Mira Hassan Hoteit (Arabic: ميرا حسن حطيط; born 20 September 2000) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a full-back for English club London Bees and the Lebanon national team.
_03_(Mira_Hoteit).jpg) Hoteit with Safa in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mira Hassan Hoteit[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 September 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nabatieh, Lebanon[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Full-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | London Bees | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | GFA | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Zouk Mosbeh | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Safa | 24 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | London Seaward | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | London Bees | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Lebanon U19 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Lebanon | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:17, 3 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 July 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editBorn in Nabatieh, Lebanon,[1] Hoteit began playing organised football at age 15 after enjoying casual games with her older brother.[2] She played for several teams in the Lebanese Women's Football League, starting at GFA,[3] before joining Zouk Mosbeh in 2017,[4] and then Safa in 2019.[5]
Hoteit left Lebanon to pursue her studies at University College London in 2021.[2] She joined London Seaward in the FA Women's National League Division One South East (fourth tier) ahead of the 2022–23 season.[6][7] Hoteit played 19 games during the 2023–24 season, scoring twice and getting one assist.[8]
After two seasons, Hoteit moved to fellow Division One South East side London Bees ahead of the 2024–25 season.[8] She was featured as one of several part-time players taking part in the 2024–25 Women’s FA Cup fourth round.[2] Hoteit played 24 games in all competitions, scoring three goals and getting five assists in the process.[9] In May 2025, London Bees extended her contract for a further season.[9]
Personal life
editHoteit moved to the United Kingdom in 2021 to study bioscience entrepreneurship at University College London.[2] As of 2025, she works for nsave, a fintech company that facilitates digital banking in unstable economies like Lebanon.[2] Hoteit balances full-time work and football: she starts her day at 7 am and sometimes finishes as late as 11 pm.[2]
Honours
editZouk Mosbeh
- Lebanese Women's FA Cup runner-up: 2018–19
Safa
Lebanon
- WAFF Women's Championship third place: 2019
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 "Mira Hoteit". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kit, Shepard (10 January 2025). "Inventor, firefighter, defender from war-torn Lebanon. FA Cup heroes next?". The Times. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1262106600510509&set=a.218150491572797
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/noonsportofficial/posts/pfbid0giw1UM1Eup6H4VfFmPyF6fYGNFYNTFJkconvHbjTxohUbL4vHjZ1ad46mWtwcofGl
- ↑ "ميرا حطيط.. من ملاعب لبنان وبريطانيا إلى صفحات "التايمز" العالمية". elsiyasa.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ↑ "Mira Hoteit – London Seaward FC". Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ↑ Lebanese Football Association [@thelfawomen]; (3 November 2022). تعرّفوا على لاعبات منتخبنا الوطني للسيدات المحترفات في الخارج [Get to know our women's national team players abroad] – via Instagram.
- 1 2 "MIRA HOTEIT AGREES TO JOIN THE BEES – London BEES". londonbeesfc.com. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- 1 2 "MIRA HOTEIT EXTENDS HER STAY WITH THE BEES - London BEES". londonbeesfc.com. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
External links
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- Mira Hoteit at FA Lebanon
- Mira Hoteit at Kooora.com (in Arabic) (archived in English at Goalzz.com)