Atef Hamdan

Atef Hamdan (Arabic: عاطف حمدان; born 1992) is a Lebanese multi-code international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for Wolves in the Lebanon Rugby League Championship, Beirut Phoenicians in the Lebanon Rugby Union Championship, and the Lebanon national team at international level.

Atef Hamdan

Date of birth	1992 (age 31–32)
Place of birth	Lebanon
University	Lebanese American University
Rugby league career
Position(s) Prop Current team Wolves Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Lebanese American University () 2018 Beirut Arab University () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2011–2018 Immortals () 2021– Wolves () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2022– Lebanon 0 (0)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Current team Beirut Phoenicians Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2018– Beirut Phoenicians ()

Biography

Club career

Hamdan played rugby league at college level for the Lebanese American University (LAU),^[1][2] before playing for Immortals – the LAU's team in the Lebanon Rugby League Championship – between 2011–12^[3][4] and 2017–18.^[5] In 2018, he played at college level for Beirut Arab University (BAU)^[6] and rugby union for Beirut Phoenicians.^[7] Hamdan helped Wolves lift the 2021 Rugby League Championship title after beating Grey Wolves in the final on 21 October 2021.^[8]

Representative career

Having played for Lebanon Espoirs internationally in 2012,^[9] Hamdan was initially called up to represent the Lebanon national team at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup^[10] as one of only two local players in the squad,^[11] but withdrew and was replaced by Robin Hachache. In 2022, he took part in various friendly games in preparation for the upcoming West Asia Rugby Championship, playing against Syria and the French UNIFIL forces.^[12][13]

Personal life

Hamdan graduated from the Lebanese American University in 2014.^[14]

References

1. البلمند بطلة درع الجامعات الأولى للركبي على حساب الجامعة الاميركية [Balamand are the champions of the first university rugby shield at the expense of the American University]. Elsport (in Arabic). 4 June 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
2. "LAU Trireme 2013". Lebanese American University. 31 October 2013. p. 257. Retrieved 17 October 2022 – via Issuu.
3. لقب بنك بيروت للركبي ليغ احرزه فريق طرابلس [Bank of Beirut Rugby League title won by Tripoli team]. Malaeeb (in Arabic). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
4. "Immortals RLFC 16–10 Tripoli RLFC". Lebanese Rugby League Federation. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
5. "Immortals RLFC 58–0 Jounieh RLFC". Lebanese Rugby League Federation. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
6. "BAU 30–18 LIU Tripoli". Lebanese Rugby League Federation. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
7. "Beirut Phoenicians players Atef Hamdan, Ali Tfayli, and Sol Mokdad". Beirut Phoenicians RFC. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2022 – via Facebook.
8. "Wolves clinch Lebanon Rugby League Title". Chasing Roos. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
9. "Lebanon 0 v 56 England". European Rugby League. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
10. Pryde, Scott (11 October 2022). "Rugby League World Cup best 17s: Lebanon". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
11. Tomlinson, Daniel (5 October 2022). "Rugby League World Cup Group C Preview: New Zealand top guns, Ireland challenge". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
12. Khaled, Nasser (16 October 2022). بالصور.. رجبي لبنان يهزم الكتيبة الفرنسية وديا [In pictures.. Lebanon rugby defeats the French battalion in a friendly]. Kooora (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
13. منتخب لبنان يفوز على الكتيبة الفرنسية 19 صفر في بطولة الركبي في صور [The Lebanon national team beat the French battalion 19–0 in a rugby championship in Tyre]. tayyar.org (in Arabic). 17 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
14. "LAU Trireme 2014". Lebanese American University. 7 November 2014. p. 72. Retrieved 17 October 2022 – via Issuu.

External links

• Profile at Rugby League Project