Hiba El Jaafil (; born 7 January 1987) is a Lebanese football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. She is also a former futsal player, and represented Lebanon internationally in both football and futsal.
Early life El Jaafil was born in Sidon and raised in the Ouzai district of Beirut.
Club career When she turned 15, El Jaafil joined Majd, which changed their name to Sadaka after less than a year. She stayed at the club for four years, before playing for Arz for one year. She then moved to Shabab Arabi, which changed their name to Arabi Tripoli.
International career El Jaafil has been capped for Lebanon at senior level in both football and futsal. In football, she represented Lebanon at the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification in 2013, where she played three games and scored one goal against Kuwait.
In futsal, El Jaafil played for Lebanon at the 2008 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship.
Managerial career In July 2014 El Jaafil became head coach of the Lebanon women's national under-19 team, then of the under-17 team in September 2014, with whom she won the 2015 Arab U-17 Women's Cup. She stopped coaching both sides in 2016 due to problems with the Lebanese Football Association.
El Jaafil also coached the senior team at the 2015 Aphrodite Cup.
Career statistics
International Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each El Jaafil goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Hiba El JaafilNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition123 October 2010Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain?–09–02010 Arabia Women's Cup2?–039 June 2013Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan3–012–12014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
Honours Player Lebanon WAFF Women's Championship third place: 2007
Manager Lebanon U17 Arab U-17 Women's Cup: 2015
See also List of Lebanon women's international footballers
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