Hussain Nihan

Hussain Nihan
Personal information
Full name	Hussain Nihan
Date of birth	6 July 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth	L. Maabaidhoo, Maldives
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Maziya
Number	8
Youth career
2012	Club Eagles
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012	Club Eagles
2013–2014	Victory
2015–2017	Club Valencia
2018–2019	Victory
2019–	Maziya
International career‡
2018–	Maldives
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2021

Hussain Nihan (born 6 July 1992), known as Niheart, is a Maldivian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Maziya.

Career

Nihan started his career as a 19 year old teenager at

Club Valencia in 2015. Nihan played a vital role in Valencia's 2016 Maldives FA Cup win, helping them to lift the FA Cup trophy after 12 years.^[1] Following a successful three years at Club Valencia, Nihan again signed for Victory Sports Club in 2018.^[2] His display at Victory earned him his first national team

call-up.

On 6 March 2019, Nihan joined Maziya on a three year deal.^[3]

International

Nihan was first called up for Maldives national football team in 2018, making his debut in an international friendly against Singapore, replacing Mohamed Umair at stoppage time in the second half. Maldives lost the match 3-2, at the National Stadium, Singapore.

His first tournament action was at

2018 SAFF Championship Final against India was his first 90 minutes in national colors, in which the Maldives beat India 2-1, to become the second nation to win the tournament more than once.^[4]