Abdelilah Saber
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abdelilah Saber | ||
| Date of birth | 21 April 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| WAC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1996 | WAC | ||
| 1997–2001 | Sporting CP | 61 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → Napoli (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Napoli | 31 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Torino | 11 | (0) |
| Total | 121 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1996–2003 | Morocco | 39 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Abdelilah Saber (Arabic: عبد الإله صابر; born 21 April 1974) is a Moroccan retired footballer who played as a right back.
Born in Casablanca, Saber played his first professional years with local Wydad Athletic Club. In January 1997, he began an European adventure that would last the following seven 1/2 years, signing with Sporting Clube de Portugal.
With the Lisbon side, Saber struggled initially, but eventually became first-choice. In January 2000, however, he lost his place to newly arrived César Prates, as the Lions eventually won the national championship, the first in 18 years - he still contributed to the feat with 18 matches.
Saber would play the next four years in Italy, initially being loaned to S.S.C. Napoli, moving to that club alongside Sporting teammates Facundo Quiroga and Luís Vidigal. The move was made permanent at the end of the season, as Napoli relegated from the Serie A, and the player played the remainder of his career in the country in the Serie B - two more years at Naples and one with Torino FC - retiring at only 30.
Saber gained 39 caps for Morocco, the first arriving in 1997. In the following year's FIFA World Cup, he started in all three group stage matches as the national team exited with one win, one loss and one draw.
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