Abdul Rahman Weiss
Personal information
Full name Abdul Rahman Weiss[1]
Date of birth (1998-06-14) 14 June 1998
Place of birth Athens, Greece
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Athens Kallithea
Number 77
Youth career
0000–2014 Panathinaikos
2014–2016 Brentford
2016–2017 Platanias
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Platanias 54 (2)
2020–2022 OFI 43 (0)
2022–2023 Volos 11 (0)
2023– Athens Kallithea 16 (1)
International career‡
2019–2020 Greece U21 5 (0)
2021– Syria 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:50, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:34, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Abdul Rahman Weiss (Greek: Αμπντούλ Ραχμάν Ουές; born 14 June 1998), also known as Abdul Rahman Oues, is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Super League Greece 2 club Athens Kallithea. Born in Greece, he plays for the Syria national team at international level.

Weiss is a product of the Panathinaikos and Brentford academies and came to prominence at Platanias. Following more than three years as a professional at the club, he transferred to OFI in 2020. He was capped by Greece at U21 level and Syria at full international level.

Club career

Youth years

A right-back, Weiss began his career in the academy at Panathinaikos and spent the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons with Brentford Griffins,[3] a youth team of English club Brentford.[4][5] He won two National League U19 Alliance titles with the team.[6][7]

Platanias

In 2015, Weiss returned to Greece to join the academy at Platanias and progressed to sign a professional contract in February 2017.[3] He was an unused substitute during a late-2016–17 season Super League match and broke into the team during the 2017–18 relegation season,[8] in which he made 17 appearances.[1] Weiss made 29 appearances and scored one goal during the 2018–19 season and was a part of the team which reached the Football League promotion playoffs.[1][9] He was nominated for the Best Young Player award at the 2018–19 Football League Awards.[10]

During a 2019–20 season affected by military service and the COVID-19 pandemic,[11][12] Weiss made 16 appearances and scored one goal,[1] before departing the club on 1 July 2020.[13] He made 62 appearances and scored two goals during four years as a professional at the Perivolia Municipal Stadium.[1]

OFI

On 8 January 2020, it was announced that Weiss had signed a pre-contract to join Super League club OFI on a four-year contract on 1 July 2020.[13][14] During a 2020–21 season in which OFI narrowly avoided relegation,[15] he made 34 appearances.[1] During an injury-hit 2021–22 season,[16] Weiss made 12 appearances and departed the club in August 2022.[1][17] Weiss made 46 appearances during 2+1⁄2 years at the Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium.[1]

Volos

On 18 August 2022, Weiss signed a two-year contract with Super League club Volos.[17][18] He made 14 appearances prior to his contract being terminated by mutual consent on 19 January 2023.[18]

Athens Kallithea

On 20 January 2023, Weiss signed an 18-month contract with Super League Greece 2 club Athens Kallithea.[19] He made 10 appearances and scored one goal during the remainder of a 2022–23 season in which the club narrowly missed promotion to the Super League.[1][20]

International career

Weiss won five caps for the Greece U21 team and was part of the squad which failed to qualify for the 2021 UEFA European U21 Championship.[21][22] He made his full international debut for Syria with starts in a pair of 2022 World Cup AFC third round qualifiers in September 2021.[23] Weiss was a part of the Syria squad which qualified for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup and he was named in the squad for the tournament finals.[23][24]

Personal life

Weiss is of Syrian descent.[2] In August 2019, he undertook military service.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Platanias 2016–17[1] Super League 0000 ―― 00
2017–18[1] Super League 13 0 4 0 ― ― 17 0
2018–19[1] Football League 27 1 0 0 ― 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 29 1
2019–20[1] Super League 2 14 1 2 0 ― ― 16 1
Total 54 2 6 0 ― 2 0 62 2
OFI 2020–21[1] Super League 31 0 2 0 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 ― 34 0
2021–22[1] Super League 12 0 0 0 ― ― 12 0
Total 43 0 2 0 1 0 ― 46 0
Volos 2022–23[1] Super League 11 0 3 0 ― ― 14 0
Athens Kallithea 2022–23[1] Super League 2 South 11 1 ― ― ― 11 1
2023–24[22] Super League 2 South 5 0 2 0 ― ― 7 0
Total 16 1 2 0 ― ― 18 1
Career total 1243130 1 0201403
  1. ↑ Includes Greek Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in Football League promotion play-offs
  3. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 13 January 2024[23]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Syria 2021 4 0
2022 2 0
2023 7 0
2024 3 0
Total 16 0

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Abdul Rahman Weiss at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Π.Α.Ε. ΠΛΑΤΑΝΙΑΣ ΧΑΝΙΩΝ » Ουές Αμπντούλ Ραχμάν" (in Greek). Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Επαγγελματίες ο 18χρονος Ουές και ο 19χρονος Σάαντο στον Πλατανιά". Football Academies (in Greek). 1 February 2017. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "National League U19 Alliance". fulltime-league.thefa.com. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Brentford Griffins". fulltime-league.thefa.com. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "National League U19 Alliance – Title Sponsors UCFB". fulltime-league.thefa.com. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "National League U19 Alliance – Title Sponsors UCFB". fulltime-league.thefa.com. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Tables – Super League 1 – Greece". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Summary – Play-offs 1/2 – Greece". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  10. ↑ ""Κρητική" υπόθεση ο "Καλύτερος νέος ποδοσφαιριστής"". www.athlitiko.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  11. 1 2 "Π.Α.Ε. ΠΛΑΤΑΝΙΑΣ ΧΑΝΙΩΝ » Δελτίο Τύπου" (in Greek). Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  12. ↑ "Super League 2 ends in cancellation". AGONAsport.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  13. 1 2 "Παίκτης του ΟΦΗ ο Αμπντούλ Ραχμάν Ουές! – Ανάψαμε φωτιά..." Oficrete.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  14. ↑ "ΟΦΗ: Πήρε τον Αμπντούλ Ραχμάν Ουές". Cretapost.gr (in Greek). 8 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  15. ↑ "Summary – Super League 1 – Greece – Results, fixtures, tables and news". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  16. ↑ Μαρκάτος, Νίκος (8 April 2022). "ΟΦΗ: Aυτοί "τελειώνουν" το καλοκαίρι!". sportime.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  17. 1 2 "Στον Βόλο ο Αμπντούλ Ουές – Βολος Π.Α.Ε." (in Greek). 18 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  18. 1 2 Tsouvaras, Thomas. "Λύθηκε το συμβόλαιο του Ουές με τον Βόλο". www.sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  19. ↑ "Abdul Rahman Weiss joins Athens Kallithea FC". akfc66.gr. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  20. ↑ "Summary – Super League 2 – Greece – Results, fixtures, tables and news". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  21. ↑ "Βασικοί με την Ελπίδων Ουές και Ιατρούδης". Flashnews.gr. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  22. 1 2 Abdul Rahman Weiss at WorldFootball.net
  23. 1 2 3 "Abdul Rahman Weiss". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  24. ↑ @syrianfa (30 December 2023). "قائمة نسور قاسيون لنهائيات كأس آسيا – قطر 2023" (in Arabic) – via Instagram.
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