Christian Saba

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Christian Saba
Personal information
Full name	Christian Saba
Date of birth	December 29, 1978 (1978-12-29) (age 29)
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Bayern Munich II
Number	5
Youth clubs
	Accra King Harrison Accra Hearts of Oak Bayern Munich
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995- 1997- 1998-1999 1999-2000	Bayern Munich II Bayern Munich → Hertha Berlin (loan) → Arminia Bielefeld (loan)	0 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0)
National team2
1996	Ghana Under-23
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 November 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 25 November 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Christian Saba (born 29 December 1978 in Accra) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a defender for Bayern Munich II.

He joined Bayern in 1996 alongside compatriot Emanuel Bentil. Neither were able to break into the first team, but Saba has stayed with the club, playing for their reserves and being an occasional standby player for the first team. He has had loan spells with Hertha Berlin and Arminia Bielefeld.

He was selected for the Ghana U-23 team at the 1996 Olympics, alongside former club colleague Samuel Kuffour and scored a spectacular goal against Italy.^[1] Prior to coming to Germany he played youth football for Accra King Harrison and Accra Hearts of Oak.

[edit] External links

• Career stats at Fussballdaten.de (incomplete)
• FC Bayern profile

[edit] Notes and references

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