Wael Gharzeddine ( ar, وائل غرز الدين; born 3 February 1978) is a Lebanese football coach who is the head coach of Jordanian women's club

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Career

Beginning his coaching career in Australia, Gharzeddine moved to Brazil where he coached the youth teams of Atletico Mineiro and

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. He then moved to Spain, coaching

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's U14 team, before moving to Lebanon, where he coached SAS in the

Lebanese Women's Football League The Lebanese Women's Football League ( ar, الدوري اللبناني لكرة القدم للسيدات) is the only league of women's football in Lebanon. It is run by the Lebanese Football Association and began in May 2008, with six teams ...

between 2014 and 2016, winning two league titles and a cup. In 2017, Gharzeddine became the head coach of the Lebanon women's national team. He finished in third place in the

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. Under his management, the national team made the biggest jump in points in the FIFA ranking of December 2021, mainly due to ranking best second in the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers. In February 2022, he resigned as head coach of the Lebanon women's national team. Gharzeddine also coached the Lebanon women's national under-19 team between 2018 and 2019, finishing as runner-up in the 2018 WAFF U-18 Women's Championship. That national team made a 22-place jump in the AFC ranking to reach the 12th place in Asia. On 22 February 2022, Gharzeddine was appointed head coach of Jordan Women's Football League side

, section of the 6 Yard football academy. In his first year with the club, he led the team to second-place finishes in the league and the cup in the club's debut season.

Personal life

Born in Ras el-Matn, Lebanon, Gharzeddine holds both Lebanese and

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citizenship.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Atlético Mineiro *

Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores The Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores (or ''Belo Horizonte Youth Cup'', in English), also known as Taça Belo Horizonte de Futebol Júnior or Taça BH, is a cup competition usually played by 36 Brazilian under-20 football teams, most of them fro ...

: 2009 Australian Football Skool * Institute Cup U-19: 2010 SAS *

: 2014–15, 2015–16 * Lebanese Women's FA Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15 Lebanon U19 *

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runner-up:

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Lebanon *

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third place:

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References

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