Abdelilah Saber

Abdelilah Saber
Personal information
Full nameAbdelilah Saber
Date of birthApril 21, 1974
Place of birthCasablanca, Morocco
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionRight back
Youth career
Wydad AC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1993–1996Wydad AC?(?)
1997–2001Sporting CP61(0)
2000–2001→ Napoli (loan)18(0)
2001–2003Napoli31(0)
2003–2004Torino11(0)
National team
1996–2003Morocco39(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Abdelilah Saber (Arabic: عبد الإله صابر‎; born 21 April 1974) is a retired Moroccan footballer who played as a right defender.

Club career

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 club, Saber struggled initially, but eventually became first-choice. In January 2000, however, he lost his place to newly arrived Brazilian 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 second division - two more years at Naples and one with Torino FC - retiring at only 30.

International career

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 side exited with one win, one loss and one draw.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Abdelilah Saber – FIFA competition record

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