Hussein Sharafeddine

In this Lebanese name, the father's name is Hamid and the family name is Sharafeddine.

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

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)
2019–2020	→ Safa (loan)	0	(0)
2020	→ Sevan (loan)	6	(0)
2021	→ Naft Al-Basra (loan)	5	(0)
2021–2022	→ Safa (loan)	14	(0)
2022–	Safa	26	(1)
International career‡
2019	Lebanon U23	3	(0)
2024–	Lebanon	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:13, 30 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11:09, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Sevan

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

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

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

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

International

As of match played 15 December 2024^[17]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Lebanon	2024	2	0
Total		2	0

Honours

Nejmeh

• Lebanese Elite Cup: 2016, 2017, 2018
• Lebanese Super Cup: 2016