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Hassan Maatouk in 2019
Hassan Maatouk is an
association football player who plays as a
forward for the
Lebanon national football team . He is the country's all-time top goalscorer and most-capped player. Maatouk made his debut for Lebanon against
Saudi Arabia on 27 January 2006. His first international goal came five years later in his 20th appearance for his country against
Bangladesh .
[3] Maatouk has scored 23 goals in 121 international appearances, as of 26 March 2024.
[4]
Maatouk has scored two
braces for his national team, scoring twice against
Kuwait in a 2–2 draw in a
2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier ,
[5] and two against
Thailand in a 5–2 win in a
2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifier .
[6] He has scored more goals against
North Korea and Thailand than any other team, with three goals against them. Maatouk has scored more than half of his goals at home, with ten at the
Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium , two at the
Saida Municipal Stadium and one at the
Tripoli International Olympic Stadium .
The majority of Maatouk's goals have come in qualification matches, with eight goals having been scored in
FIFA World Cup qualifiers , and eight in
AFC Asian Cup qualifiers , leading his team to the
2019 edition unbeaten in the
qualifiers with five goals in six games. He has also scored four goals in
friendlies , two goals in the
SAFF Championship and one goal in the
AFC Asian Cup .
International goals
As of goal scored on 28 June 2023
Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Maatouk goal .
Statistics
As of match played 26 March 2024
[4]
Goals by year
Year
Competitive
Friendly
Total
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
2006
1
0
1
0
1
0
2007
2
0
1
0
3
0
2008
0
0
3
0
3
0
2009
8
0
1
0
9
0
2010
2
0
0
0
2
0
2011
6
3
5
1
11
4
2012
6
1
3
0
9
1
2013
8
2
3
1
11
3
2014
1
2
2
0
3
2
2015
6
2
1
0
7
2
2016
2
0
4
2
6
2
2017
5
4
0
0
5
4
2018
1
1
5
0
6
1
2019
12
2
0
0
12
2
2020
0
0
1
0
1
0
2021
5
0
2
0
7
0
2022
2
0
1
0
3
0
2023
11
2
4
0
15
2
2024
5
0
1
0
4
0
Total
83
19
38
4
121
23
See also
Notes
References
External links
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