{{short description|Lebanese footballer (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date = August 2019}} {{Family name hatnote|Ghaleb|Melhem|lang=Lebanese}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Adnan Melhem | image = Adnan Melhem (crop).jpg | caption = Melhem in 2019 | fullname = Adnan Ghaleb Melhem<ref name="GSA player">{{GSA player|adnan-melhem/1280|access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|04|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Machghara]], Lebanon<ref name="GSA player"/> | height = 1.76 m | position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]] | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2011–2012 | clubs1 = [[Al Ahed FC|Ahed]] | caps1 = 10 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2012–2018 | clubs2 = [[Racing Club Beirut|Racing Beirut]] | caps2 = 93 | goals2 = 33 | years3 = 2014–2015 | clubs3 = → [[Naft Maysan FC|Naft Maysan]] (loan) | caps3 = | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2018–2019 | clubs4 = [[Salam Zgharta FC|Salam Zgharta]] | caps4 = 14 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 2019–2020 | clubs5 = [[Tadamon Sour SC|Tadamon Sour]] | caps5 = 3 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2020–2021 | clubs6 = [[Shabab El Bourj SC|Shabab Bourj]] | caps6 = 16 | goals6 = 10 | years7 = 2021–2023 | clubs7 = [[Tadamon Sour SC|Tadamon Sour]] | caps7 = 20 | goals7 = 6 | years8 = 2023–2024 | clubs8 = [[Sagesse SC (football)|Sagesse]] | caps8 = 14 | goals8 = 1 | years9 = 2024–2025 | clubs9 = [[Jwaya SC|Jwaya]] | caps9 = 16 | goals9 = 3 | nationalyears1 = 2013 | nationalteam1 = [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]] | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = 17:48, 11 August 2025 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = }} '''Adnan Ghaleb Melhem''' ({{langx|ar|عَدْنَان غَالِب مَلْحَم}}; born 29 April 1989) is a Lebanese [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Striker (association football)|striker]].
== Club career == On 7 June 2019, Melhem joined [[Tadamon Sour SC|Tadamon Sour]] on a one-year contract.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-17|title=ملحم ينضم إلى التضامن صور|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=851015|access-date=2020-07-07|website=كووورة}}</ref> On 7 July 2020, [[Shabab El Bourj SC|Shabab Bourj]] announced the signing of Melhem on a free transfer, on a one-year contract.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mahfoud|first=Maroun|date=2020-07-07|title=Official: Adnan Melhem joins Shabab al Bourj|url=https://www.falebanon.com/official-adnan-melhem-joins-shabab-al-bourj/|access-date=2020-07-07|website=FA Lebanon|language=en-US}}</ref> He scored 10 goals in the [[2020–21 Lebanese Premier League|2020–21 season]], finishing as the second-top goalscorer, behind [[Hassan Maatouk]] with 14 goals, and helping his side avoid relegation.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-03|title=عدنان ملحم الأفضل في سداسية البقاء|url=https://elmaestrosport.com/عدنان-ملحم-الأفضل-في-سداسية-البقاء/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-03|website=El Maestro Sport|language=ar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503004750/https://elmaestrosport.com/%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B3%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A1/ |archive-date=3 May 2021 }}</ref> On 4 May 2021, Melhem returned to Tadamon Sour on a two-year deal.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mahfoud|first=Maroun|date=2021-05-04|title=Adnan Melhem returns home|url=https://www.falebanon.com/26848/|access-date=2021-05-04|website=FA Lebanon|language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Honours == '''Ahed''' * [[Lebanese Elite Cup]]: [[2011 Lebanese Elite Cup|2011]] * [[Lebanese Super Cup]]: 2011
'''Individual''' * [[Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season]]: [[2013–14 Lebanese Premier League|2013–14]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.annahar.com/article/138587-%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AC-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%8418|title=نتائج مهرجان كرة المنار الـ18|date=2014-06-03|website=An-Nahar|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=10 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510223557/https://www.annahar.com/article/138587-%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AC-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%8418|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[List of top Lebanese Premier League goal scorers by season|Lebanese Premier League top scorer]]: 2013–14<ref name=":0" />
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == {{commonscat}} * {{FA Lebanon player|15403}} * {{NFT player|54370}} * {{Soccerway|219010}} * {{Goalzz|95709}} * {{LFG player|113}}
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