Achmad Saba'a
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Achmad Saba'a אחמד סבע |
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| Date of birth | 24 May 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Majd al-Kurum, Israel | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hapoel Majd al-Kurum | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2002 | Hapoel Majd al-Kurum | ||
| 2002–2003 | Hapoel Acre | 20 | (10) |
| 2003–2009 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 149 | (61) |
| 2009–2013 | Maccabi Netanya | 124 | (51) |
| 2013–2014 | Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 6 | (0) |
| 2014 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 3 | (0) |
| 2014 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 7 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Hapoel Majd al-Kurum | 6 | (1) |
| 2015 | Hilal Al-Quds | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Hapoel Kafr Kanna | 27 | (6) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014–2015 | Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum | ||
| 2016– | Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ahmad Saba'a (Arabic: أحمد سبع, Hebrew: אחמד סבע; born 24 May 1980) is an Arab-Israeli former footballer . His cousin Dia Saba is also a footballer.
Ahmad grew up in the youth ranks of Hapoel Majd al-Krum and made his debut for the senior side in 1997. In 1999-00 he was one of the main players in the club's historic promotion to Liga Artzit. He left Majd al-Krum in 2002.
Ahmad moved to Hapoel Acre after signing a one-year contract in July 2002. Even though he played well for the club with 10 goals in 20 league games, he didn't extended his contract with the club.
In August 2003 he moved to Hapoel Bnei Lod. He helped Lod win two promotions, the first came in the 2004-05 season when the club won Liga Alef, the next season the club won Liga Artzit with Ahmad as one of the factors for the team's success. In 6 seasons with the club Saba'a scored 61 goals in 149 league games.
On 20 January 2009, Saba'a signed a one-year deal with Maccabi Netanya. His first goal for the club came against Sliema Wanderers in the UEFA Europa League on 23 July 2009. In his first season with Netanya he became the club's top scorer, a feat repeated the following three seasons. In June 2011 he extended his contract with the club for 3 more years under a new contract worth $390,000. In September 2011 he was appointed as the captain of the team. He was voted as player of the 2011-12 season while securing his position as the top goalscorer with 20 league goals. On 4 November 2012 he became the first to score a goal in the opening game of the new Netanya Stadium as Netanya won the game 2-1 against Hapoel Tel Aviv.
In 4 seasons with the club Saba'a scored 62 goals in a total of 153 games in all club competitions. Saba'a is in the top ten all time goalscorers of Maccabi Netanya.
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