Ahmad Kheir El Dine
Lebanese footballer (born 1995)
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Ahmad Hussein Kheir El Dine (Arabic: أحمد حسين خير الدين; born 7 July 1995) is a Lebanese football and futsal player who plays as a midfielder for Lebanese Premier League club Ansar and the Lebanon national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ahmad Hussein Kheir El Dine[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 July 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Kfar Melki, Lebanon[1] | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ansar | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2019 | Bank of Beirut (futsal) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Naft Al-Junoob (futsal) | ||
| 2020–2022 | Hurriya Saida (futsal) | ||
| 2022–2024 | Nejmeh | 36 | (0) |
| 2024– | Ansar | 50 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2024 | Lebanon (futsal) | (10) | |
| 2024– | Lebanon | 13 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 09:41, 3 August 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 November 2025 | |||
Club career
Futsal
Kheir El Dine was nominated in the All-Star Team of the 2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship with Bank of Beirut.[2] In 2019, he joined Iraqi club Naft Al-Junoob.[3] In 2021, Kheir El Dine returned to Lebanon and joined Hurriya Saida, with whom he played until 2022.[4]
Nejmeh
In August 2022, after having played 10 years in futsal, Kheir El Dine made the change to football and signed for Lebanese Premier League club Nejmeh on a two-year deal.[5] Kheir El Dine cited the lack of financial support for futsal in Lebanon as the main reason for the switch.[4] He was one of a number of futsal players to switch to football and eventually join Nejmeh, including Khaled Takaji, Ali Tneich, Edmond Chehade, and Hassan Chaito.[6] He won the league title with Nejmeh in 2023–24.[7]
Ansar
On 11 July 2024, Kheir El Dine signed for cross-city rivals Ansar on a three-year contract.[8] He won the 2024–25 and 2025–26 league titles with Ansar, and was crowned league champion for three consecutive times.[7]
International career
Futsal
Kheir El Dine has played for the Lebanon national futsal team since 2014, taking part in the AFC Futsal Asian Cup in 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2024.[9] He also played for Lebanon in the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification play-off game against Vietnam.[10]
Football
Kheir El Dine was first called up to the Lebanon national football team in May 2024, ahead of two 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Palestine and Bangladesh in June.[11] He made his debut on 4 September 2024, as a starter in the semi-final of the 2024 Merdeka Tournament, contributing to a 1–0 victory against Tajikistan.[12]
Personal life
Kheir El Dine got married in October 2022.[13]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 8 March 2025[1]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Federation Cup | AFC Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nejmeh | 2022–23 | Lebanese Premier League | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Lebanese Premier League | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | ||
| Total | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
| Ansar | 2024–25 | Lebanese Premier League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 45 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 0 | ||
- Appearance in Lebanese Super Cup
International
- As of match played 26 November 2025[12]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 0 | |
Honours
Bank of Beirut (futsal)
- Lebanese Futsal League: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
Hurriya Saida (futsal)
- Lebanese Futsal League: 2020–21
Nejmeh
Ansar