Frans Putros

Frans Dhia Jirjis Haddad (born 14 July 1993), known as Frans Putros (Arabic: فرانس بطرس), is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back or a right back for Super League club Persib Bandung. Born in Denmark, he represents the Iraq national team.

Frans Putros

Personal information
Full name	Frans Dhia Jirjis Haddad[1]
Date of birth	(1993-07-14) 14 July 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Aarhus, Denmark[1]
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)	Centre back, right back
Team information
Current team	Persib Bandung
Number	55
Youth career
0000–2004	Skovbakken
2004–2012	AGF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2013	AGF	3	(0)
2013–2014	→ Silkeborg (loan)	16	(0)
2014–2015	Silkeborg	12	(0)
2015–2018	Fredericia	58	(13)
2018–2020	Hobro	39	(1)
2020–2022	Viborg	58	(1)
2022–2025	Port	72	(3)
2025–	Persib Bandung	0	(0)
International career‡
2012–2013	Denmark U20	3	(0)
2013–2014	Denmark U21	1	(0)
2018–	Iraq	19	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2024

Early life

Born in Denmark, Putros is of Assyrian ethnicity from Iraq; he represented his native country internationally at youth level, before switching allegiance to Iraq, making his debut in 2018.

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.^[3] Putros joined Fredericia in 2015;^[4] he decided to run out his contract at the end of 2017 to sign a two-year deal with Hobro IK.^[5]

Putros joined Hobro IK in August 2017.^[6] 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.^[7]

International career

Putros was born in Denmark and is of Assyrian ethnicity from Iraq. Putros made his debut for the Iraq national team in a friendly 3–0 win over Palestine on 4 August 2018.^[8] He was part of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup squad.^[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 April 2025^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
AGF	2011–12	Danish Superliga	0	0	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	2012–13		2	0	1	0	—		—		—		3	0
	2013–14		1	0	1	0	—		—		—		2	0
	Total		3	0	2	0	—		—		—		5	0
Silkeborg (loan)	2013–14	1.Division	16	0	0	0	—		—		—		16	0
Silkeborg	2014–15	Danish Superliga	12	0	2	0	—		—		—		14	0
Frederica	2015–16	1.Division	12	2	0	0	—		—		—		12	2
	2016–17		29	3	3	3	—		—		—		32	6
	2017–18		17	8	4	2	—		—		—		21	10
	Total		58	13	7	5	—		—		—		65	18
Hobro	2017–18	Danish Superliga	10	0	1	0	—		—		—		11	0
	2018–19		18	0	3	0	—		—		—		21	0
	2019–20		10	0	0	0	—		—		—		10	0
	Total		39	0	4	0	—		—		—		43	0
Viborg	2019–20	Danish Superliga	8	0	—		—		—		—		8	0
	2020–21		23	1	2	0	—		—		3[a]	0	28	1
	2021–22		27	0	0	0	—		—		—		27	0
	Total		58	1	2	0	—		0	0	3	0	63	1
Port	2022–23	Thai League 1	25	2	4	0	0	0	—		—		29	2
	2023–24		25	1	1	0	1	0	1[b]	0	—		28	1
	2024–25		22	0	1	0	3	0	7[c]	1	—		33	1
	Total		72	3	6	0	4	0	8	1	0	0	90	4
Career total			257	17	23	5	4	0	8	1	3	0	296	23

1. Appearances in Promotion playoffs
2. Appearance in AFC Champions League
3. Appearances in AFC Champions League Two

International

As of match played 26 March 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Iraq	2018	3	0
	2019	1	0
	2021	4	0
	2022	1	0
	2023	5	0
	2024	5	0
Total		19	0

Honours

Viborg

• Danish 1st Division: 2020–21^[11]

See also

• List of Iraq international footballers