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Lebanese footballer (born 1979)
Haitham Zein
Personal information
Full name Haitham Ali Mohamad Al Haj Ali Zein[1]
Date of birth (1979-01-06) 6 January 1979 (age 47)
Place of birth Fallujah, Iraq[1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Forward
Youth career
1994–1995 Tadamon Sour
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2005 Tadamon Sour (94)
2005–2006 Nejmeh (0)
2006–2008 Bahrain SC (7)
2008–2009 Chabab Ghazieh (2)
2009–2011 Islah Borj Shmali (13)
2011–2012 Salam Sour 15 (3)
Total ? (119)
International career
2002 Lebanon U23 (1)
1997–2004 Lebanon 50 (16)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Haitham Ali Mohamad Al Haj Ali Zein (Arabic: هيثم علي محمد الحج علي زين; born 6 January 1979), or simply Haitham Zein, is a Lebanese former footballer who played as a forward. He played for numerous Lebanese Premier League clubs, mainly at Tadamon Sour, and represented Lebanon internationally.

Early life

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Zein was born in Iraq to parents from Burj el-Shamali, Lebanon; he began playing football aged 11 in the streets of the Al-Anbar Governorate.[2] He then moved to Lebanon with his family due to the Gulf War.[2]

Club career

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Zein signed for Tadamon Sour's youth team in 1994.[2] He made his senior debut in 1995, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute against Bourj at the Saida Municipal Stadium; trailing 2–1, Zein scored a goal and assisted two, helping his side overturn the result to 4–2.[2] He played with Tadamon until 2005, scoring 94 league goals.[3]

Nejmeh

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On 9 November 2005, Zein moved to Nejmeh,[4] spending half a season. He described his short experience at Nejmeh as negative.[3]

Bahrain SC

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He moved abroad to Bahrain SC in 2006.[5]

Return to Lebanon

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He returned to Lebanon in 2008, signing for Chabab Ghazieh,[5] before moving to Islah Borj Shmali the following season.[6] Zein was among the league's top scorers in the 2010–11 Lebanese Premier League, scoring eight goals.[7] In October 2011, he signed for Salam Sour,[8] making 15 appearances for the side and scoring three goals. He retired that season.[9]

Zein scored 112 goals in the Lebanese Premier League – 96 without considering his goals scored in the cancelled 2000–01 season.[3]

International career

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In 2002, Zein played for the Lebanon Olympic team at the 2002 Asian Games, scoring a goal in an 11–0 win against Afghanistan.[10] He played for the senior team between 1998 and 2004. He played 50 international matches, scoring 16 goals.[11]

Managerial career

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Between 2016 and 2017, Zein was part of the technical staff of his former club Islah Borj Shmali.[12][13]

Personal life

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Zein's nephew, Mahdi Zein, also plays football.[14]

Career statistics

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International

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List of international goals scored by Haitham Zein[15]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.23 August 1999Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan Jordan1–03–11999 Arab Games
2.2–0
3.3–0
4.25 August 1999Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid, Jordan Oman1–01–1 1999 Arab Games
5.16 February 2000 Lebanon North Korea1–01–0Friendly
6.8 March 2000King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan Jordan1–11–1Friendly
7.25 May 2000 King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan Kyrgyzstan1–02–0 2000 WAFF Championship
8.25 June 2000Tripoli, Lebanon Kuwait1–11–3Friendly
9.10 September 2000Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon United Arab Emirates2–?2–2 Friendly
10.7 March 2001Tripoli International Stadium, Tripoli, Lebanon Syria1–02–2 Friendly
11.13 May 2001Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon Pakistan1–06–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.2–0
13.5–0
14.28 May 2001Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Sri Lanka4–05–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
15.9 June 2004Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon Maldives1–03–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
16.19 June 2004Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Syria1–31–32004 WAFF Championship

Honours

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Tadamon Sour

Individual

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Haitham Zein". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "منتديات كووورة". forum.kooora.com. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "منتديات كووورة". forum.kooora.com. 14 January 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "First Team List 2005/2006 [PENDING]". Nejmeh SC. 26 November 2005. Archived from the original on 26 November 2005. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  5. 1 2 "هيثم زين ينتقل إلى شباب الغازية". www.albayan.ae (in Arabic). 7 August 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "تعادل سلبي بين الاصلاح – برج الشمالي والشباب الغازية ضمن استعدادت الفريقين لانطلاقة الدوري". YASOUR. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "التضامن ينجو والغازية يرافق الاصلاح الى الدرجة الثانية". Elaph - إيلاف (in Arabic). 24 April 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "هيثم زين ينتقل الى السلام صور عشية اقفال باب التواقيع". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  9. ↑ Hussien.Ghazi. "هدافو لبنان الدوليون.. قائمة أبرز من هزوا الشباك". alaraby.co.uk (in Arabic). Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  10. ↑ Díaz Rubio, Julián; Zlotkowski, Andre. "Asian Games 2002". .
  12. "نجوم من الماضي: خاص هيثم زين غير راض عن عدم تطوير الاتحاد للعبة". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "نصر الله إلى الإصلاح والشباب العربي يضم مزهر". lebanonfg.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.[permanent dead link]
  14. ↑ Hijazi, Alloffs (8 August 2021). "الهداف مهدي الزين يعيد سيرة عمه هيثم الزين". El Maestro Sport (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  15. ↑ "Haitham Zein". National Football Teams. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  16. ↑ "مهرجان كرة المنار". Shoot (288 ed.). 5 July 1999. p. 8.
  17. ↑ "مهرجان كرة المنار". Shoot (383 ed.). 30 April 2001. p. 15.
  18. ↑ مهرجان كرة المنار. Shoot (in Arabic) (288 ed.). 5 July 1999. p. 8.
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