Hiba El Jaafil ( ar, هبة الجعفيل; born 7 January 1987) is a Lebanese

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manager and former player who played as a midfielder. She is also a former futsal player, and represented Lebanon internationally in both

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

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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

and futsal. In football, she represented Lebanon at the

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in 2013, where she played three games and scored one goal against Kuwait. In futsal, El Jaafil played for Lebanon at the

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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 The 2015 Arab Under 17 Women's Cup ( ar, كأس العرب للفتيات تحت 17 سنة 2015) is the 1st edition of the Arab U-17 Women's Cup for national women's football teams for under 17 affiliated with the Union of Arab Football Associat ...

. 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''.

Honours

Player

Lebanon * WAFF Women's Championship third place:

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Manager

Lebanon U17 *

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* * 1987 births Living people People from Sidon Lebanese women's footballers Lebanese women's futsal players Women's association football midfielders Lebanon women's youth international footballers Lebanon women's international footballers Lebanese Women's Football League players Sadaka SC women's footballers Lebanese women's football managers Female association football managers Lebanon women's national football team managers {{Lebanon-women-footy-bio-stub