Hussein Zein
Personal information | |||
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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 | Safa | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2024 | Ahed | 181 | (13) |
2024– | Safa | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2013 | Lebanon U19 | 1 | (0) |
2015–2017 | Lebanon U23 | 6 | (0) |
2016– | Lebanon | 40 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:46, 2 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 December 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 Safa and the Lebanon national team.
Club career
[edit]On 2 August 2024, Zein moved to Safa.[3]
International career
[edit]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 15 December 2024[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 | 11 | 0 | |
Total | 40 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]Ahed
- Lebanese Premier League: 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23
- Lebanese FA Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19; runner-up: 2022–23, 2023–24
- Lebanese Elite Cup: 2013, 2015, 2022; runner-up: 2021
- Lebanese Super Cup: 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
- AFC Cup: 2019; runner-up: 2023–24
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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ Al Safa S.C. [@alsafa_sc] (2 August 2024). "Welcome Hussein Zein" – via Instagram.
- ^ "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]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hussein Zein.
- Hussein Zein at FA Lebanon
- Hussein Zein at National-Football-Teams.com
- Hussein Zein at Soccerway
- Hussein Zein at Kooora.com (in Arabic) (archived in English at Goalzz.com)
- Hussein Zein at Lebanon Football Guide