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{{short description|Lebanese footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Hussein Amine
| image = 
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| fullname = Hussein Hassan Amine
| height = 1.78 m
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1985|4|15}}
| birth_place = [[Odaisseh]], Lebanon
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Defender (football)|Defender]]
| years1 = 2002–2011
| clubs1 = [[Al Ansar FC|Ansar]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2011–2013
| clubs2 = [[Akhaa Ahli Aley FC|Ahkaa Ahli Aley]]
| caps2 = 27
| goals2 = 0
| totalcaps = 91
| totalgoals = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2007
| nationalteam1 = [[Lebanon national under-23 football team|Lebanon U23]]
| nationalcaps1 = 
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2007–2009
| nationalteam2 = [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]]
| nationalcaps2 = 16
| nationalgoals2 = 0
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'''Hussein Hassan Amine''' ({{langx|ar|حُسَيْن حَسَن أَمِين}}; born 15 March 1985) is a Lebanese former [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] for [[Al Ansar FC|Ansar]], [[Akhaa Ahli Aley FC|Akhaa Ahli Aley]], and the [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon national team]].

Starting from 2002, Amine played for [[Lebanese Premier League]] side Ansar. He won two league titles and two [[Lebanese FA Cup|FA Cups]] with Ansar, before moving to Akhaa Ahli Aley in 2011. In 2013, he retired from football. Amine also represented Lebanon internationally, playing 16 matches between 2007 and 2009.

== Club career ==
Amine began his senior career at [[Lebanese Premier League]] side [[Al Ansar FC|Ansar]], during the 2002–03 season.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Hussein Amine|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/9785/Hussein_Amine.html|last=Strack-Zimmermann|first=Benjamin|website=www.national-football-teams.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-04}}</ref>  Amine helped Ansar win two [[Double (association football)|domestic doubles]] in a row, winning both the league and [[Lebanese FA Cup|FA Cup]] in [[2005–06 Lebanese Premier League|2005–06]] and [[2006–07 Lebanese Premier League|2006–07]].<ref name=":0" /> Amine also won another FA Cup with Ansar, in [[2009–10 Lebanese FA Cup|2009–10]].<ref name=":0" />

In 2011 Amine joined [[Akhaa Ahli Aley FC|Akhaa Ahli Aley]]; he played 21 games in his first season ([[2011–12 Lebanese Premier League|2011–12]]), and six games in his second season ([[2012–13 Lebanese Premier League|2012–13]]).<ref name=":0" /> Amine retired from football in 2013.<ref name=":0" />

== International career ==
Amine played for the [[Lebanon national under-23 football team|Lebanon national under-23 team]] at the [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 2|2008 Olympics qualifiers]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=28 February 2007|title=Vietnam v Lebanon|url=http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1889.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616205156/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1889.pdf|archive-date=16 June 2012|access-date=18 October 2020|website=The AFC}}</ref> His first game for the U23s was on 28 February 2007, in a 2–0 defeat to [[Vietnam national under-23 football team|Vietnam]].<ref name=":1" /> Amine also scored a goal on 28 March 2007, helping Lebanon beat [[Indonesia national under-23 football team|Indonesia]] 2–1.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=28 March 2007|title=Indonesia v Lebanon|url=http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1997.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616205224/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1997.pdf|archive-date=16 June 2012|access-date=5 January 2021|website=The AFC}}</ref>

Amine made his senior international debut for [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]] on 20 June 2007 at the [[2007 WAFF Championship]],<ref name=":0" /> with Lebanon losing 3–0 to [[Jordan national football team|Jordan]].<ref name=":0" /> The defender's first international [[Shutout|clean sheet]] came the following match, on 20 January 2008, in a goalless draw against [[China national football team|China]] in a [[Exhibition game|friendly]].<ref name=":0" /> Amine played 16 games for Lebanon, between 2007 and 2009.<ref name=":0" />

==Honours==
'''Ansar'''
* [[Lebanese Premier League]]: [[2005–06 Lebanese Premier League|2005–06]], [[2006–07 Lebanese Premier League|2006–07]]
* Lebanese FA Cup: 2005–06, 2006–07, [[2009–10 Lebanese FA Cup|2009–10]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{NFT player|9785}}
* {{Soccerway|70914}}
* {{FA Lebanon player|16796}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amine, Hussein}}
[[Category:Lebanese men's footballers]]
[[Category:Lebanon men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Lebanese Premier League players]]
[[Category:Al Ansar FC players]]
[[Category:Akhaa Ahli Aley FC players]]
[[Category:Lebanon men's youth international footballers]]
[[Category:People from Marjeyoun District]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Nabatieh Governorate]]