Abbas Saad
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abbas Saad | ||
| Date of birth | 1 December 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Baalbek, Lebanon | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985 | Sydney City | 14 | (2) |
| 1986–1990 | Sydney Olympic | 105 | (36) |
| 1990 | Singapore | 22 | (11) |
| 1991–1992 | Johor | 40 | (16) |
| 1993 | Sydney Olympic | 12 | (1) |
| 1993–1994 | Singapore | 26 | (12) |
| 1996–1997 | Sydney Olympic | 12 | (1) |
| 1997–1999 | Sydney United | 27 | (9) |
| 1999–2000 | Northern Spirit | 13 | (3) |
| 2000 | Canterbury-Marrickville | 11 | (6) |
| 2001 | Fraser Park | 10 | (2) |
| 2002 | Auburn United | 10 | (5) |
| 2002–2003 | St George Saints | 11 | (4) |
| 2003 | Belmore Hercules | 9 | (4) |
| 2004 | Al-Sadd | 10 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 1992–1998 |
 Australia
|
4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Abbas Saad (Arabic: عباس سعد) (born 1 December 1967 in Lebanon) is an Australian former international soccer player.
Born in Lebanon, Saad's family moved to Australia when he was a child. An attacking midfielder with a good eye for goal, he represented the Australian national team in a match against Russian club Torpedo Moscow and earned his first full cap against Malaysia two years later. After a six-year gap, he was recalled by then Socceroos coach Terry Venables for three games in 1998. In all, he played six times for his country, earning four full caps.
Saad began his playing career in 1985 at Sydney City, before moving to Sydney Olympic. In 1990, he was awarded the Joe Marston Medal for the being the Player of the Match in the A-League Grand Final in which Sydney Olympic beat the Marconi Stallions 2-0.
He then played in the Malaysian League for Johor and Singapore in the early 1990s. He was a key member of teams which won the League and Malaysia Cup double with both Johor in 1991 and Singapore in 1994.
In the 1994 Malaysia Cup final, Saad scored a hat-trick in Singapore's 4-0 victory over Pahang.
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