabic). 13 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "A nagyszombati csapathoz adtunk kölcsön két játékost". fradi.hu (in Hungarian). 6 September 2021.
  8. ↑ Ernő, Nagy Krisztián, foto: Lelkes. "Ammar Radaman je žlto-modrý". DAC 1904. Retrieved 26 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ "FCSB 1–0 FC DAC 1904". worldfootball.net. 11 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "Ammar Ramadan: Góly sú moja vášeň". dac1904.sk (in Slovak). 15 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "عمار رمضان يقود دونايسكا ستريدا للفوز في دوري المؤتمر الأوروبي". snacksyrian.com (in Arabic). 15 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Dunajská Streda nezvládla odvetu v Gruzínsku, po dvojgólovej prehre v Európe končí". sportnet.sme (in Slovak). 20 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "Ramadan o Messi? La Juve si gode il gol del gioiellino siriano – VIDEO". calcionews24.com (in Italian). 10 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "Syria 0–1 Iraq". ESPN. 26 September 2022.
  15. ↑ "Who is Ammar Ramadan the Syrian wonderkid who snubbed AC Milan in favour of Juve". Calciomercato.com | Tutte le news sul calcio in tempo reale.
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