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]
.jpg) Zein for Ahed in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hussein Ali Zein | ||
| Date of birth | 27 January 1995 | ||
| 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) |
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*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 | |||
International career edit
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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]
| 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
- AFC Cup: 2019
- Lebanese Premier League: 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23
- Lebanese FA Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19
- Lebanese Elite Cup: 2013, 2015, 2022; runner-up: 2021
- Lebanese Super Cup: 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
Individual
- Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season: 2014–15,[10] 2017–18,[11] 2018–19[12]
References edit
- ^ a b "Hussein Zein". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "AFC Asian Cup 2023 Qatar Squad Lists" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. p. 13. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "Lebanon - Hussein Al Zein - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Lebanon 1–6 Iran". The AFC. 10 October 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "LIGA INDONESIA". 29 May 2014. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Bahrain vs. Lebanon (2:0)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "رجال الأرز اصطادوا نسور قاسيون في كربلاء!". An-Nahar. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Hussein Zein". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ مهرجان كرة المنار الـ19. An-Nahar (in Arabic). 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ النجماوي حسن معتوق أفضل لاعب في لبنان!. aliwaa.com (in Arabic). 1 May 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ مهرجان كرة المنار الـ 23: حسن معتوق أفضل لاعب في لبنان. Al-Manar (in Arabic). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
External links edit
- Hussein Zein at FA Lebanon
- Hussein Zein at National-Football-Teams.com
- Hussein Zein at Soccerway
- Hussein Zein at Goalzz.com (also in Arabic at Kooora.com)
- Hussein Zein at Lebanon Football Guide
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