Jimmy Kazan

Jimmy Kazan
Kazan with Enosis Neon Paralimni in 2026
Personal information
Full name Jeme Jihad Kazan[1]
Date of birth (2007-03-26) 26 March 2007
Place of birth Raiit, Lebanon[1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Positions
Youth career
2021–2022 Adab w Riyada Kfarshima
2022–2025 Racing Beirut
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023–2025 Racing Beirut 29 (8)
2025–2026 Enosis Neon Paralimni 25 (0)
International career‡
2026– Lebanon U20 4 (1)
2026– Lebanon 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 August 2026

Jeme Jihad Kazan (Arabic: جيمي جهاد قازان; born 26 March 2007), known as Jimmy Kazan, is a Lebanese professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for the Lebanon national team.

Club career

Racing Beirut

Kazan started playing football aged 14 in the youth sector of Lebanese Fourth Division club Adab w Riyada Kfarshima.[2] He then moved to Racing Beirut's youth system,[3] making his senior debut in the 2023–24 Lebanese Premier League on 28 September 2023, aged 16 years and 186 days, as a 78th-minute substitute in a 1–1 draw against Nejmeh.[4] His first goal came on 20 June 2024, in the final matchday of the season, in a 2–1 defeat to Bourj.[5]

Kazan's breakthrough season came in 2024–25, in which he was used by Racing as a starter.[6] He scored three consecutive goals between 8 and 19 May 2025[6] – against Bourj,[7] Chabab Ghazieh,[8] and Shabab Sahel[9] – and a brace against Bourj on 7 June 2025.[10] Kazan finished the season with seven goals in 26 appearances.[1] He was also crowned top scorer of the under-20 league with 13 goals.[11]

Enosis Neon Paralimni

Kazan in an interview with Enosis Neon Paralimni in 2026

On 5 October 2025, Kazan joined Enosis Neon Paralimni in the Cypriot First Division during the 2025–26 season.[12][13] He scored his first goal for the club on 22 October,[14] in a 2–0 win against Chalkanoras Idaliou in the Cypriot Cup, two minutes after entering as a second-half substitute.[15]

International career

In September 2025, Kazan took part in a training camp with the Lebanon national under-20 team in Tabarja, Lebanon, ahead of the 2025 WAFF U-20 Championship.[16] He subsequently made his under-20 debut in July 2026, playing four friendly games against Syria[17][18] and Tajikistan[19][20] in preparation for the 2027 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification. He scored once against Tajikistan.[20]

Kazan received his first senior call-up to the Lebanon national team in May 2026,[21] and made his debut as a second-half substitute in a 2027 Asian Cup qualification game against Yemen on 4 June, which Lebanon lost 2–0.[22]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 May 2026[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Racing Beirut 2023–24 Lebanese Premier League 31000031
2024–25 Lebanese Premier League 267——267
Total 2980000298
Enosis Neon Paralimni 2025–26[23] Cypriot First Division 25021—271
Career total 5482100569

International

As of match played 4 June 2026[24]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Lebanon 202610
Total 10

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Jeme Kazan". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  2. ↑ The whistlepodcast (20 May 2026). Jimmy Kazan - the Lebanese wonderkid. Retrieved 21 May 2026 – via YouTube.
  3. ↑ Itani, Riad (4 April 2023). لهذه الأسباب عاد الراسينغ إلى "دوري الأضواء" [For these reasons, Racing returned to the Premier League]. grandlb.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Racing Club Bayrūt vs Nejmeh SC – Lebanese First Division 2023/2024". Global Sports Archive. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  5. ↑ لقب الدوري في الأسبوع الأخير بين النجمة والأنصار [The league title in the last week between Nejmeh and Ansar]. Al Akhbar (in Arabic). 21 June 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  6. 1 2 Younes, Tarek (20 May 2025). قازان يسجل للمباراة الثالثة توالياً [Kazan scores for the third consecutive match]. El Maestro Sport (in Arabic). Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  7. ↑ البرج يحسم «دربي الضاحية» ويهدي الراسينغ صدارة الأواخر [Bourj wins the "Dahiyeh derby" and hands the lead to Racing Club in the final rounds]. Al Akhbar (in Arabic). 15 May 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  8. ↑ الراسينج يهزم شباب الغازية ويتصدر سداسية الأواخر [Racing defeats Chabab Ghazieh and leads the Final Six]. Kooora (in Arabic). 14 May 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  9. ↑ غزارة أهداف في سداسية الأواخر وإيقافات إدارية في الاوائل [Abundant goals in the Final Six and administrative suspensions in the first matches]. Al Akhbar (in Arabic). 20 May 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  10. ↑ Younes, Tarek (8 June 2025). الراسينغ يفوز على البرج بالثلاثة ويتصدر سداسية الأواخر [Racing beats Bourj 3–0 and leads the Final Six]. El Maestro Sport (in Arabic). Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  11. ↑ جيمي قازان لاعب نادي الراسينغ، يحصل على لقب هدّاف بطولة الدوري اللبناني للشباب دون 20 سنة للموسم الرياضي 2025/2024، بتسجيله 13 هدفاً [Jimmy Kazan, the player of Racing Club, gets the title of top goalscorer of the Lebanese Youth League under 20 for the season 2025/2024, scoring 13 goals]. LEB Sports (in Arabic). 12 May 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025 – via Facebook.
  12. ↑ Enosis Neon Paralimni FC [@enp1936]; (5 October 2025). "Welcome Jimmy Kazan!" – via Instagram.
  13. ↑ Ανακοίνωσε Τζίμι Καζάν η Ένωση [Jimmy Kazan joins Enosis]. AlphaNews (in Cypriot Greek). 5 October 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  14. ↑ Τσιράκης, Αντώνης (4 November 2025). "Το νέο project από την Κύπρο που παρακολουθούν οι μεγάλοι της Stoiximan Super League". Sportal.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  15. ↑ "Η ΕΝΠ προκρίθηκε στη Β' φάση του κυπέλλου (βίντεο)". Η ΕΝΠ προκρίθηκε στη Β’ φάση του κυπέλλου (βίντεο). Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  16. ↑ منتخب لبنان للشباب يستعد لبطولة غرب آسيا [The Lebanon youth team is preparing for the WAFF Championship]. Lebanese Football Association (in Arabic). 6 September 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  17. ↑ https://the-lfa.com.lb/news/U20FG1_syr3726.php
  18. ↑ https://the-lfa.com.lb/news/U20FG2_5726.php
  19. ↑ https://the-lfa.com.lb/news/U20FG1-LBNxTJK.php
  20. 1 2 https://the-lfa.com.lb/news/U20FG2_LBNxTJK.php
  21. ↑ بوقرة يسمّي تشكيلته الأولى لمواجهة اليمن الحاسمة [Bougherra names his first lineup for the crucial match against Yemen]. Lebanese Football Association (in Arabic). 20 May 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  22. ↑ لبنان يهدر فرصة التأهل الى كأس آسيا بخسارته امام اليمن [Lebanon squanders chance to qualify for the Asian Cup after losing to Yemen]. Lebanese Football Association (in Arabic). 4 June 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  23. ↑ "Jeme Kazan – 2025–2026". Cyprus Football Association (in Greek). Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  24. ↑ "Jimmy Kazan". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
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