Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sarah Basem Najem Abu-Sabbah | ||
Date of birth | 27 October 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Düsseldorf, Germany | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | 1. FC Union Berlin | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2014–2015 | SGS Essen | ||
2015–2016 | Bayer Leverkusen U17 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2014–2016 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Bayer Leverkusen II | 22 | (22) |
2018–2021 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 65 | (46) |
2022–2023 | SV Meppen | 9 | (0) |
2023– | 1. FC Union Berlin | 22 | (42) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | Jordan U17 | 3 | (1) |
2017– | Jordan | 14 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 July 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 July 2023 (UTC) |
Sarah Basem Najem Abu-Sabbah ( Arabic: سارة باسم نجم أبو صباح; born 27 October 1999) is a German-born Jordanian footballer who plays for 1. FC Union Berlin in Germany's 2. Frauen-Bundesliga. [2] She has also played for the Jordan under-17 team that played in the 2016 FIFA U-17 World Cup and the senior national team of Jordan.
Abu-Sabbah was born on October 27, 1999 [3] in Düsseldorf, Germany. Her father migrated to Germany in 1994. She started playing football at age 4 with her mother registering her at a boys' football club. [4]
Abu-Sabbah played for the youth teams of SGS Essen and Bayer Leverkusen at the U17 Bundesliga South/SouthWest division in the 2014–15 and 2015–16 season respectively.
On March 20, 2016 she made her first appearance for the senior team of Bayer Leverkusen at the Frauen-Bundesliga, [3] becoming the first female Jordanian to play in a league outside Jordan [4] and the first Arab to play in the German women's league. [5] She only played in one match. In 2017, she is playing for Bayer Leverkusen II of third-tier league Regionalliga West. [6]
In June 2018, she joined Borussia Mönchengladbach, [7] where she achieved the top scorer in the 2020–21 2. Bundesliga with 11 goals. [8] She played for newly promoted Bundesliga club SV Meppen in 2022. [9] In July 2023, she signed for 1. FC Union Berlin in the Regionalliga Nordost, [10] contributing to their promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in her debut season at the club. [11]
Abu-Sabbah first joined the Jordan U-17 team in 2015. [5] At the 2016 FIFA U-17 World Cup which was hosted in Jordan, she debuted for the under-17 team of Jordan in the match against Spain. [12] She later scored the first goal of the Jordan U-17 team in the tournament in their 1-4 loss to Mexico. [4]
She debuted for the senior team in September 2017 in the 2–1 friendly win against Latvia in Riga. [6] She was among the players that represented Jordan at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup. [2] [13]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 12 April 2018 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–8 | 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
2. | 5 April 2023 | Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ![]() |
3–0 | 3–1 | 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Sarah Basem Najem Abu-Sabbah | ||
Date of birth | 27 October 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Düsseldorf, Germany | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | 1. FC Union Berlin | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2014–2015 | SGS Essen | ||
2015–2016 | Bayer Leverkusen U17 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2014–2016 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Bayer Leverkusen II | 22 | (22) |
2018–2021 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 65 | (46) |
2022–2023 | SV Meppen | 9 | (0) |
2023– | 1. FC Union Berlin | 22 | (42) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | Jordan U17 | 3 | (1) |
2017– | Jordan | 14 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 July 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 July 2023 (UTC) |
Sarah Basem Najem Abu-Sabbah ( Arabic: سارة باسم نجم أبو صباح; born 27 October 1999) is a German-born Jordanian footballer who plays for 1. FC Union Berlin in Germany's 2. Frauen-Bundesliga. [2] She has also played for the Jordan under-17 team that played in the 2016 FIFA U-17 World Cup and the senior national team of Jordan.
Abu-Sabbah was born on October 27, 1999 [3] in Düsseldorf, Germany. Her father migrated to Germany in 1994. She started playing football at age 4 with her mother registering her at a boys' football club. [4]
Abu-Sabbah played for the youth teams of SGS Essen and Bayer Leverkusen at the U17 Bundesliga South/SouthWest division in the 2014–15 and 2015–16 season respectively.
On March 20, 2016 she made her first appearance for the senior team of Bayer Leverkusen at the Frauen-Bundesliga, [3] becoming the first female Jordanian to play in a league outside Jordan [4] and the first Arab to play in the German women's league. [5] She only played in one match. In 2017, she is playing for Bayer Leverkusen II of third-tier league Regionalliga West. [6]
In June 2018, she joined Borussia Mönchengladbach, [7] where she achieved the top scorer in the 2020–21 2. Bundesliga with 11 goals. [8] She played for newly promoted Bundesliga club SV Meppen in 2022. [9] In July 2023, she signed for 1. FC Union Berlin in the Regionalliga Nordost, [10] contributing to their promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in her debut season at the club. [11]
Abu-Sabbah first joined the Jordan U-17 team in 2015. [5] At the 2016 FIFA U-17 World Cup which was hosted in Jordan, she debuted for the under-17 team of Jordan in the match against Spain. [12] She later scored the first goal of the Jordan U-17 team in the tournament in their 1-4 loss to Mexico. [4]
She debuted for the senior team in September 2017 in the 2–1 friendly win against Latvia in Riga. [6] She was among the players that represented Jordan at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup. [2] [13]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 12 April 2018 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–8 | 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
2. | 5 April 2023 | Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ![]() |
3–0 | 3–1 | 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |