Hussein Mohamed El Dor (, ; born 18 January 1994) is a Lebanese professional

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who plays as a

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for club Safa. Making his senior debut in 2013 at Ahed in Lebanon, El Dor moved to Shabab Sahel in 2014. After three years, El Dor moved to the Maldives, playing for

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for six months and winning the

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. In 2018, he moved to

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in India where he stayed for one year and a half. El Dor moved to Malaysian side

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in summer 2019, before joining

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in Indonesia six months later. In September 2020, El Dor moved back to Lebanon, joining Ansar. After winning a

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and

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title, El Dor moved to Safa in 2023. Born in the Ivory Coast to an Ivorian mother and a Lebanese father, El Dor holds

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. He played for Lebanon internationally at youth level between 2009 and 2015, making his senior-team debut in 2021.

Early life

Born on 18 January 1994 in Tanda, Ivory Coast, El Dor moved to Lebanon aged five. Playing football in the streets from an early age, his family decided to register him at Ahed's youth academy in

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Club career

Ahed

Hussein El Dor began his senior career in the 2012–13 season, at

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side Ahed. El Dor made his league debut on 31 March 2013, in an 8–0 home win against

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. He ended the season with five appearances. In the 2013–14 season, El Dor made six appearances.

Shabab Sahel

In July 2014, El Dor joined Shabab Sahel. His debut for his new club came on 2 November 2014 against

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, in a 3–0 home win. He made eight league appearances during the 2014–15 season. In 2015–16, El Dor made four appearances. As the runner-up of ''The Victorious'', a reality TV show showcasing football talent in the

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, for the second half of the 2015–16 season, El Dor tested for Portuguese club Benfica under

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. El Dor's first league goal came in the 2016–17 season, scoring against

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on 4 November 2016. El Dor scored a second goal, on 25 February 2017, against

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. He ended the season with two goals in 20 appearances.

New Radiant

Amidst offers from Lebanese clubs

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and Ansar, on 12 July 2017 El Dor moved to

in the Maldives on a six-month contract. There, he won the

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: the

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, the

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and the

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Churchill Brothers

On 13 January 2018, El Dor joined

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side

. He made his league debut on 19 January 2018 against

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, in a 2–0 home win. El Dor ended the 2017–18 season with 11 appearances for the club. The following season, in 2018–19, El Dor made 14 appearances.

Perak

On 17 May 2019, El Dor joined Malaysian side

on a six-month contract. Regarding his choice on moving to Malaysia, El Dor stated that he was "really excited about the success of compatriot

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". He made his

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debut on 19 May 2019, in a 0–0 draw against

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. El Dor ended the

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with six appearances in the league, and three in the

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PSM Makassar

On 10 January 2020, El Dor moved to Indonesian side

. On 1 March 2019, El Dor scored a header on his league debut, helping his side win 2–1 against

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. El Dor helped PSM Makassar qualify to the group stage of the

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, beating

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7–2 on aggregate in the

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on 22 and 29 January. He played three games in the

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, before the competition was cancelled due to the

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Ansar

On 30 September 2020, El Dor moved back to Lebanon, joining Lebanese Premier League side Ansar on a two-year loan from Shabab Sahel ahed of the 2020–21 season. He made his debut on 18 October 2020, playing the whole 90 minutes in a 3–0 league win over Chabab Ghazieh. El Dor helped Ansar win their first league title since 2007, and their 14th overall. He also helped Ansar win the

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, beating Nejmeh in the

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final on penalty shoot-outs. On 5 August 2022, Ansar extended El Dor's loan from Sahel for an additional year.

Safa

On 1 July 2023, El Dor moved to Safa.

International career

El Dor represented all Lebanon youth national teams, playing four times for the under-16 team at the 2010 AFC Championship qualification, four times for the under-19 team at the 2012 AFC Championship qualification, and twice for the under-23 team at the 2016 AFC Championship qualification. He was also called up to the Lebanon national under-20 team for the

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. On 12 October 2021, El Dor made his

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debut as a second-half substitute in a 3–2 win against

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, in the third round of qualification for the

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Personal life

Growing up, El Dor's idol was

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, while his favorite compatriot player is Lebanese national team captain

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. He also admires Saudi player

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, who he faced while playing for the Lebanon national under-23 team. While playing in India, El Dor stated that Nigerian player

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was the toughest player he had ever faced. In 2015, El Dor represented Lebanon for the second season of the reality show ''The Victorious''. Through 12 episodes, the Lebanese player was the overall runner-up. He was trained and evaluated by former football stars such as

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and

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Career statistics

International

Honours

Ahed *

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New Radiant *

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: 2017 *

: 2017 Ansar *

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; runner-up: 2021–22 *

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References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dor, Hussein 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Zanzan District Lebanese men's footballers 21st-century Lebanese sportsmen Lebanese people of Ivorian descent Sportspeople of Lebanese descent Ivorian people of Lebanese descent Sportspeople of Ivorian descent Men's association football central defenders Al Ahed FC players Shabab Al Sahel FC players New Radiant S.C. players Churchill Brothers FC Goa players Perak F.C. players PSM Makassar players Al Ansar FC players Safa SC players Lebanese Premier League players Dhivehi Premier League players I-League players Malaysia Super League players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Lebanon men's youth international footballers Lebanon men's international footballers Lebanese expatriate men's footballers Lebanese expatriate sportspeople in the Maldives Lebanese expatriate sportspeople in India Lebanese expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Lebanese expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in the Maldives Expatriate men's footballers in India Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia International sportspeople born abroad