Jouana Hamze

Jouana Toufic Hamze (Arabic: جوانا توفيق حمزة; born 13 October 1988) is a Lebanese football coach and former player who is head coach of the Lebanon women's national team. She played as a defender for the Lebanon national team.

Jouana Hamze
Personal information
Full name Jouana Toufic Hamze[1]
Date of birth (1988-10-13) 13 October 1988[2]
Place of birth Beirut, Lebanon[1]
Position(s) Defender[3]
Team information
Current team
 Lebanon (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 Sadaka
2007–2009 Ansar
2010–2012 Sadaka
International career
2010–2013 Lebanon 8+ (0)
Managerial career
2022–2023 Lebanon U18
2023 Lebanon U19
2023 Lebanon U20
2023– Lebanon
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Lebanon (as manager)
WAFF U-18 Girls Championship
Gold medal – first place2022U-18 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Hamze played for Sadaka in 2007,[4] then moved Ansar and played in 2007–08 and 2008–09.[5] She then returned to Sadaka, playing in 2010–11[6] and 2011–12.[7]

International career

Hamze made her senior debut for Lebanon on 19 October 2010, in a 5–1 defeat to Egypt.[2] She capped during the 2010 Arabia Women's Cup, the 2011 WAFF Women's Championship and the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification.[2]

Managerial career

Hamze was head coach of the Lebanon women's national under-18 team at the 2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship,[8] in which she helped Lebanon lift the title after defeating Syria 5–1 in the final.[9] She also coached the under-20 team at the 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualification, in which Lebanon qualified to the second round.[10]

On 9 July 2023, Hamze was appointed head coach of Lebanon women's national team.[11] On 18 and 21 July, she helped Lebanon beat Palestine 5–0 and 2–1 in her first two games as Lebanon coach.[12][13] In September 2023, Hamze led Lebanon to win the 2023 SAFF Friendly Tournament in Saudi Arabia.[14]

Personal life

Her paternal uncle, Salim Hamze,[15] was also an international footballer for Lebanon during the 1990s.[16]

Honours

Manager

Lebanon U18

See also

References
  1. "Jouana Hamze". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  2. "Jouana Hamze". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  3. "AFC WOMEN'S ASIAN CUP 2014". AFC. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  4. https://al-akhbar.com/Sport/195955
  5. بطولة لبنان الكروية لسيدات الصداقة للمرة الثانية 2009 [Sadaka win the Lebanese Women's Football League for a second time in 2009]. abdogedeon.com (in Arabic). Al Liwaa. 23 May 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  6. "الدوبليه الرابعة على التوالي لسيدات الصداقة - Malaeeb". Malaeeb.com. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  7. "«الصداقة» بطل لبنان للسنة الخامسة على التوالي". الجمهورية (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  8. "رسالة قوية من مدربة ناشئات لبنان لمنتخبات غرب آسيا". كووورة. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  9. الكبير, لبنان (30 October 2022). "غراند سكور | جوانا حمزة: في المباراة النهائية أظهرنا مستوانا الحقيقي وفزنا بسهولة على سوريا". موقع لبنان الكبير (in Arabic). Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  10. فواز, محمد (30 October 2022). "غراند سكور | جوانا حمزة: في المباراة النهائية أظهرنا مستوانا الحقيقي وفزنا بسهولة على سوريا". موقع لبنان الكبير (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  11. Lebanese Football Association [@thelfawomen] (9 July 2023). جوانا حمزة مدربة منتخب سيدات لبنان [Jouana Hamze is the coach of Lebanon women's national team] (in Arabic) – via Instagram.
  12. Khaled, Nasser (19 July 2023). فوز كبير لسيدات لبنان على فلسطين [A big win for the Lebanese women against Palestine]. Kooora (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  13. "لبنان يجدد فوزه على فلسطين وديًا". The LFA. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  14. https://the-lfa.com.lb/news/2023/10/01/news620.php
  15. غراند سكور | جوانا حمزة: لولا جهود الجميع إدارة وجهازاً فنيا ولاعبات لما تحقق الانجاز (in Arabic). لبنان الكبير. 30 October 2022. 10:00 minutes in.
  16. "Salim Hamze". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 10 July 2023.


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