# Hanin Tamim

Hanin Maher Tamim (Arabic: حنين ماهر تميم; born 5 April 2000) is a Lebanese former footballer who played as a forward. She played 21 games for the Lebanon national team between 2018 and 2024, scoring eight goals.

## Early life

Born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, Tamim started playing football aged eight with her older brother and his friends. Aged 10, she started playing for FC Beirut's boys academy, stating that she "did not know that a girls team existed back then". Three years later, aged 13, she was scouted by Girls Football Academy (GFA) while playing football in her school, and joined the team.

## Club career

Coming through the youth system, Tamim spent three seasons at GFA playing in the Lebanese Women's Football League. She moved to Stars Association for Sports (SAS) – the league reigning champions – in 2018. Tamim helped SAS to a second-place finish at the inaugural 2019 WAFF Women's Clubs Championship; she described it as her favourite international experience.
On 27 May 2022, Tamim signed for the Lander Bearcats, the football team of Lander University in the United States.

## International career

Tamin had represented Lebanon internationally at under-17 and under-19 level, before making her senior debut on 8 November 2018, in a 8–0 defeat to Iran in the 2020 Summer Olympics qualifiers. She scored her first goal on 7 January 2019, with Lebanon losing to Bahrain 3–2 in the 2019 WAFF Championship. Tamim scored three goals, and helped Lebanon finish in third place.
On 24 October 2021, Tamim scored a brace in a 2022 AFC Asian Cup qualification game against Guam, which ended in a 3–0 win. She was called up to the 2024 WAFF Women's Championship.

## Personal life

Tamim studied three years at the American University of Beirut, with a focus in nutrition and dietetics. Shortly after a 10-month internship at a hospital in Lebanon, Tamim became a licensed dietitian.
While playing for the Lander Bearcats in 2022, Tamim majored in business administration and worked part-time as a graduate assistant at Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina.

## Career statistics
### International

    Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tamim goal.
List of international goals scored by Hanin Tamim :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 7 January 2019 | Shaikh Ali Bin Mohammed Stadium, Muharraq, Bahrain | Bahrain | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2019 WAFF Championship |
| 2 | 11 January 2019 | Shaikh Ali Bin Mohammed Stadium, Muharraq, Bahrain | Jordan | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2019 WAFF Championship |
| 3 | 15 January 2019 | Shaikh Ali Bin Mohammed Stadium, Muharraq, Bahrain | Palestine | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2019 WAFF Championship |
| 4 | 24 October 2021 | Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | Guam | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2022 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 5 | 24 October 2021 | Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | Guam | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2022 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 6 | 21 July 2023 | Tripoli Municipal Stadium, Tripoli, Lebanon | Palestine | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 7 | 21 July 2023 | Tripoli Municipal Stadium, Tripoli, Lebanon | Palestine | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 8 | 15 February 2024 | Safa Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon | Syria | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |

## Honours

SAS
* Lebanese Women's Football League: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23
* Lebanese Women's FA Cup: 2018–19
* Lebanese Women's Super Cup: 2018
* WAFF Women's Clubs Championship runner-up: 2019
Lebanon U18
* WAFF U-18 Women's Championship runner-up: 2018
Lebanon U17
* Arab U-17 Women's Cup: 2015
Lebanon
* WAFF Women's Championship third place: 2019