Mohamad Hussein Safwan (Arabic: محمد حسين صفوان; born 10 March 2003) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a left-back for Lebanese Premier League club Nejmeh and the Lebanon national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mohamad Hussein Safwan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 March 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | El Ain, Lebanon[1] | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nejmeh | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2019 | Hoops | ||
| 2019–2022 | Bourj | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | Bourj | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Akhaa Ahli Aley (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2023– | Nejmeh | 27 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Lebanon U20 | 3 | (2) |
| 2023– | Lebanon U23 | 7 | (0) |
| 2024– | Lebanon | 12 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:44, 11 March 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 January 2026 | |||
Club career
editHaving played for Hoops's youth team,[3] Safwan moved Bourj in August 2019, initially joining their youth team.[4] In March 2022, he was loaned to Akhaa Ahli Aley for the rest of the 2021–22 season.[5] Safwan helped Bourj lift the youth league title in 2021–22, and played a few games with the senior team in the 2022–23 season.[6]
After having been released by Bourj in the summer of 2023,[7] Safwan joined Nejmeh as a free agent in June.[6] He helped Nejmeh lift the 2023–24 Lebanese Premier League title and the 2023 Lebanese Super Cup in his first season.[8]
International career
editSafwan received his first call-up to the Lebanon national team in August 2024 for the Merdeka Tournament.[9] He made his international debut on 19 November 2024, in a 3–2 friendly victory over Myanmar, being substituted at halftime.[10] By 25 March 2025, he had recorded four assists in his first five international appearances, including two during Lebanon's 2027 Asian Cup qualification match against Brunei.[11] On 14 October 2025, he scored his first international goal in a 4–0 win against Bhutan in the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers.[12]
Safwan was called up to the Lebanon national under-23 team for the 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup, held in Saudi Arabia in January 2026.[13]
Style of play
editCareer statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 9 March 2025[1]
| Club | Season | League | Lebanon Cup | League cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bourj | 2020–21 | Lebanese Premier League | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Lebanese Premier League | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2022–23 | Lebanese Premier League | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Akhaa Ahli Aley (loan) | 2021–22 | Lebanese Premier League | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Nejmeh | 2023–24 | Lebanese Premier League | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 2024–25 | Lebanese Premier League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[d] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 38 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||
- ↑ Includes Lebanese Elite Cup, Lebanese Federation Cup
- ↑ Appearances in AFC Cup
- 1 2 Appearance in Lebanese Super Cup
- ↑ Appearances in AFC Challenge League
International
edit- As of match played 26 November 2025[15]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | |
| Total | 12 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Safwan goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 October 2025 | Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar |  Bhutan |
3–0 | 4–0 | 2027 Asian Cup qualification |
Honours
editNejmeh
References
edit- 1 2 3 "Mohamad Safwan". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ↑ "AFC U23 Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2026 - Squad Lists" (PDF). the-afc.com. AFC. 4 January 2026. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ↑ "هوبس بطل كأس بيروت بكرة القدم". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/BourjFC/photos/a.492459287798188/881916202185826
- ↑ https://football-lebanon.com/post/%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9
- 1 2 "النجمة يتعاقد مع لاعب البرج". كووورة (in Arabic). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ↑ Younes, Tarek (14 June 2023). "صفوان يقترب من التوقيع للنجمة". El Maestro Sport (in Arabic). Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ↑ "بروح رياضية مع لاعب نادي النجمة محمد صفوان". YouTube. 9 July 2024.
- ↑ "رادولوفيتش يسمّي تشكيلته لـ".
- ↑ "مرهج وفخرو يقودان لبنان الى الفوز على ميانمار". The LFA. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ↑ "لبنان يتصدّر مجموعته في تصفيات كأس آسيا بفوزٍ كبير على بروناي". The LFA. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ↑ "لبنان يجدّد فوزه على بوتان برباعية نظيفة". The LFA. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ↑ طه يعلن قائمة المنتخب الأولمبي المشاركة في نهائيات كأس آسيا 2026 ويستعد للانطلاق إلى الرياض [Taha announces the squad for the Olympic team participating in the 2026 AFC U-23 Championship and prepares to depart for Riyadh] (in Arabic). Lebanese Football Association. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- 1 2 Younes, Tarek (21 June 2024). "صفوان خامة جيدة". El Maestro Sport (in Arabic). Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ↑ "Mohamad Safwan". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
External links
edit- Mohamad Safwan at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mohamad Safwan at Soccerway
- Mohamad Safwan at Kooora.com (in Arabic) (archived in English at Goalzz.com)
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