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 2. Frauen-Bundesliga.[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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 22 | (42) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Jordan U17 | 3 | (1) |
| 2017– | Jordan | 14 | (2) |
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*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
editAbu-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
editAbu-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
editOn 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]
In June 2018, she joined Borussia Mönchengladbach,[7] where she achieved the top scorer in the 2020–21 2. Bundesliga with 11 goals.[8] She played for newly promoted Bundesliga club SV Meppen in 2022.[9] In July 2023, she signed for 1. FC Union Berlin in the Regionalliga Nordost,[10] contributing to their promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in her debut season at the club.[11]
International career
editAbu-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.[12] 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][13]
International goals
edit- Scores and results list Jordan's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |  Timor-Leste |
3–0 | 3–1 | 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 3. | 27 February 2024 | Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |  Palestine |
3–0 | 5–0 | 2022 WAFF Women's Championship |
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 5 October 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.
- ^ Glose, Jana (17 December 2021). ""In Jordanien kommen 20.000 Zuschauer zur Frauen-Nationalmannschaft"" (in German). RP Online.
- ^ "2. Frauen-Bundesliga Nord – Torjäger 2020/21" [2. Frauen-Bundesliga North – Goalscorers 2020–21]. weltfussball.de (in German).
- ^ "Frauen: Sarah Abu Sabbah verlässt Borussia" (in German). Borussia Mönchengladbach. 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Sarah Abu Sabbah verstärkt den 1. FC Union Berlin" (in German). 1. FC Union Berlin. 4 July 2023.
- ^ "Union Berlin und Bochum steigen in 2. Frauen-Bundesliga auf" (in German). Kicker. 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Sarah ABU-SABBAH". FIFA. Archived from the original on 9 October 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