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Hussein Sharafeddine

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Hussein Sharafeddine
Sharafeddine with Safa in 2019
Personal information
Full name Hussein Hamid Sharafeddine[1]
Date of birth (1997-10-13) 13 October 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Baalbek, Lebanon[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Safa
Number 30
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2022 Nejmeh 20 (0)
2019–2020Safa (loan) 0 (0)
2020Sevan (loan) 6 (0)
2021Naft Al-Basra (loan) 5 (0)
2021–2022Safa (loan) 14 (0)
2022– Safa 26 (1)
International career
2019 Lebanon U23 3 (0)
2024– Lebanon 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:13, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:09, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Hussein Hamid Sharafeddine (Arabic: حسين حميد شرف الدين; born 13 October 1997) is a Lebanese professional footballer who plays as an centre-back for Lebanese Premier League club Safa and the Lebanon national team.

Club career

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Sevan

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On 9 September 2020, Sharafeddine moved to Sevan in the Armenian First League.[2] Sharafeddine made his debut on 13 September,[3] in a 4–1 win over Ararat-2.[4] He played six league games and one Armenian Cup game in the first half of the season,[5][6] and returned back to Lebanon on 26 December due to the Nagorno-Karabakh war.[7]

Naft Al-Basra

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On 8 February 2021, Sharafeddine joined Iraqi Premier League side Naft Al-Basra.[8] He made his debut on 14 February, but was subbed out for injury; the match ended in a 1–1 draw to Al-Naft.[9] Sharafeddine decided to end his contract on 16 May, and returned to Lebanon after having played five league games.[10]

Nejmeh and Safa

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Following his loan in Iraq, Shafareddine was loaned out to Safa for the 2021–22 Lebanese Premier League,[11] playing 14 league games.[1] He then returned to Nejmeh from his loan in July 2022,[11] and renewed his contract in August 2022.[12] Following Nejmeh's termination of Sharefeddine's contract after the first half of the 2022–23 Lebanese Premier League, the player returned to Safa in December 2022.[13][14] On 31 May 2024, Sharafeddine renewed his contract with Safa for three years, until 2027.[15]

International career

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Sharafeddine made his international debut for Lebanon on 26 March 2024, as a starter in a 5–0 defeat to Australia in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[16]

Career statistics

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International

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As of match played 26 March 2024[17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Lebanon 2024 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

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Nejmeh

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Hussein Sharafeddine". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  2. ^ Mahfoud, Maroun (9 September 2020). "Official: Hussein Sharafeddine joins Sevan FC". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  3. ^ Abou Diab, Rami (14 September 2020). "Lebanese Players Abroad: September 2020, Week 2". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  4. ^ "ARARAT-ARMENIA-2 - SEVAN". www.ffa.am. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  5. ^ "2020-2021". www.ffa.am. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  6. ^ Hussein Sharafeddine at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  7. ^ "شرف الدين يعود من أرمينيا إلى الصفاء". كووورة. 25 December 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  8. ^ "شرف الدين ينضم إلى نفط البصرة". كووورة. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  9. ^ Abou Diab, Rami (15 February 2021). "Lebanese Players Abroad: February 2021, Week 2". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  10. ^ Mahfoud, Maroun (16 May 2021). "Hussein Sharafeddine returns to Lebanon". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  11. ^ a b "عودة شرف الدين إلى صفوف النجمة". كووورة. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  12. ^ "السبع وشرف الدين يوقعان مع النجمة". كووورة. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  13. ^ Codeloops. "شرف الدين إلى الصفاء؟". football-lebanon.com. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  14. ^ Younes, Tarek (16 December 2022). "هل يعود شرف الدين للصفاء". El Maestro Sport (in Arabic). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  15. ^ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=441822855256538&set=a.138908352214658
  16. ^ https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2024-03-26/lebanon-vs-australia/3188312/
  17. ^ "Hussein Sharafeddine". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
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