Hussein Sharafeddine
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.jpg) Sharafeddine with Safa in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hussein Hamid Sharafeddine[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 October 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Baalbek, Lebanon[1] | ||
| Position | 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 | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:13, 30 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 November 2025 | |||
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.
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]
