Education
On 6 October 2000 he scored his first goal in the Syrian Premier League against Al-Futowa which 1-1 finished.
On 6 October 2000 he scored his first goal in the Syrian Premier League against Al-Futowa which 1-1 finished.
He currently plays for SC, which competes in the VIVA Premier League. He retired from playing for the Syrian national football team in 2012 for political reasons. Al-Karamah SC Al Khatib started his professional career at the Syrian Premier League with Al-Karamah in the Season 2000-01.
On 2001 he spent two trials in Belgium the first was Gent along with Mido, and the second was Anderlecht. Al Naser Sporting Club On August 2002 he transferred to Kuwaiti Club Al-Naser, playing in the Kuwaiti Premier League for the first time. He then moved to in the Kuwaiti Premier League.
SC At the end of the 2013-14 football season He became a free agent and went back to Kuwait and declined Kuwait SC offer to sign him and join SC in a 2-year deal. As the first derby came along vs Al-Salmiya SC SC lost 3-2 And fell to second place where Firas Al-Khatib scored his 100th league goal. VIVA Premier League team of the week 16 ending the season with 20 goals sharing the top scorer of VIVA Premier League 2014-15 with Patrick Fabiano.
Ended season with 24 goals in all competitions Qadsia SC On 24 August 2009 Al Khatib moved to in the Kuwaiti Premier League with his old teammate Jehad Al-Hussain and signed a two-year contract. in July 2012 he participated in three games with Nottingham Forest F.C., scoring once in a trial of month. He impressed manager Sean O'Driscoll enough that the club were looking to sign him on a permanent basis but he was denied a work permit and the club wasn't able to sign him. Zaxo FC On 10 September 2012 he tweeted that he signed with Iraqi Premier League club Zaxo FC officially, he scored twice from a freekick.
Shanghai Shenhua F.C. He left Iraq to join Sergio Batista's Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua at February 2013 .he scored 11 goals in his Chinese Super League debut. He plays between 2001-2002 for the Syrian U-17 team, he plays for Syria in the AFC U-17 Championship 2002 in the UAE and he was a part of the Syrian U-23 team in the AFC Olympic qualification Athens 2004. Al Khatib has been a regular for the Syria national football team since 2001.
In the FIFA World Cup qualification 2002., he came on as a substitute for Khaled Al Zaher in the match against Philippine on 4 May 2001 in the Al-Hamadaniah Stadium in Aleppo. On 11 May 2001 he scored one goal in the FIFA World Cup qualification 2002 match against Laos the match was finished 9-0 for Syria. International goals Scores and results table.
Syria's goal tally first: Club Individual.
Al-Arabi Kuwait Emir Cup: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup: 2006–07, 2014–15 Kuwait Super Cup: 2007–08 Al-Qadsia Kuwaiti Premier League: 2010, 2011 Kuwait Emir Cup: 2009–10 Kuwait Super Cup: 2009 Top Goalscorer Kuwaiti Premier League: 2004–05 (13 goals), 2010–11 (14 goals), 2014-15 (20 goals) Top Goalscorer Kuwait Emir Cup: 2004–05 (3 goals) Top Goalscorer Kuwait Crown Prince Cup: 2003–04 (3 goals) Top Goalscorer Kuwait Federation Cup: 2008–09 (8 goals) 2011 AFC Annual Awards Nominated VIVA Premier League 1st phase Team: 2015–16.
