Hussein Zein

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Hussein Zein
Zein for Ahed in 2021
Personal information
Full name Hussein Ali Zein
Date of birth (1995-01-27) 27 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Sidon, Lebanon[1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
Ahed
Number 6
Youth career
Ahed
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012– Ahed 143 (11)
International career
2013 Lebanon U19 1 (0)
2015–2017 Lebanon U23 6 (0)
2016– Lebanon 33 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:13, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 January 2024

Hussein Ali Zein (Arabic: حسين علي زين, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [ħ(u)seːn zeːn]; born 27 January 1995) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a right-back for Lebanese Premier League club Ahed and the Lebanon national team.[3]

International career[edit]

Zein (right) with the Lebanon national team against Iran in 2022

Zein played for the national under-19 team between 2013 and 2014.[4][5] He also represented the under-23 team between 2015 and 2017, playing six times.[1]

Zein made his debut for the senior team on 5 February 2016, in a 2–0 defeat against Bahrain in a friendly game.[6] He also participated at the 2019 WAFF Championship in Iraq.[7] In December 2023, Zein was included in the Lebanese squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.[8]

Career statistics[edit]

International[edit]

As of match played 22 January 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Lebanon 2016 1 0
2017 0 0
2018 0 0
2019 3 0
2020 1 0
2021 7 0
2022 5 0
2023 12 0
2024 4 0
Total 33 0

Honours[edit]

Ahed

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Hussein Zein". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  2. ^ "AFC Asian Cup 2023 Qatar Squad Lists" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. p. 13. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Lebanon - Hussein Al Zein - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Lebanon 1–6 Iran". The AFC. 10 October 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  5. ^ "LIGA INDONESIA". 29 May 2014. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  6. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Bahrain vs. Lebanon (2:0)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  7. ^ "رجال الأرز اصطادوا نسور قاسيون في كربلاء!". An-Nahar. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  8. ^ "منتخب لبنان يعلن تشكيلته إلى كأس آسيا" [The Lebanon national team announces its squad for the Asian Cup] (in Arabic). Lebanese Football Association. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Hussein Zein". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  10. ^ مهرجان كرة المنار الـ19. An-Nahar (in Arabic). 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  11. ^ النجماوي حسن معتوق أفضل لاعب في لبنان!. aliwaa.com (in Arabic). 1 May 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  12. ^ مهرجان كرة المنار الـ 23: حسن معتوق أفضل لاعب في لبنان. Al-Manar (in Arabic). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

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