Hussein Hamid Sharafeddine (; born 13 October 1997) is a Lebanese professional

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who plays as a

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for club Safa and the Lebanon national team.

Club career

Sevan

On 9 September 2020, Sharafeddine moved to Sevan in the

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. Sharafeddine made his debut on 13 September, in a 4–1 win over Ararat-2. He played six league games and one

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game in the first half of the season, and returned back to Lebanon on 26 December due to the Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Naft Al-Basra

On 8 February 2021, Sharafeddine joined

Iraqi Premier League The Iraq Stars League (), is the highest level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Iraqi Premier Division League. It is governed by the Iraqi Pro League Asso ...

side Naft Al-Basra. He made his debut on 14 February, but was subbed out for injury; the match ended in a 1–1 draw to

Al-Naft Al Naft Sports Club () is an Iraqi professional sports club based in the Adhamiyah District, East Districts of the Tigris River, Baghdad. Their football team plays in the highest division in Iraq which is the Iraq Stars League, which they have ne ...

. Sharafeddine decided to end his contract on 16 May, and returned to Lebanon after having played five league games.

Nejmeh and Safa

Following his loan in Iraq, Shafareddine was loaned out to Safa for the

2021–22 Lebanese Premier League The 2021–22 Lebanese Premier League was the 60th season of the Lebanese Premier League, the top Lebanese league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1934. The league started on 11 September 2021 and ended on 4 June 2022. I ...

, playing 14 league games. He then returned to Nejmeh from his loan in July 2022, and renewed his contract in August 2022. Following Nejmeh's termination of Sharefeddine's contract after the first half of the

2022–23 Lebanese Premier League The 2022–23 Lebanese Premier League was the 61st season of the Lebanese Premier League, the top Lebanese league for association football, football clubs since its establishment in 1934. The league started on 2 September 2022, and ended on 12 M ...

, the player returned to Safa in December 2022. On 31 May 2024, Sharafeddine renewed his contract with Safa for three years, until 2027.

International career

Sharafeddine made his international debut for

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on 26 March 2024, as a starter in a 5–0 defeat to

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in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Nejmeh *

Lebanese Elite Cup The Lebanese Elite Cup () was a Lebanese football annual cup competition contested by the top six teams of the previous Lebanese Premier League season. Founded in 1996 as the Super League Cup, the first edition was played by the top five finisher ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Lebanese Super Cup The Lebanese Super Cup () is Lebanese football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Lebanese Premier League season and the holders of the Lebanese FA Cup. If the Lebanese Premier League champions also won the Lebanese FA ...

: 2016

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* * * 1997 births Living people People from Baalbek Lebanese men's footballers 21st-century Lebanese sportsmen Men's association football central defenders Nejmeh SC players Safa SC players Sevan FC players Naft Al-Basra SC players Lebanese Premier League players Armenian First League players Iraq Stars League players Lebanese expatriate men's footballers Lebanese expatriate sportspeople in Armenia Lebanese expatriate sportspeople in Iraq Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq Lebanon men's youth international footballers Lebanon men's international footballers {{Lebanon-footy-bio-stub