Sarah Basem Najem Abu-Sabbah (Arabic: سارة باسم نجم أبو صباح; born 27 October 1999) is a German-born Jordanian footballer who plays for 1. FC Union Berlin in Germany's Regionalliga.[2] She has also played for the Jordan under-17 team that played in the 2016 FIFA U-17 World Cup and the senior national team of Jordan.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sarah Basem Najem Abu-Sabbah | ||
Date of birth | 27 October 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Düsseldorf, Germany | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | 1. FC Union Berlin | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2014–2015 | SGS Essen | ||
2015–2016 | Bayer Leverkusen U17 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2016 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Bayer Leverkusen II | 22 | (22) |
2018–2021 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 65 | (46) |
2022–2023 | SV Meppen | 9 | (0) |
2023– | 1. FC Union Berlin | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | Jordan U17 | 3 | (1) |
2017– | Jordan | 14 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 July 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 July 2023 (UTC) |
Early life edit
Abu-Sabbah was born on October 27, 1999[3] in Düsseldorf, Germany. Her father migrated to Germany in 1994. She started playing football at age 4 with her mother registering her at a boys' football club.[4]
Youth career edit
Abu-Sabbah played for the youth teams of SGS Essen and Bayer Leverkusen at the U17 Bundesliga South/SouthWest division in the 2014–15 and 2015–16 season respectively.
Club career edit
On March 20, 2016 she made her first appearance for the senior team of Bayer Leverkusen at the Frauen-Bundesliga,[3] becoming the first female Jordanian to play in a league outside Jordan[4] and the first Arab to play in the German women's league.[5] She only played in one match. In 2017, she is playing for Bayer Leverkusen II of third-tier league Regionalliga West.[6]
International career edit
Abu-Sabbah first joined the Jordan U-17 team in 2015.[5] At the 2016 FIFA U-17 World Cup which was hosted in Jordan, she debuted for the under-17 team of Jordan in the match against Spain.[7] She later scored the first goal of the Jordan U-17 team in the tournament in their 1-4 loss to Mexico.[4]
She debuted for the senior team in September 2017 in the 2–1 friendly win against Latvia in Riga.[6] She was among the players that represented Jordan at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[2][8]
International goals edit
- Scores and results list Jordan's goal tally first.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 12 April 2018 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan | China | 1–1 | 1–8 | 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
2. | 5 April 2023 | Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | East Timor | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
References edit
- ^ "List of Players" (PDF). FIFAdata. 20 October 2016. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Group A - Final squad list". the-afc.com. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Sarah Abu Sabbah". DFB Data Center. Deutscher Fußball-Bund. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ a b c Freij, Muath (8 October 2016). "Sara Abu Sabbah's passion for football brings her closer to Jordan". The Jordan Times. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Jordan's Abu-Sabbah proud to make history". FIFA. 4 October 2016. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Sarah (17): Nationalspielerin Aus der 3.Liga" [Sarah (17): National team player of 3. Liga]. Fussball.de (in German). 22 October 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Sarah ABU-SABBAH". FIFA. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "AFC Women's Asian Cup : Jordan 1-2 Philippines (Lineups)". Retrieved 7 April 2018.
External links edit
- Sarah Abu-Sabbah at WorldFootball.net