Mahmoud Al Aswad

Mahmoud Al Aswad is a Syrian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Salmiya and the Syria national team.

Club career

Born in Homs, Al-Aswad is a youth product of his local club Al-Karamah. In 2019, when he was 16 years old, he was promoted from the under-19 team to the first team of Al-Karamah.

International career

Having represented Syria at under-20 and under-23 level, Al-Aswad was called up to the senior squad in November 2022 for friendlies against Belarus and Venezuela. On 20 November 2022, Al-Aswad made his international debut with the Syria national team in a 1–2 friendly defeat against Venezuela.
In January 2024, Al-Aswad was named in Syria's 26-men squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. He started in all of Syria's matches during the tournament as a right winger as the team got eliminated in the round of 16.