Jouana Toufic Hamze ( ar, جوانا توفيق حمزة; born 13 October 1988) is a Lebanese

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coach and former player who is the assistant coach of the Lebanon women's national team. She played as a defender for the Lebanon national team.

Club career

Hamze played for

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in 2007, then moved Ansar and played in 2007–08 and 2008–09. She then returned to Sadaka, playing in

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and 2011–12.

International career

Hamze made her senior debut for Lebanon on 19 October 2010, in a 5–1 defeat to Egypt. She capped during the

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, the

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and the

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Managerial career

Hamze was head coach of the Lebanon women's national under-18 team at the

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, in which she helped Lebanon lift the title after defeating

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5–1 in the final. She also coached the

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team at the

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, in which Lebanon qualified to the

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. On 9 July 2023, Hamze was appointed head coach of Lebanon women's national team. On 18 and 21 July, she helped Lebanon beat

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5–0 and 2–1 in her first two games as Lebanon coach. In September 2023, Hamze led Lebanon to win the 2023 SAFF Friendly Tournament in Saudi Arabia. She became assistant coach in 2024.

Personal life

Her paternal uncle, Salim Hamze, was also an international footballer for Lebanon during the 1990s.

Honours

Manager

Lebanon U18 * WAFF U-18 Girls Championship:

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* * 1988 births Living people 21st-century Lebanese women 21st-century Lebanese people Footballers from Beirut Lebanese women's footballers Women's association football defenders Sadaka SC women's footballers Al Ansar FC (women) players Lebanese Women's Football League players Lebanon women's international footballers Lebanese women's football managers Female association football managers Lebanon women's national football team managers {{Lebanon-women-footy-bio-stub