Abbas Saad

Quick Facts

Full Name	Abbas Saad
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Dec 1, 1967(1967-12-01)
Age	57
Birthplace	Baalbek
Country	Australia
Birth City	Baalbek
Horoscope	Aquarius

Abbas Saad Biography

Abbas Saad is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on December 1, 1967 in Baalbek, Baalbek, Australia. Abbas Saad (Arabic: عباس سعد ‎; born 1 December 1967) is an Australian soccer manager and former player, who coaches Australian side Sydney Olympic.

In the 1994 Malaysia Cup final, Saad scored a hat-trick in Singapore’s 4–0 victory over Pahang.

Born in Lebanon, Saad’s family moved to Australia when he was a child. An attacking midfielder with a good eye for goal, he represented the Australian national team in a match against Russian club Torpedo Moscow and earned his first full cap against Malaysia two years later. After a six-year gap, he was recalled by then Socceroos coach Terry Venables for three games in 1998. In all, he played six times for his country, earning four full caps.

Saad’s football ban in Singapore was only lifted in March 2009 after almost 14 years. In August 2009, he began appearing as a football expert in the studios of ESPN STAR Sports and for the SingTel coverage of the UEFA Champions League in Singapore, where his popularity once saw him dubbed as “The Singapore Beckham”. He is also a regular studio guest for the English Premier League coverage and the FourFourTwo TV Show with the SuperSport channel on Malaysian network, Astro.

Shortly after the 1994 triumph, Saad was charged with match-fixing in Singapore. He has always maintained he was innocent of this charge. During his trial, he admitted that he had been approached by his teammate Michal Váňa (a Czech player who was also charged with match-fixing but who jumped bail and left Singapore before he could be tried), who asked Saad to help him win certain matches by large margins during the 1994 season as Váňa was betting on the outcome of the games. However Saad stated that he had refused to help Váňa try to fix the scores of any games, and had merely told Váňa that he would try to help the Singapore team win the games by as many goals as possible as this was his job. Saad had not reported Váňa’s requests or his knowledge that Váňa was betting on games to team officials or the authorities, but stated during his trial that he had told Váňa that he should stop betting on matches.

Abbas Saad Net Worth

Abbas Saad is one of the richest Association Football Player from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Abbas Saad 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Saad began his playing career in 1985 at Sydney City, before moving to Sydney Olympic. In 1990, he was awarded the Joe Marston Medal for the being the Player of the Match in the NSL final in which Sydney Olympic beat the Marconi Stallions 2–0.

He then played in the Malaysian League for Johor and Singapore in the early 1990s. He was a key member of teams which won the League and Malaysia Cup double with both Johor in 1991 and Singapore in 1994.

In June 1995, the Singapore courts convicted Saad of match-fixing and fined him S$50,000. He then received a global playing ban from FIFA.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Abbas Saad Dating?

According to our records, Abbas Saad married to Rania Saad. As of December 1, 2023, Abbas Saad’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Abbas Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Abbas Saad celebrates birthday on December 1 of every year.

Top Facts about Abbas Saad

1. Abbas Saad is a retired Australian football player.
2. He was born on March 5, 1967 in Lebanon.
3. Saad played for Melbourne Knights and Marconi Stallions.
4. He won the National Soccer League championship twice with Melbourne Knights.
5. In 1990, he was named NSL Player of the Year.
6. Saad represented Australia at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
7. He also played for the Socceroos national team from 1988-1993.
8. After retiring as a player, Saad became a coach and managed several clubs including Al-Ahli Dubai and Al-Nasr SC in UAE.
9. In 2013, he was banned for life by FIFA due to match-fixing allegations.
10. The ban was later reduced to five years after an appeal in Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Where is Abbas Saad now?

Banned from football around the world, his global ban was lifted a year later in 1996. His life ban in Singapore was lifted by former Football Association of Singapore (FAS) President Ho Peng Kee in 2009. Abbas is currently in Singapore undergoing the Asian Football Confederation Professional Football Diploma course.

Where is Michael Vana now?

Vana, now 58 and living in the Czech Republic , was a former footballer with Singapore’s participating team in the Malaysia League and Cup in 1994.

Where is Abbas Saad from?

Born in Lebanon , Saad’s family moved to Australia when he was a child. An attacking midfielder with a good eye for goal, he represented the Australian national team in a match against Russian club Torpedo Moscow and earned his first full cap against Malaysia two years later.