Yahya El Hindi
![]() El Hindi with Nejmeh in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yahya Mosbah El Hindi[1] | ||
Date of birth | 24 September 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia[1] | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ansar | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
2014 | Fraser Park | ||
2015 | Rydalmere Lions | ||
2016 | Rockdale City Suns | ||
2017–2018 | Sydney Olympic | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | Sydney Olympic | 1 | (0) |
2018 | Parramatta | 10 | (0) |
2019 | Nejmeh | 6 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Safa | 3 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Budaiya | 16 | (0) |
2021– | Ansar | 2 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Lebanon U23 | 1 | (0) |
2019– | Lebanon | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:25, 1 August 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 December 2023 |
Yahya Mosbah El Hindi (/ˈjɑːjɑː ɛl ˈhindi/;[3] Arabic: يحيى مصباح الهندي, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [ˈjaħja lˈhɪnde, -di]; born 24 September 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Lebanese Premier League club Ansar and the Lebanon national team.
El Hindi began his senior career at Sydney Olympic in 2017, before moving to Parramatta mid-2018 season. In 2019 he moved to the Middle East, playing for Nejmeh and Safa, in Lebanon, before joining Budaiya in Bahrain in 2020. El Hindi returned to Lebanon in 2021, signing for Ansar.
Born in Australia, El Hindi is of Lebanese descent and has represented Lebanon in the 2019 WAFF Championship.
Early life
[edit]Australian at birth, El Hindi also holds Lebanese citizenship due to his origins.[4][5] He was born in Sydney, and raised in the suburb of Bankstown.[6]
Club career
[edit]Australia
[edit]El Hindi began his youth career at Fraser Park in 2014,[7] before signing for Rydalmere Lions the following year.[8] After playing for Rockdale City Suns' youth team in 2016, El Hindi moved to Sydney Olympic in 2017.[6][9] Mid-season in 2018 he moved to Parramatta, where he played 10 games in the 2018 NPL NSW 2.[10]
Lebanon
[edit]On 4 January 2019, El Hindi signed for Lebanese Premier League club Nejmeh.[11] His debut for the club came on 26 January 2019, as a starter in a 2–0 league win over Racing Beirut.[12] He played six league games during the 2018–19 season,[13] as well as four games at the 2019 AFC Cup.[14][15][16][17]
Safa signed El Hindi during the 2019 summer transfer window.[18] Due to political unrest in the country, the 2019–20 season was cancelled; El Hidni was forced to return to Australia.[6]
Budaiya
[edit]On 28 November 2020, El Hindi moved to newly-promoted Bahraini Premier League side Budaiya.[19] He played 16 league games in 2020–21, and helped his side avoid relegation by finishing in seventh place.[20]
Ansar
[edit]On 16 December 2021, El Hindi signed for Ansar in the Lebanese Premier League.[21] He renewed with Ansar for an additional season on 29 June 2022.[22]
International career
[edit]El Hindi represented the Lebanon national under-23 team during the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification, playing once against the United Arab Emirates in a 6–1 defeat.[23]
His debut for the senior team came on 30 July 2019, in a 1–0 defeat against Iraq at the 2019 WAFF Championship.[24] El Hindi became the third Australian to play for Lebanon, after Michael Reda and Buddy Farah.[6] Despite the defeat, he was nominated Man of the Match.[6]
In December 2023, El Hindi was included in the Lebanese squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.[25]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of match played 28 December 2023[26]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Lebanon | 2019 | 2 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | |
2021 | 0 | 0 | |
2022 | 0 | 0 | |
2023 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 4 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]Ansar
- Lebanese FA Cup: 2023–24; runner-up: 2021–22
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Yahya El Hindi". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ "AFC Asian Cup 2023 Qatar Squad Lists" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. p. 13. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "First Phase Podcast: Yahya El Hindi". YouTube. First Phase. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "نادي النجمة يعلن عن أولى صفقاته في سوق الإنتقالات الشتوية". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "من هو لاعب النجمة الجديد "يحيى الهندي" ؟". Cedars Football Clue (in Arabic). 4 January 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Davidson, John (7 April 2021). "'I'm here to make a lot of noise' – Meet the Aussie midfielder representing Lebanon". SBS. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Yahya Elhindi – Fraser Park Statistics". SportsTG. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Yahya Elhindi – Rydalmere Lions Statistics". SportsTG. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Yahya Elhindi – Sydney Olympic Statistics". SportsTG. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Yahya Elhindi – Parramatta Statistics". SportsTG. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "نادي النجمة يعلن عن أولى صفقاته في سوق الإنتقالات الشتوية". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Al Nejmeh vs. Racing – 26 January 2019 – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Lebanon – Yehia Hendi – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "Al Wehdat 1–0 Nejmeh". stats.the-afc.com. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Nejmeh 0–1 Al Jaish". stats.the-afc.com. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Nejmeh 0–2 Al Wehdat". stats.the-afc.com. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Hilal Alquds Club 2–1 Nejmeh". stats.the-afc.com. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ Haroun, Ali (17 September 2019). "ميركاتو لبناني كبير استعدادا لموسم 2019–2020". El Maestro Sport (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "البديع يضم محترفا جديدا من لبنان". كووورة. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ Abou Diab, Rami (10 May 2021). "Lebanese Players Abroad: May 2021, Week 1". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "الهندي ينضم إلى صفوف الأنصار". كووورة. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "يحيى الهندي يجدد عقده مع الأنصار". كووورة. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ "United Arab Emirates 6–1 Lebanon". stats.the-afc.com. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "ضعف في وسط الملعب: لبنان يخسر اختباره الأول". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "منتخب لبنان يعلن تشكيلته إلى كأس آسيا" [The Lebanon national team announces its squad for the Asian Cup] (in Arabic). Lebanese Football Association. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Yahya El Hindi". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
External links
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- Yahya El Hindi at National-Football-Teams.com
- Yahya El Hindi at Soccerway
- Yahya El Hindi at Lebanon Football Guide
- Yahya El Hindi at SportsTG (2017–2018)
- Yahya El Hindi at SportsTG (2015)
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Australian people of Lebanese descent
- Soccer players from Sydney
- Lebanese Muslims
- Australian Muslims
- Lebanese men's footballers
- Australian men's soccer players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Fraser Park FC players
- Rydalmere Lions FC players
- Rockdale Ilinden FC players
- Sydney Olympic FC players
- Parramatta FC players
- Nejmeh SC players
- Safa SC players
- Budaiya Club players
- Al Ansar FC players
- National Premier Leagues players
- Lebanese Premier League players
- Bahraini Premier League players
- Lebanon men's youth international footballers
- Lebanon men's international footballers
- Lebanese expatriate men's footballers
- Lebanese expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain
- Australian expatriate men's soccer players
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bahrain
- Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
- International sportspeople born abroad
- 2023 AFC Asian Cup players