Abdul Rahman Weiss

Abdul Rahman Weiss (Greek: Αμπντούλ Ραχμάν Ουές; born 14 June 1998), also known as Abdul Rahman Oues, is a Greek-Syrian professional footballer who plays for OFI and the Greece U21 national team as a right-back. He is a product of the Panathinaikos and Brentford academies and came to prominence at Platanias.

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 18 (0)
National team‡
2019– Greece U21 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:37, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:39, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

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 season, making 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][8] He was nominated for the Best Young Player award at the 2018–19 Football League Awards.[9]

During a 2019–20 season affected by military service and the COVID-19 pandemic,[10][11] Weiss made 16 appearances and scored one goal,[1] before departing the club on 1 July 2020.[12] 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.[12][13]

International career

Weiss made his debut for the Greece U21 team in a 4–3 friendly victory over Slovakia on 22 March 2019.[14]

Personal life

Weiss is of Syrian descent.[2] In August 2019, he undertook military service.[10]

Career statistics
As of match played 26 January 2021
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 18 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 ― 19 0
Career total 72270 1 020812
  1. Appearances in Football League promotion play-offs
  2. Appearance in UEFA Europa League

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. 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. "Summary – Play-offs 1/2 – Greece". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  9. ""Κρητική" υπόθεση ο "Καλύτερος νέος ποδοσφαιριστής"". www.athlitiko.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  10. "Π.Α.Ε. ΠΛΑΤΑΝΙΑΣ ΧΑΝΙΩΝ » Δελτίο Τύπου" (in Greek). Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  11. "Super League 2 ends in cancellation". AGONAsport.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  12. "Παίκτης του ΟΦΗ ο Αμπντούλ Ραχμάν Ουές! – Ανάψαμε φωτιά..." Oficrete.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  13. "ΟΦΗ: Πήρε τον Αμπντούλ Ραχμάν Ουές". Cretapost.gr (in Greek). 8 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  14. "Βασικοί με την Ελπίδων Ουές και Ιατρούδης". Flashnews.gr. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
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