Mootaz Jounaidi

{{Family name hatnote|Mohamad Ahmad Mohamad|El Jounaidi|lang=Lebanese}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Mootaz Jounaidi

| image = Lebanon vs Saudi Arabia Mootaz Jounaidi.jpg

| caption = Jounaidi with Lebanon at the 2019 Asian Cup

| fullname = Mootaz Bellah Mohamad Ahmad Mohamad El Jounaidi

| height = 1.81 m

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|9|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Beirut, Lebanon{{GSA player|mootaz-el-jounaidi/65001|access-date=13 August 2019}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Centre-back

| youthyears1 = 2001–2006

| youthclubs1 = Ansar

| years1 = 2006–2022

| clubs1 = Ansar

| caps1 = 130+

| goals1 = 15

| years2 = 2013–2014

| clubs2 = → Dibba Al Fujairah (loan)

| caps2 = 20

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2014–2015

| clubs3 = → Naft Al-Janoob (loan)

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 2017

| clubs4 = → FELDA United (loan)

| caps4 = 12

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2022–2023

| clubs5 = Sagesse

| caps5 = 18

| goals5 = 0

| totalcaps = 168+

| totalgoals = 15

| nationalyears1 = 2007

| nationalteam1 = Lebanon U23

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| nationalyears2 = 2008–2019

| nationalteam2 = Lebanon

| nationalcaps2 = 50

| nationalgoals2 = 0

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Mootaz Bellah Mohamad Ahmad Mohamad El Jounaidi{{efn|Commonly referred to as Mootaz Bellah El Jounaidi ({{langx|ar|معتز بالله الجنيدي}}) or simply Mootaz Jounaidi}} ({{langx|ar|مُعْتَزّ بِالله مُحَمَّد أَحْمَد مُحَمَّد الْجُنَيْدِيّ}}; born 26 September 1986) is a Lebanese former professional footballer who played as a centre-back for the Lebanon national team and Ansar, among other club sides.

Club career

Jounaidi joined Ansar's youth team in 2001,{{Cite web |date=2022-07-08 |title=بالصور.. الأنصار يودع الجنيدي ويمنحه الاستغناء |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1154382 |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=كووورة}} and made his senior debut during the 2006–07 season.{{Cite web |title=قمة بين السعودية وإيران واختبار صعب للأردن في تصفيات أولمبياد بكين |url=https://www.alayyam.info/news/2WCKMIO0-0ENNEE |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=alayyam.info |language=ar}} He joined Dibba Al Fujairah in the UAE First Division League in September 2013.{{Cite web |title=دبا الفجيرة يضم اللبناني معتز الجنيدي |url=https://www.albayan.ae/sports/emirates/2013-09-06-1.1954441 |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=www.albayan.ae |date=5 September 2013 |language=ar}} The following year, Jounaidi was sent on a one-year loan to Iraqi Premier League side Naft Al-Janoob.{{Cite web |title=نفط الجنوب يلاعب الحدود ومدربه واثق من قدرات لاعبيه للتميز – جريدة الشرق |url=http://www.alsharqpaper.com/news.php?action=view&id=14690 |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=alsharqpaper.com}}

Following his two loan experiences, he returned to Ansar in August 2015.{{Cite web |title=رسمياً معتز بالله الجنيدي يعود الى نادي الأنصار |url=https://www.elsport.com/news/show/270878/رسمياً-معتز-بالله-الجنيدي-يعود-الى-نادي-الأنصار |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=Elsport News |language=ar}} In January 2017, Jounaidi moved to FELDA United in the Malaysia Super League on a one-year loan.{{Cite web |title=الجنيدي يوقّع لفيلدا يونايتد الماليزي |url=http://lebanonfg.com/single/691 |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=lebanonfg.com |language=en}} In June 2021, he renewed with Ansar for two seasons.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-15 |title=قائد الأنصار يعلن التجديد موسمين |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1040820 |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=كووورة}} Jounaidi left Ansar in July 2022, after having spent over 21 years with the club.

On 12 July 2022, Jounaidi signed for Sagesse on a free transfer.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-12 |title=الجنيدي يوقع للحكمة |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1155136 |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=كووورة}}

International career

Jounaidi represented Lebanon internationally at under-23 level at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualifiers in 2007.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=28 February 2007|title=Vietnam v Lebanon|url=http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1889.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616205156/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1889.pdf|archive-date=16 June 2012|access-date=22 October 2020|website=The AFC}} At the senior level, he appeared in qualifying matches for the 2010, 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cup.{{NFT player|5033|access-date=28 June 2018}} In December 2018, Jounaidi was called up for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup squad.{{Cite web |title=AC2019 Final Squads |url=https://assets.the-afc.com/migration/a/f/afc-asian-cup-uae-2019-complete-squad-lists |access-date=25 June 2022 |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |page=19}}

Style of play

While not a fast player, Jounaidi's strengths lie in his experience and aerial threat.{{Cite web|url=https://lebfootballreview.com/2019/01/09/the-final-23-who-are-they/|title=The final 23: who are they?|date=9 January 2019|website=Lebanese Football Review|language=en|access-date=26 July 2019}}

Honours

Ansar

Lebanese Premier League: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2020–21
Lebanese FA Cup: 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2020–21; runner-up: 2021–22
Lebanese Super Cup: 2012, 2021; runner-up: 2002, 2010
Lebanese Elite Cup runner-up: 2005, 2008, 2010

Notes

References

External links

[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/leb-jounaidi-intl.html Mootaz Jounaidi] at RSSSF
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Category:1986 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Beirut

Category:Lebanese men's footballers

Category:21st-century Lebanese sportsmen

Category:Men's association football central defenders

Category:Al Ansar FC players

Category:Dibba Al Fujairah FC players

Category:Naft Al-Basra SC players

Category:FELDA United F.C. players

Category:Sagesse SC (football) players

Category:Lebanese Premier League players