Christian Saba

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Personal information
Christian Saba
Full name	Christian Saba
Date of birth	December 29, 1978 (age 28)
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	FC Bayern II
Number	37 ^[1]
Youth clubs
	Accra King Harrison Accra Hearts of Oak FC Bayern II
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995- 1995- 1998-99 1999-2000	FC Bayern FC Bayern II Hertha Berlin (loan) Arminia Bielefeld (loan)	0 (0) ?? (??) 1 (0) ?? (??)
National team²
1996	Ghana Under-23	?? (??)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 November 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 25 November 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Christian Saba (born 29 December 1978 in Accra) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a defender for Bayern Munich II.

He joined Bayern in 1996 alongside compatriot Emanuel Bentil. Neither were able to break into the first team, but Saba has stayed with the club, playing for their reserves and being an occasional standby player for the first team. He has had loan spells with Hertha Berlin and Arminia Bielefeld.

He was selected for the Ghana U-23 team at the 1996 Olympics, alongside former club colleague Samuel Kuffour and scored a spectacular goal against Italy^[2]. Prior to coming to Germany he played youth football for Accra King Harrison and Accra Hearts of Oak.

[edit] External links

Career stats at Fussballdaten.de (incomplete)
FC Bayern profile

[edit] Notes and references

^ Saba's number 37 is for the Bayern first-team, of which he is an occasional squad member.
^ FIFA. Match Report, Ghana v Italy, 1996 Olympics.

FC Bayern Munich - Current Squad
1 Kahn \| 2 Sagnol \| 3 Lúcio \| 5 Van Buyten \| 6 Demichelis \| 7 Scholl \| 8 Karimi \| 10 Makaay \| 11 Podolski \| 14 Pizarro \| 17 van Bommel \| 18 Görlitz \| 20 Salihamidžić \| 21 Lahm \| 22 Rensing \| 23 Hargreaves \| 24 Santa Cruz \| 25 Ismaël \| 29 Dreher \| 30 Lell \| 31 Schweinsteiger \| 32 Hummels \| 33 Kraft \| 36 Fürstner \| 37 Saba \| 39 Ottl \| Coach: Hitzfeld