Yahya El Hindi

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 Bahraini club Budaiya and the Lebanon national team.

Yahya El Hindi
El Hindi playing for Nejmeh in 2019
Personal information
Full name Yahya Mosbah El Hindi
Date of birth (1998-09-24) 24 September 1998
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
 Budaiya
Number 19
Youth career
2014 Fraser Park
2015 Rydalmere Lions
2016 Rockdale City Suns
2017–2018 Sydney Olympic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Rydalmere Lions
2017–2018 Sydney Olympic 1 (0)
2018 Parramatta 10 (0)
2019 Nejmeh 6 (0)
2019–2020 Safa 0 (0)
2020– Budaiya 8 (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 18:06, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 August 2019

Starting his senior career in 2015 at Rydalmere Lions, El Hindi played for various youth clubs before joining Sydney Olympic in 2017, and Parramatta mid-2018 season. During the 2019 winter transfer window, El Hindi joined Lebanese club Nejmeh, before moving to Safa, another Beirut-based club, six months later. In 2020 El Hindi moved to Budaiya in Bahrain.

Born in Australia, El Hindi is of Lebanese descent and has represented Lebanon at the 2019 WAFF Championship.

Early life

Australian at birth, El Hindi also holds Lebanese citizenship due to his origins.[3][4]

Club career

Australia

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

Lebanon

On 4 January 2019, El Hindi signed for Lebanese Premier League club Nejmeh.[9] His debut for the club came on 26 January 2019, as a starter in a 2–0 league win over Racing Beirut.[10] He played six league games during the 2018–19 season,[11] as well as four games at the 2019 AFC Cup.[12][13][14][15] Safa signed El Hindi during the 2019 summer transfer window.[16]

Budaiya

On 28 November 2020, El Hindi moved to newly-promoted Bahraini Premier League side Budaiya.[17]

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.[18] His debut for the senior team came on 30 July 2019, in a 1–0 defeat against Iraq at the 2019 WAFF Championship.[19] Despite the result, El Hindi was selected Man of the Match.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Yahya El Hindi – Soccer player profile & career statistics – Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  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. "Yahya Elhindi – Fraser Park Statistics". SportsTG. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  6. "Yahya Elhindi – Rydalmere Lions Statistics". SportsTG. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  7. "Yahya Elhindi – Sydney Olympic Statistics". SportsTG. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  8. "Yahya Elhindi – Parramatta Statistics". SportsTG. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  9. "نادي النجمة يعلن عن أولى صفقاته في سوق الإنتقالات الشتوية". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  10. "Al Nejmeh vs. Racing – 26 January 2019 – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  11. "Lebanon – Yehia Hendi – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  12. "Al Wehdat 1–0 Nejmeh". stats.the-afc.com. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  13. "Nejmeh 0–1 Al Jaish". stats.the-afc.com. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  14. "Nejmeh 0–2 Al Wehdat". stats.the-afc.com. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  15. "Hilal Alquds Club 2–1 Nejmeh". stats.the-afc.com. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  16. Haroun, Ali (17 September 2019). "ميركاتو لبناني كبير استعدادا لموسم 2019–2020". El Maestro Sport (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  17. "البديع يضم محترفا جديدا من لبنان". كووورة. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  18. "United Arab Emirates 6–1 Lebanon". stats.the-afc.com. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  19. "ضعف في وسط الملعب: لبنان يخسر اختباره الأول". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 30 July 2019.
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