Abbas Saad

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Abbas Saad
Personal information
Full name Abbas Saad
Date of birth December 1, 1967 (1967-12-01) (age 40)
Place of birth    Lebanon
Playing position striker
Club information
Current club retired
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*

1989-1990
1990
1991-1992
1993-1994
1996-1997
1997-1999
1998
1999-2000
2000
2001
2002
2002-2003
2003		 Sydney City
Sydney Olympic
Singapore (Malaysian League team)
Johor
Singapore (Malaysian League team)
Sydney Olympic
Sydney United
A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers
Northern Spirit
Canterbury-Marrickville
Fraser Park
Auburn United
St George Saints
Belmore Hercules		  ? (?)
22 (8)
? (?)
? (?)
? (20)
? (?)
26 (9)
? (?)
13 (3)
11 (6)
? (?)
? (?)
11 (4)
9 (4)   
National team2
1992-1998 Flag of Australia Australia 4 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 7 August 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 7 August 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Abbas Saad (born 1 December 1967, in Lebanon) is an Australian former international football (soccer) player.

[edit] Club career

Born in Lebanon, Saad moved to Australia and started a professional footballing career. A midfielder with a good eye for goal, he played in the Malaysian League for Johor and Singapore in the early 1990s. He was a key member of teams that won the League and Malaysia Cup double with both Johor in 1991 and Singapore in 1994.

However shortly after the 1994 triumph with Singapore, he was charged with match-fixing. He was tried, convicted and fined S$50,000 by the courts in Singapore. He then received a global playing ban from FIFA.

After his ban ended, he played for several teams in the National Soccer League in Australia – Sydney Olympic in 1996–97, Sydney United from 1997–99, and for Northern Spirit FC in the 1999–00 season.

He currently coaches New South Wales Premier League side Penrith Nepean United.

[edit] International career

In 1992, Saad represented Australia in a match against Malaysia. He also represented Australia in selected international matches during the FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds in 1998.

Preceded by
No Award Presented		 Joe Marston Medalist
1989/90		 Succeeded by
Joe Biskic

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