Faris Haroun

Faris Haroun (born 22 September 1985) is a Chadian-Belgian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Royal Antwerp in the Belgian First Division A. He has also played for the Belgian national football team.

Club Career

K.R.C. Genk

Born in Brussels, Belgium, Haroun began playing football, starting out at his local club, Scup Jette. He then moved to play for R.W.D. Molenbeek and RSD Jette before moving to Genk, where he started his professional career.

Haroun scored on his professional debut for Genk when Kevin Vandenbergh "gave the decisive assist to Haroun who placed the ball past a hopeless Kris Van De Putte", in a 1–0 win against R.A.E.C. Mons on 20 February 2004. He later scored two more goals later in the 2003–04 season, coming against Sint-Truidense and K. Beringen-Heusden-Zolder. Having become a first team regular, Haroun made twelve appearances and scoring three times in all competitions.

At the start of the 2004–05 season, Haroun made his UEFA Intertoto Cup debut, coming on as a 67th-minute substitute, in a 2–0 win against Borussia Dortmund to progress to the next round through away goal. However, he found his playing time, mostly coming from the substitute bench since the start of the season. Despite this, Haroun scored his first goal of the season, in a 3–1 win against K.V. Oostende on 27 November 2004. A month later on 18 December 2004, he scored his second goal of the season, in a 2–1 win against Cercle Brugge. Haroun then scored his third goal of the season, in a 3–1 win against Lokeren on 31 January 2005. By the second half of the season, he continued to find himself in and out of the starting eleven, which saw him placed him placed on the substitute bench. Haroun then scored his fourth goal of the season, in a 3–1 win against Cercle Brugge on the last game of the season. At the end of the 2004–05 season, he went on to make twenty–nine appearances and scoring four times in all competitions.

At the start of the 2005–06 season, Haroun

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