Mahmoud Al-Mawas (Arabic: مَحمُود الْمَوَّاس; born 1 January 1993) is a Syrian professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for Al-Shorta in the Iraqi Premier League and the Syria national team. He made his international debut with Syria in 2012, aged 19.

Mawas is the first ever non-Iraqi player to become the 'Iraqi Premier League' top scorer with 22 goals in the 2021–22 season. He also became the 2023–24 'Player of the Season' with his time at Al-Shorta.

Mawas started his career with Al-Karamah, where in 2008, he joined UAE club Al-Ain on a 18 months loan. Mawas was then promoted to the senior squad in June 2009. In his first season, he won his first trophy, the 2009–10 Syrian Cup.

In January 2013, Mawas moved to Bahraini Premier League club Al-Riffa on a 6 months loan.

In July 2013, Mawas moved to Kuwait Premier League club Al-Arabi on a permanent transfer. In his first season at the club, he won the 2013–14 Kuwait Federation Cup with the club. In the next season, Mawas won the 2014–15 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup with Al-Arabi.

On 30 June 2015, Mawas was loaned out to Saudi Pro League club Al-Faisaly. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 lost against Al-Taawoun on 28 August. However, Mawas loaned deal was cut earlier on 15 September and he returned to Al-Arabi.

In October 2015, Mawas joined Al-Riffa on a season long loan at the club.

In July 2016, Mawas moved to Bahrain club to join Al-Muharraq.

In January 2017, Mawas joined Qatari club Umm Salal in the mid-transfer window ahead of the 2016–17 Qatar Stars League. He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 win against Lekhwiya on 15 February.

On 17 August 2018, Mawas scored a brace in a 4–1 win over Al-Ahli. He would then scored another brace in the same season against Al-Shahania in a 2–5 lost.

On 23 August 2019, Mawas scored a brace in a 2–2 draw against Al-Rayyan.

On 24 November 2020, Mawas moved to Europe to joined Romanian club Botoșani.^[3][4] On 11 December 2020, he made his debut for Botoșani in a 1–1 draw against Astra Giurgiu.^[5] He would then scored his first goal for the club in a league match against Academica Clince in a 2–1 lost on 27 January 2021. In the next match against Hermannstadt, Mawas would then scored the only goal in the match to secure a 3 points win on 31 January.

On 21 August 2021, Mawas joined Iraqi club Al-Shorta,^[6] where he won three consecutive league titles in 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24. He finished his first season as league top scorer with 22 goals,^[7] and finished his third season as the Iraq Stars League 2023–24 'Player of the Season' helping his team to win the 2023–24 Iraq FA Cup.^[8]

Mawas represented Syria in the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian qualifiers. He also played at the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship in Uzbekistan.

Mawas scored his first international goal for Syria on 8 September 2015 during the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification fixture against Cambodia at the Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh.

On 4 June 2021, Mawas scored his first international hat-trick against Maldives in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification in a 4–0 win.

As of match played 6 September 2024. Syria score listed first, score column indicates score after each Al Mawas goal.^[9]

International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 September 2015	Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia	Cambodia	4–0	6–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	13 October 2015	Al-Seeb Stadium, Muscat, Oman	Afghanistan	3–0	5–2
3				5–2
4	3 June 2016	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	1–2	2–2 (6–7 p)	2016 King's Cup
5	5 June 2016		United Arab Emirates	1–0	1–0
6	6 October 2016	Shaanxi Province Stadium, Xi'an, China	China	1–0	1–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	13 June 2017	Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca, Malaysia		1–0	2–2
8	31 August 2017		Qatar	3–1	3–1
9	5 September 2019	Panaad Stadium, Bacolod, Philippines	Philippines	5–2	5–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	15 October 2019	Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Guam	4–0	4–0
11	12 November 2020	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Uzbekistan	1–0	1–0	Friendly
12	4 June 2021		Maldives	1–0	4–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
13				3–0
14				4–0
15	7 June 2021		Guam	3–0	3–0
16	6 September 2024	G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Mauritius	2–0	2–0	2024 Intercontinental Cup

Al-Karamah

• Syrian Cup: 2010

Al-Arabi

• Kuwait Federation Cup: 2013–14
• Kuwait Crown Prince Cup: 2014–15

Al-Shorta

• Iraq Stars League: 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
• Iraq FA Cup: 2023–24
• Iraqi Super Cup: 2022

• Iraqi Premier League top scorer: 2021–22 (22 goals)
• Iraq Stars League Player of the Season: 2023–24

• Mahmoud Al-Mawas at Kooora.com (in Arabic) (archived in English at Goalzz.com)

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