Hanin Tamim


Hanin Maher Tamim is a Lebanese former footballer who played as a forward. She played 21 games for the Lebanon national team between 2018 and 2024, scoring eight goals.

Early life

Born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, Tamim started playing football aged eight with her older brother and his friends. Aged 10, she started playing for FC Beirut's boys academy, stating that she "did not know that a girls team existed back then". Three years later, aged 13, she was scouted by Girls Football Academy while playing football in her school, and joined the team.

Club career

Coming through the youth system, Tamim spent three seasons at GFA playing in the Lebanese Women's Football League. She moved to Stars Association for Sports – the league reigning champions – in 2018. Tamim helped SAS to a second-place finish at the inaugural 2019 WAFF Women's Clubs Championship; she described it as her favourite international experience.
On 27 May 2022, Tamim signed for the Lander Bearcats, the football team of Lander University in the United States.

International career

Tamin had represented Lebanon internationally at under-17 and under-19 level, before making her senior debut on 8 November 2018, in a 8–0 defeat to Iran in the 2020 Summer Olympics qualifiers. She scored her first goal on 7 January 2019, with Lebanon losing to Bahrain 3–2 in the 2019 WAFF Championship. Tamim scored three goals, and helped Lebanon finish in third place.
On 24 October 2021, Tamim scored a brace in a 2022 AFC Asian Cup qualification game against Guam, which ended in a 3–0 win. She was called up to the 2024 WAFF Women's Championship.

Personal life

Tamim studied three years at the American University of Beirut, with a focus in nutrition and dietetics. Shortly after a 10-month internship at a hospital in Lebanon, Tamim became a licensed dietitian.
While playing for the Lander Bearcats in 2022, Tamim majored in business administration and worked part-time as a graduate assistant at Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina.

Career statistics

International

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
17 January 2019Shaikh Ali Bin Mohammed Stadium, Muharraq, Bahrain1–02–32019 WAFF Championship
211 January 2019Shaikh Ali Bin Mohammed Stadium, Muharraq, Bahrain1–31–32019 WAFF Championship
315 January 2019Shaikh Ali Bin Mohammed Stadium, Muharraq, Bahrain1–03–02019 WAFF Championship
424 October 2021Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan1–03–02022 AFC Asian Cup qualification
524 October 2021Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan3–03–02022 AFC Asian Cup qualification
621 July 2023Tripoli Municipal Stadium, Tripoli, Lebanon1–02–1Friendly-
721 July 2023Tripoli Municipal Stadium, Tripoli, Lebanon2–02–1Friendly-
815 February 2024Safa Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon2–03–1Friendly

Honours

SAS
Lebanon U18
Lebanon U17
Lebanon