Paul Emile Rustom ( ar, بول إميل رستم; born 26 January 1983) is a Lebanese football coach and former player who is assistant coach of club Sagesse. He is the son of

Emile Rustom Emile Boulos Rustom ( ar, إميل بولس رستم; born 27 March 1952) is a Lebanese football coach and former player who is the head coach of club Sagesse. After playing with Sagesse for 22 years, and the Lebanon national team for nine ...

, a football manager and former player.

Club career

Rustom began his career at Sagesse, before moving to Ansar on 23 August 2007. After finishing runner-up in the

Lebanese Premier League The Lebanese First Division ( ar, الدوري اللبناني الدرجة الأولى), commonly known as the Lebanese Premier League (), is the top division of the Lebanese football league system. There are 12 teams competing in the league, ...

and the

Lebanese Elite Cup The Lebanese Elite Cup () is a Lebanese football annual cup competition contested by the top six teams of the previous Lebanese Premier League season. Founded in 1996 as the Super League Cup, the first edition was contested by the top five finish ...

, he signed for Nejmeh in September 2008. He won the

2008–09 Lebanese Premier League The 2008–09 Lebanese Premier League is the 48th season of Lebanon's football league. The league kicked off on October 11, 2008, Safa SC defeated Salam Zgharta at the opener. In that game, Mohammad Kassas scored the first goal of the season for S ...

, and the 2009

Lebanese Super Cup The Lebanese Super Cup () is Lebanese football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Lebanese Premier League season and the holders of the Lebanese FA Cup. If the Lebanese Premier League champions also won the Lebanese FA ...

after beating Ahed in the final. In 2010 he signed with Akhaa Ahli Aley, before returning to Sagesse in the

Lebanese Second Division The Lebanese Second Division ( ar, الدوري اللبناني الدرجة الثانية) is the second division of Lebanese football. Established in 1933, it is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association. The 12 teams that participate ...

the following year. He signed for

Racing Beirut Racing Club (), known as Racing Beirut or simply Racing, is a football club based in Achrafieh, a district in Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the . They play their home matches at the Fouad Chehab Stadium and are primarily supported by the ...

in September 2012, scoring his first goal on 27 October in a 4–2 defeat to Ansar. On 1 June 2013, he scored a brace to secure the win against Tadamon Sour in the final game of the season, helping

reach third place in the league table for the first time in 40 years. Rustom returned from retirement in March 2021, signing for Sagesse in the Second Division ahead of the second leg.

International career

Rustom began his international career in 2003, playing in the qualifiers for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Managerial career

On 12 August 2020, Rustom was appointed assistant coach of the Lebanon national under-20 team.

Personal life

Rustom is the son of the Lebanese football manager and former player

. He also has two siblings: Elie and Lawrence.

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