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Demba Savage

{{short description|Gambian footballer (born 1988)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Demba Savage

| image = Demba Savage 2017.jpg

| image_size = 275px

| caption =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|6|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Banjul, Gambia

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Winger

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Warriors FC

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Rico FC

| years1 = 2003–2004

| clubs1 = Gambia Ports Authority

| caps1 =

| goals1 = 12

| years2 = 2006–2008

| clubs2 = KPV

| caps2 = 32

| goals2 = 8

| years3 = 2008–2012

| clubs3 = Honka

| caps3 = 74

| goals3 = 21

| years4 = 2012−2015

| clubs4 = HJK

| caps4 = 107

| goals4 = 42

| years5 = 2016

| clubs5 = Häcken

| caps5 = 19

| goals5 = 3

| years6 = 2017−2018

| clubs6 = HJK

| caps6 = 24

| goals6 = 6

| years7 = 2018

| clubs7 = BB Erzurumspor

| caps7 = 12

| goals7 = 2

| years8 = 2018−2021

| clubs8 = Honka

| caps8 = 74

| goals8 = 10

| years9 = 2022

| clubs9 = TPS

| caps9 = 20

| goals9 = 3

| nationalyears1 = 2008–2016

| nationalteam1 = Gambia

| nationalcaps1 = 15

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| pcupdate = 8 October 2022

| ntupdate =

}}

Demba Savage (born 17 June 1988) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. A right winger, who can also operate on the left wing or as a striker, he is mostly known for his blazing speed and dribbling skills.

Career

=Club=

Savage started playing football on the streets of Banjul as a boy. In his school, Saint Mary's, he became a star player. After finishing secondary school, he played for Warriors FC and Rico FC. In the 2003–04 season, he played for Gambia Ports Authority and was the GFA League First Division top scorer with 12 goals.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gamb04.html Gambian league 2003/2004]

In 2006, he signed for Finnish second tier club KPV. In his first season, he mostly played with KPV's reserve team, but in 2007, he took his place in the first team.

In August 2008, he was loaned to the Finnish Premier Division side FC Honka.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fchonka.fi/uutiset/view/1220101034.html |title=FC Honka - Uutiset: Honka vahvisti keskikenttäänsä Demba Savagella |access-date=2008-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080903014852/http://www.fchonka.fi/uutiset/view/1220101034.html |archive-date=2008-09-03 |url-status=dead }} Honka used its option for a permanent move after the season.

On 7 February 2012 the reigning Finnish champions, HJK, announced that they had signed Savage along with teammate Rasmus Schüller.[http://www.hjk.fi/joukkueet/miehet/uutiset/1-884 HJK signs Savage and Schüller] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007120909/https://www.hjk.fi/joukkueet/miehet/uutiset/1-884 |date=2017-10-07 }} {{in lang|fi}} Qualified for the Europa League group stages 2014 with HJK with a 5–4 aggregate victory over SK Rapid Wien.

On 28 October 2015, Savage signed for Swedish Allsvenskan side BK Häcken,{{cite web|title=Demba Savage klar för Häcken!|url=http://bkhacken.se/demba-savage-klar-for-hacken/|website=BK Häcken|accessdate=28 October 2015|language=Swedish|date=28 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029042421/http://bkhacken.se/demba-savage-klar-for-hacken/|archive-date=29 October 2015|url-status=dead}} following HJK teammate Rasmus Schüller who had signed for BK Häcken earlier in the month.{{cite web|title=Finsk landslagsman klar för Häcken!|url=http://bkhacken.se/finsk-landslagsman-klar-for-hacken/|website=BK Häcken|accessdate=28 October 2015|language=Swedish|date=7 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008050615/http://bkhacken.se/finsk-landslagsman-klar-for-hacken/|archive-date=8 October 2015|url-status=dead}}

On 27 February 2017, Savage returned to HJK on a two-year contract.{{cite web|title=Taiturimainen laitahyökkääjä Demba Savage palaa Klubiin|url=http://www.hjk.fi/uutiset/Miehet-3827|website=hjk.fi|publisher=HJK Helsinki|accessdate=1 March 2017|language=Finnish|date=27 February 2017}}

On 1 April 2022, Savage joined TPS on a one-year deal.{{cite press release|publisher=TPS|url=https://fc.tps.fi/fi/uutiset/80-maalia-veikkausliigassa-iskenyt-demba-savage-vahvistaa-tps-n-hyokkaysta|title=80 MAALIA VEIKKAUSLIIGASSA ISKENYT DEMBA SAVAGE VAHVISTAA TPS:N HYÖKKÄYSTÄ|date=1 April 2022|access-date=4 April 2022|language=fi}}

=International=

In June 2008, Savage debuted in Gambia's national team in a World Cup qualification match against Liberia. He has also played in Gambia's youth national teams.

Career statistics

=Club=

{{updated|match played 19 December 2017}}{{Soccerway|demba-savage/31772}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="5" valign="center"|HJK

|2012

|Veikkausliiga

|30

12005050colspan="2"|—4012
2013

|Veikkausliiga

|28

11206421colspan="2"|—3816
2014

|Veikkausliiga

|24

113030103colspan="2"|—4014
2015

|Veikkausliiga

|25

8121030colspan="2"|—3010
colspan="2"|Total

!107

4262154204colspan="2"|—14852
valign="center"|Häcken

|2016

|Allsvenskan

|19

354colspan="2"|—20colspan="2"|—267
valign="center"|HJK

|2017

|Veikkausliiga

|24

640colspan="2"|—40colspan="2"|—326
BB Erzurumspor

|2017–18

|1. Lig

|12

2colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—12|2
rowspan=5|Honka

|2018

|Veikkausliiga

|12

1colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—121
2019

|Veikkausliiga

|27

420colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—294
2020

|Veikkausliiga

|20

251colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—253
2021

|Veikkausliiga

|15

330colspan="2"|—2{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Conference League|name=uecl}}0colspan="2"|—203
colspan=2|Total

!84

101010020009611
TPS

|2022

|Ykkönen

|20

310colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—213
colspan="3"|Career total

!266

66267154284colspan="2"|—33581

{{notelist}}

Honours

Individual

References

{{reflist}}

External links

{{Commons category}}

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070228195642/http://www.kpv.fi/edustus/index.php?p=joukkue&pelaaja=51 Player profile on KPV website]
  • {{FIFA|272167}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721032351/http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/2008/6/6/star-profile-demba-savage-kpv-finland The Observer.gm: Star Profile: Demba Savage]

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Category:1988 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Banjul

Category:Gambian men's footballers

Category:21st-century Gambian sportsmen

Category:Men's association football wingers

Category:Gambia Ports Authority FC players

Category:Kokkolan Palloveikot players

Category:FC Honka players

Category:Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players

Category:BK Häcken players

Category:Erzurumspor footballers

Category:Turun Palloseura footballers

Category:Veikkausliiga players

Category:Allsvenskan players

Category:Ykkönen players

Category:The Gambia men's international footballers

Category:Gambian expatriate men's footballers

Category:Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Finland

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