Bas Savage

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Bas Savage

Full name	Basir Mohammed Savage
Date of birth	January 7, 1982 (age 25)
Place of birth	London, England
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Nickname	Big Bas
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Brighton & Hove Albion
Number	34
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002–2005 2004 2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–	Reading → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) → Bury (loan) Bristol City Gillingham Brighton & Hove Albion	16 (0) 04 (0) 05 (0) 23 (1) 14 (1) 09 (6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:31, 5 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Basir "Bas" Savage (born 7 January 1982 in London) is a professional footballer. He is currently at Football League One side Brighton & Hove Albion. He is known for his trademark moonwalk goal celebration, which has gained cult fame on TV's Soccer AM.

Savage started his professional career at Reading in 2002, where after a very promising start was struck by a career threatening injury that kept him out of the game for almost a year. After a Reading appointed Steve Coppell as manager, Savage struggled to get a place back in the team, and was used as a utility midfielder, often playing on the right wing. Despite some good performances in 2003 (notably one against Chelsea in the League Cup) and after a couple of stints on loan to Bury and Wycombe Wanderers, Savage was released by Reading.

After being courted by Coventry City, and a host of other clubs, Savage finally decided to sign for Bristol City on a short-term contract. He was soon a favourite of Gary Johnson in his time at Bristol City and quickly scored his first League goal - a header against Scunthorpe United. However, he was relegated to the substitute's bench following the arrival of Mark McCammon, and left the club after being released from his contract.

On 28 September 2006, Savage signed a three month contract with Gillingham. Manager Ronnie Jepson said "We'll have a good look at him and if he's anything then we'll sort him out and if not then we've not lost anything. It gives us another option and another body to work with because we need that."

Savage made his debut for Gillingham as a second half sub for Clint Easton in the 2-1 home win over Cheltenham Town. His first start came in the 3-2 away win over Tranmere Rovers on 23 December 2006. He also started Gillingham's next game, a Boxing Day home match against Leyton Orient. He was involved in the build up to Gillingham's first goal, which was an own goal scored by Brian Saah.

Having impressed Jepson during his initial three months at Gillingham, Savage signed for a further month in late December and scored his first goal on 20 January 2007 in a 1-1 draw away to Cheltenham Town.

On 31 January 2007, Savage was released from his deal at Gillingham after failing to agree a new contract, and on 2 February 2007 signed a one-year deal at Brighton & Hove Albion.^[1] Savage's career at the Albion got off to a good start, with four goals in his first eight appearances for his new club, already bettering his record elsewhere.

It was his move to Brighton which was the catalyst for his newly found cult status. TV show Soccer AM picked up on his moonwalk goal celebration and now everytime Savage scores a goal, the feature 'I wanna be like Bas Savage' is shown with his goal and moonwalk.