Yahya El Hindi

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In this Lebanese name, the father's name is Mosbah and the family name is El Hindi.
Yahya El Hindi
Yahya El Hindi Nejmeh 2019 (crop).jpg
El Hindi playing for Nejmeh in 2019
Personal information
Full name Yahya Mosbah El Hindi[1]
Date of birth (1998-09-24) 24 September 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Ansar
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 0 (0)
National team
2019 Lebanon U23 1 (0)
2019 Lebanon 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:41, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

Yahya Mosbah El Hindi (/ˈjɑːjɑː ɛl ˈhindi/;[2] Arabic: يحيى مصباح الهندي, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [ˈjaħja lˈhɪnde, -di]; born 24 September 1998) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Lebanese Premier League club Ansar.

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[]

Australian at birth, El Hindi also holds Lebanese citizenship due to his origins.[3][4] He was born in Sydney, and raised in the suburb of Bankstown.[5]

Club career[]

Australia[]

El Hindi began his youth career at Fraser Park in 2014,[6] before signing for Rydalmere Lions the following year.[7] After playing for Rockdale City Suns' youth team in 2016, El Hindi moved to Sydney Olympic in 2017.[5][8] Mid-season in 2018 he moved to Parramatta, where he played 10 games in the 2018 NPL NSW 2.[9]

Lebanon[]

On 4 January 2019, El Hindi signed for Lebanese Premier League club Nejmeh.[10] His debut for the club came on 26 January 2019, as a starter in a 2–0 league win over Racing Beirut.[11] He played six league games during the 2018–19 season,[12] as well as four games at the 2019 AFC Cup.[13][14][15][16]

Safa signed El Hindi during the 2019 summer transfer window.[17] Due to political unrest in the country, the 2019–20 season was cancelled; El Hidni was forced to return to Australia.[5]

Budaiya[]

On 28 November 2020, El Hindi moved to newly-promoted Bahraini Premier League side Budaiya.[18] He played 16 league games in , and helped his side avoid relegation by finishing in seventh place.[19]

Ansar[]

On 16 December 2021, El Hindi signed for Ansar in the Lebanese Premier League.[20]

International career[]

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.[21]

His debut for the senior team came on 30 July 2019, in a 1–0 defeat against Iraq at the 2019 WAFF Championship.[22] El Hindi became the third Australian to play for Lebanon, after Michael Reda and Buddy Farah.[5] Despite the defeat, he was nominated Man of the Match.[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Yahya El Hindi". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  2. ^ "First Phase Podcast: Yahya El Hindi". YouTube. First Phase. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  3. ^ "نادي النجمة يعلن عن أولى صفقاته في سوق الإنتقالات الشتوية". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  4. ^ "من هو لاعب النجمة الجديد "يحيى الهندي" ؟". Cedars Football Clue (in Arabic). 4 January 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Yahya Elhindi – Fraser Park Statistics". SportsTG. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Yahya Elhindi – Rydalmere Lions Statistics". SportsTG. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Yahya Elhindi – Sydney Olympic Statistics". SportsTG. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Yahya Elhindi – Parramatta Statistics". SportsTG. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  10. ^ "نادي النجمة يعلن عن أولى صفقاته في سوق الإنتقالات الشتوية". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Al Nejmeh vs. Racing – 26 January 2019 – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Lebanon – Yehia Hendi – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Al Wehdat 1–0 Nejmeh". stats.the-afc.com. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Nejmeh 0–1 Al Jaish". stats.the-afc.com. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  15. ^ "Nejmeh 0–2 Al Wehdat". stats.the-afc.com. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  16. ^ "Hilal Alquds Club 2–1 Nejmeh". stats.the-afc.com. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  17. ^ Haroun, Ali (17 September 2019). "ميركاتو لبناني كبير استعدادا لموسم 2019–2020". El Maestro Sport (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  18. ^ "البديع يضم محترفا جديدا من لبنان". كووورة. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  19. ^ Abou Diab, Rami (10 May 2021). "Lebanese Players Abroad: May 2021, Week 1". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  20. ^ "الهندي ينضم إلى صفوف الأنصار". كووورة. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  21. ^ "United Arab Emirates 6–1 Lebanon". stats.the-afc.com. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  22. ^ "ضعف في وسط الملعب: لبنان يخسر اختباره الأول". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 30 July 2019.

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