Frans Putros

Frans Dhia Jirjis Haddad (born 14 July 1993), commonly known as Frans Putros (Arabic: فرانس بطرس; Syriac: ܦܪܢܣ ܦܘܛܪܘܣ), is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back, full-back or defensive midfielder. Born in Denmark, he represents the Iraq national team.

Early life Putros was born on 14 July 1993 in Aarhus, Denmark, and is of Assyrian ethnicity from Iraq.

Club career Putros began his youth career at IK Skovbakken, and was picked up by AGF in 2004, where he played a number of years in the youth and reserve teams for the club. He made his Danish Superliga debut on 16 November 2012, playing the full 90 minutes in a match against FC Nordsjælland. In fall 2013, Putros was loaned to Silkeborg IF, where he was reunited with the former AGF assistant coach Jesper Sørensen, who had become the head coach of Silkeborg IF. After a successful stay in Silkeborg, Putros signed a permanent contract at the end of 2013. Putros joined Fredericia in 2015; he decided to run out his contract at the end of 2017 to sign a two-year deal with Hobro IK. Putros joined Hobro IK in August 2017. He left the club at the end of 2019, where his contract expired. On 11 January 2020, he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Viborg FF.

International career Putros made his debut for the Iraq national team in a friendly 3–0 win over Palestine on 4 August 2018. He was part of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup squad. He was later called up for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.