Hussein Zein

Hussein Zein
Zein with 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 Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Nejmeh
Number 6
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2024 Ahed 181 (13)
2024–2025 Safa 25 (1)
2025– Nejmeh 21 (0)
International career‡
2013 Lebanon U19 1 (0)
2015–2017 Lebanon U23 6 (0)
2016– Lebanon 49 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 09:27, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 June 2026

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 Nejmeh and the Lebanon national team.

Club career

On 2 August 2024, Zein moved to Safa.[3] In August 2025, Zein joined Nejmeh ahead of the 2025–26 season.[4]

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.[5][6] 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.[7] He also participated at the 2019 WAFF Championship in Iraq.[8] In December 2023, Zein was included in the Lebanese squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.[9]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 4 June 2026[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Lebanon 201610
201700
201800
201930
202010
202170
202250
2023120
2024110
202580
202610
Total 490

Honours

Ahed

Nejmeh

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Al Safa S.C. [@alsafa_sc]; (2 August 2024). "Welcome Hussein Zein" – via Instagram.
  4. ↑ "التونسي راضي الجعايدي مدرباً للنجمة اللبناني". العربية (in Arabic). 13 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Lebanon 1–6 Iran". The AFC. 10 October 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "LIGA INDONESIA". 29 May 2014. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  7. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Bahrain vs. Lebanon (2:0)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "رجال الأرز اصطادوا نسور قاسيون في كربلاء!". An-Nahar. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "Hussein Zein". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  11. ↑ مهرجان كرة المنار الـ19. An-Nahar (in Arabic). 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  12. ↑ اللواء, جريدة (1 May 2018). النجماوي حسن معتوق أفضل لاعب في لبنان!. aliwaa.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  13. ↑ 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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