Hiba El Jaafil

{{Short description|Lebanese football player and coach (born 1987)}}

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| birth_place = Sidon, Lebanon

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| position = Midfielder{{Cite web|url=http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/6996|title=AFC WOMEN'S ASIAN CUP 2014|website=AFC|accessdate=17 December 2020}}

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| youthyears1 = 2002–2006

| youthclubs1 = Sadaka

| youthyears2 = 2006–2007

| youthclubs2 = Arz

| years1 = 2007–2015

| clubs1 = Shabab Arabi

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| nationalteam1 = Lebanon U15

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| nationalyears2 = 2008

| nationalteam2 = Lebanon (futsal)

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| nationalgoals2 = 2

| nationalyears3 = 2006–2013

| nationalteam3 = Lebanon

| nationalcaps3 = 14+

| nationalgoals3 = 3

| manageryears1 = 2014–2016

| managerclubs1 = Lebanon U19 (women)

| manageryears2 = 2014–2016

| managerclubs2 = Lebanon U17 (women)

| manageryears3 = 2015

| managerclubs3 = Lebanon (women)

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Hiba El Jaafil ({{langx|ar|هبة الجعفيل}}; born 7 January 1987) is a Lebanese football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. She is also a former futsal player, and represented Lebanon internationally in both football and futsal.

Early life

El Jaafil was born in Sidon and raised in the Ouzai district of Beirut.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goethe.de/ins/lb/ar/kul/mag/21440734.html|title=مثال مشجع|trans-title=An encouraging example|language=ar|website=Goethe|accessdate=17 December 2020}}

Club career

When she turned 15, El Jaafil joined Majd, which changed their name to Sadaka after less than a year.{{Cite web|last=سبورت|first=سام|title=صور : اللبنانية هبة الجعفيل .. منتخب فلسطين النسوي تطور وافضل من اللبناني حاليا وحلمي زيارة فلسطين|url=https://www.sam-sport.net/post/7659/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-:-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B9%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84-..-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8-%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A-%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86|access-date=2020-12-17|website=سام سبورت|language=ar}} 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.{{Cite web|title=الجعفيل لـ"الجمهورية": لتحقيق المزيد من البطولات مع منتخب الفتيات|url=https://www.aljoumhouria.com/ar/news/241209|access-date=2020-12-17|website=الجمهورية|language=ar}}

International career

El Jaafil has been capped for Lebanon at senior level in both football and futsal. In football, she represented Lebanon at the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification in 2013, where she played three games and scored one goal against Kuwait.

In futsal, El Jaafil played for Lebanon at the 2008 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship.{{Cite news|url=https://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/futsal%20women.html|title=WOMEN FOOTSALE AU LIBAN|language=ar|website=abdogedeon|accessdate=16 December 2020}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.streetfootballworld.org/latest/blog/life-pitch-meet-hiba-el-jaafil-lebanon|title=Life is a Pitch: Meet Hiba El Jaafil from Lebanon|website=streetfootballworld|accessdate=17 December 2020}} 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.{{Cite web|title=منتديات كووورة|url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=35270833|access-date=2021-02-16|website=forum.kooora.com}}

Career statistics

=International=

:Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each El Jaafil goal.

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of international goals scored by Hiba El Jaafil
scope="col"\|No. !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Venue !scope="col"\|Opponent !scope="col"\|Score !scope="col"\|Result !scope="col"\|Competition !scope="col" class="unsortable"\|{{Abbr\|Ref.\|References}}
align="center"\|1 \|rowspan=2\|23 October 2010 \|rowspan=2\|Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain \|rowspan=2\|{{fbw\|IRQ}} \|align="center"\|?–0 \|rowspan=2 align="center"\|9–0 \|rowspan=2\|2010 Arabia Women's Cup \|
align="center"\|2 \|align="center"\|?–0 \|
align="center"\|3 \|9 June 2013 \|Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan \|{{fbw\|KUW}} \|align="center"\|3–0 \|align="center"\|12–1 \|2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification \|

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Hiba El Jaafil

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

align="center"|1

|rowspan=2|23 October 2010