Christian Saba

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Christian Saba
File:Christian Saba.jpg
Saba in action for Bayern Munich II
Personal information
Full name Christian Saba
Date of birth (1978-12-29) 29 December 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
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Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
King Harrison
1994–1995 Hearts of Oak
1995–1996 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2011 Bayern Munich II 285 (8)
1997–1998 Bayern Munich 0 (0)
1998–1999 → Hertha BSC (loan) 1 (0)
1999–2000 → Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 0 (0)
Total 286 (8)
International career
Ghana U17 9 (1)
1996 Ghana U23
1996–1997 Ghana 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christian Saba (born 29 December 1978) is a Ghanaian former footballer who played as a central defender.

One of the most lengthy tenures of any foreign player with a sole team, he was never able however to make it past the reserves of Bayern Munich.

Club career

Saba was born in Accra. After appearing in his country for local King Harrison Accra and Accra Hearts of Oak, he joined FC Bayern Munich's youth system in 1995 at the age of 16, alongside compatriot Emanuel Bentil. Neither were able to break into the first team, but the former did manage to stay with the club, playing for the reserves and being an occasional standby player for the main squad.[1]

Saba's debut in the Bundesliga occurred not with Bayern, but with Hertha BSC, where he was on loan for 1998–99: on 29 May 1999, in the season's closer, he played ten minutes in a 6–1 home routing of Hamburger SV, in what would be his only top flight appearance. The following campaign he was loaned to Arminia Bielefeld,[2] but did not manage one single official appearance, and the club was also relegated from the top level.

From 2000 onwards Saba remained a defensive stalwart for Bayern's second team, which competed in Regionalliga Süd. He was released in June 2011 at nearly 33, after 16 years with the club.

International career

Saba was selected for Ghana's under-23 team for the 1996 Summer Olympics, alongside Bayern teammate Samuel Kuffour, and scored twice against Italy in the group stages, helping qualify the African precisely at the expense of the Europeans.[3]

References

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