Hussein Zein
Zein for Ahed in 2021
Personal information
Full name Hussein Ali Zein
Date of birth (1995-01-27) 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 30 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:13, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 January 2023

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

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

International

As of match played 4 January 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Lebanon 201610
201700
201800
201930
202010
202170
202250
2023120
202410
Total 300

Honours

Ahed

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "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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