Abdul Rahman Weiss

Abdul Rahman Weiss (Greek: Αμπντούλ Ραχμάν Ουές; born 14 June 1998), also known as Abdul Rahman Oues, is a Greek-born Syrian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Super League Greece club OFI.

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
Club information
Current team
 OFI
Number 2
Youth career
0000–2014 Panathinaikos
2014–2016 Brentford
2016–2017 Platanias
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Platanias 54 (2)
2020– OFI 42 (0)
National team‡
2019–2020 Greece U21 5 (0)
2021– Syria 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:40, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:57, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

Weiss is a product of the Panathinaikos and Brentford academies and came to prominence at Platanias. 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]

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.[16][17] Weiss made his full international debut for Syria with starts in a pair of 2022 World Cup AFC Third Round qualifiers in September 2021.[18]

Personal life

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

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 2 February 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Platanias 2016–17[1] Super League 0000 ―― 00
2017–18[1] 13 0 4 0 ― ― 17 0
2018–19[1] Football League 27 1 0 0 ― 2[lower-alpha 1] 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 2] 0 ― 34 0
2021–22[1] 5 0 0 0 ― ― 5 0
Total 36 0 2 0 1 0 ― 39 0
Career total 90280 1 0201012
  1. Appearances in Football League promotion play-offs
  2. Appearance in UEFA Europa League

International
As of match played 12 October 2021[18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Syria 2021 4 0
Total 4 0

References
  1. Abdul Rahman Weiss at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  2. "Π.Α.Ε. ΠΛΑΤΑΝΙΑΣ ΧΑΝΙΩΝ » Ουές Αμπντούλ Ραχμάν" (in Greek). Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  3. "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. "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. "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. "Βασικοί με την Ελπίδων Ουές και Ιατρούδης". Flashnews.gr. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  17. Abdul Rahman Weiss at WorldFootball.net
  18. "Abdul Rahman Weiss". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
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