Elias Saad

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Elias Saad
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-12-27) 27 December 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Hamburg, Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 FC St. Pauli
Number 26
Youth career
2017–2018 Buxtehuder SV
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst 30 (13)
2021–2022 Eintracht Norderstedt 38 (18)
2023– FC St. Pauli II 4 (3)
2023– FC St. Pauli 34 (9)
International career‡
2019 Germany (Futsal) 5 (1)
2024– Tunisia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:14, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

Elias Saad (born 27 December 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger for 2. Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli. Born in Germany to Tunisian parents, he is a former international for the Germany national futsal team. In 2023, he chose to represent Tunisia at international level.

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Club career

From Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg, in 2017 Saad played under-19 football for Buxtehuder SV. [2] In 2019 he joined Futsal Bundesliga team Hamburg Panthers [3] and became the youngest player to make an appearance for the Germany national futsal team. [4] He also played football for HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst in the fifth-tier Oberliga Hamburg, making 29 appearances in which he scored eleven goals and was credited with seven assists. [2] Whilst playing amateur football in Hamburg Saad also trained as a wholesale and retail salesman. [2] [5] In March 2021 Saad agreed to join Regionalliga Nord side FC Eintracht Norderstedt 03, signing a two-year contract. [6]

On 1 December 2022, Saad was announced as signing for 2. Bundesliga side FC St. Pauli. [7] [8] He made his debut in the 2. Bundesliga for St. Pauli as a substitute against Eintracht Braunschweig on 16 April 2023. [9] He scored his first league goal for the club the following week in the derby game against Hamburger SV. [9] The following week he made his first league start for St. Pauli, at home against Arminia Bielefeld on 30 April 2023. [10]

International career

In August 2023 Saad received his first call-up to the Tunisia national team. [11]

He made his debut on 26 March 2024 in a friendly against New Zealand. [12]

Personal life

Born in Germany, Saad is of Tunisian descent. [13]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 December 2023 [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague DFB-Pokal Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst 2019–20 Oberliga Hamburg 2410–241
2020–21Oberliga Hamburg63–63
Total3013–3013
Eintracht Norderstedt 2021–22 Regionalliga Nord North group21810228
2022–23 Regionalliga Nord1710–1710
Total3818103918
FC St. Pauli II 2022–23 Regionalliga Nord43–43
FC St. Pauli 2022–23 2. Bundesliga 720072
2023–24 2. Bundesliga15332185
Total22532257
Career total9439429841

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    3. ↑ "Personelle Lage bei Sparta Futsal HSC entspannt sich" [Personnel situation at Sparta Futsal HSC relaxes]. Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 8 October 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
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    7. ↑ "Der FC St. Pauli verpflichtet Stürmer Elias Saad" [FC St. Pauli signs forward Elias Saad]. FC St. Pauli. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
    8. ↑ Mey, Christopher (1 December 2022). "Von Eintracht Norderstedt zum FC St. Pauli: Der Wechsel von Elias Saad" [From Eintracht Norderstedt to FC St. Pauli: The transfer of Elias Saad]. Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). Retrieved 9 May 2023.
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