Abbas Saad
Personal information
Full name	Abbas Saad
Date of birth	December 1, 1967 (1967-12-01) (age 39)
Place of birth
Playing position	striker
Club information
Current club	retired
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-1990 1990 1991-1992 1993-1994 1996-1997 1997-1999 1998 1999-2000 2000 2001 2002 2002-2003 2003	Sydney City Sydney Olympic Singapore (Malaysian League team) Johor Singapore (Malaysian League team) Sydney Olympic Sydney United A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers Northern Spirit Canterbury-Marrickville Fraser Park Auburn United St George Saints Belmore Hercules	? (?) 22 (8) ? (?) ? (?) ? (20) ? (?) 26 (9) ? (?) 13 (3) 11 (6) ? (?) ? (?) 11 (4) 9 (4)
National team2
1992-1998	Australia	4 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 August 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 7 August 2007. * Appearances (Goals) is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... The striker (wearing the red shirt) has run past the defender (in the white shirt) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to attempt to stop the ball. ... Retirement is the status of a worker who has stopped working. ... Alan Farley(L) tries to grab the ball during Hakoahs 6-1 championship victory over Adelaide in 1977 Sydney City Soccer Club is a defunct football (soccer) club from Sydney, Australia. ... Sydney Olympic Football Club is an Australian football (soccer) club based in Sydney, Australia. ... The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) is the governing body of football in Singapore. ... The Football Association of Johor enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Johor. ... The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) is the governing body of football in Singapore. ... Sydney Olympic Football Club is an Australian football (soccer) club based in Sydney, Australia. ... Sydney United Football Club are an Australian football (soccer) club from Sydney, Australia; which was established by Croatian immigrants in the area. ... A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers are a football (soccer) club based in Sydney, Australia. ... This article is about the railway company Northern Spirit. ... The St George Saints are a Football (soccer) team from the Southern Districts of Sydney, NSW, Australia, playing in the NSW Winter Super League and other Soccer NSW competitions. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...

Abbas Saad (born 1 December 1967, in Lebanon) is an Australian former international football (soccer) player. is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ...

Born in Lebanon, he moved to Australia and started a professional footballing career. A creative midfielder with a good eye for goal, he played in the Malaysian League for Johor and Singapore in the early-1990s. He was a key member of teams that won the League and Malaysia Cup double with both Johor in 1991 and Singapore in 1994. However shortly after the 1994 triumph with Singapore, he was charged with match-fixing. He was tried, convicted and fined S$50,000 by the courts in Singapore. He then received a global playing ban from FIFA. The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ... The Malaysian Super League is the top flight of football in Malaysia. ... The Football Association of Johor enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Johor. ... The Malaysia Cup is a highly-prestigious annual soccer tournament in Malaysia. ... Match fixing or game fixing in organized sports occurs when a match is played to a completely or partially pre-determined result. ... ISO 4217 Code SGD User(s) Singapore, Brunei Inflation 1% Source The World Factbook, 2006 est. ... The International Federation of Football Association (French: ), commonly known by its acronym, FIFA, is the international governing body of association football. ...

After his ban ended, he played for several teams in the National Soccer League in Australia РSydney Olympic in 1996-7, Sydney United from 1997-9, and for Northern Spirit FC in the 1999/2000 season. He also represented Australia in selected international matches during the FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds in 1998, having also represented Australia in 1992 against Malaysia. The National Soccer League, or NSL, was the former national football (soccer) competition in Australia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. ... Sydney Olympic Football Club is an Australian football (soccer) club based in Sydney, Australia. ... Sydney United Football Club are an Australian football (soccer) club from Sydney, Australia; which was established by Croatian immigrants in the area. ... Northern Spirit Football Club was a football (soccer) club based in North Sydney, Australia. ... The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international football competition contested by the mens national football teams of the member nations of F̩d̩ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

The Joe Marston Medal is an A-League award given to the player of the match in the A-League Grand Final each year. ...

External links

• Abbas Saad at ozfootball.net