Bas Savage
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| Bas Savage | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Basir Mohammed Savage | |
| Date of birth | 7 January 1982 | |
| Place of birth | London, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Millwall | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Walton & Hersham | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2002–2005 2004 2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008– |
Reading → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) → Bury (loan) Bristol City Gillingham Brighton & Hove Albion Millwall |
16 (0) 4 (0) 5 (0) 23 (1) 14 (1) 36 (9) 11 (2) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Basir Mohammed "Bas" Savage (born 7 January 1982 in London) is a professional footballer who is currently signed to League One club Millwall. He is known for his trademark moonwalk goal celebration, which has gained cult fame on TV's Soccer AM.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Starting out at Reading
Savage started his professional career at Reading in 2002 after moving from non-league Walton & Hersham, where, after a very promising start, he was struck by a career threatening injury that kept him out of the game for almost a year. After Reading appointed Steve Coppell as manager, Savage struggled to get a place back in the team, and was used as a utility midfielder, often playing on the right wing. Despite some good performances in 2003 (notably one against Chelsea in the League Cup) and spending a couple of sessions on loan to Bury and Wycombe Wanderers, Savage was eventually released by Reading.
[edit] Bristol City
After being courted by Coventry City, and a host of other clubs, Savage finally decided to sign for Bristol City on a short-term contract. He was soon a favourite of Gary Johnson during his time at Bristol City, and he finally quickly scored his first League goal - a header against Scunthorpe United. He soon won over the City fans, not just by scoring his first goal but with his extravagent style of play. However, he was relegated to the substitutes bench following the arrival of Mark McCammon, before finally leaving the club after being released from his contract.
[edit] Stint at Gillingham
On 28 September 2006, Savage signed a three month contract with Gillingham after manager Ronnie Jepson decided they would 'have a good look at him before deciding on a long term decision'. He made his debut for Gillingham as a second half substitute for Clint Easton in a 2-1 home win over Cheltenham Town.
His first start came in a 3-2 away win over Tranmere Rovers on 23 December 2006. Following starts in Gillingham's following games, a Boxing Day home match against Leyton Orient where he was involved in the build up to Gillingham's first goal, an own goal scored by Brian Saah.
Having impressed Jepson during his initial three months at Gillingham, Savage signed for a further month in late December and scored his first goal on 20 January 2007 in a 1-1 draw away to the team he made his debut against, Cheltenham Town.
[edit] Saga at Brighton
On 31 January 2007, Savage was released from his deal at Gillingham after failing to agree new contract terms, and on 2 February 2007 he signed a one-year deal at Brighton & Hove Albion.[1]
His career at Brighton got off to a flying start, with four goals in his first eight appearances for his new club. His goals for the club has meant he had doubled his goals tally with Brighton compared to what he achieved throughout his whole career combined.
It was his move to Brighton which was the catalyst for his newly found cult status. TV show Soccer AM picked up on his moonwalk goal celebrations and now broadcast every one of his moonwalk celebrations. The feature 'I wanna be like Bas Savage' is broadcast every weekend morning. He even had his own T-shirt made to highlight his goal celebration.[2]
Savage started new contract talks with Brighton chairman Dick Knight during November 2007. Knight has been quoted as saying that he offered the player a new improved 18-month contract. It was revealed on Boxing Day 2007 that Savage had turned this deal down. [3]
[edit] Millwall
Savage signed for Millwall on 24 February 2008 on a contract set to run until the end of the season.
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Savage, Basir Mohammed |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Savage, Bas |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Footballer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7 January 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
