Sarah Abu-Sabbah
{{short description|Jordanian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sarah Abu-Sabbah
| image =
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| fullname = Sarah Basem Najem Abu-Sabbah
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|10|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Düsseldorf, Germany
| death_date =
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = 1. FC Union Berlin
| clubnumber = 9
| youthyears1 = 2014–2015
| youthyears2 = 2015–2016
| youthyears3 =
| youthclubs1 = SGS Essen
| youthclubs2 = Bayer Leverkusen U17
| youthclubs3 =
| collegeyears1 =
| college1 =
| collegecaps1 =
| collegegoals1 =
| years1 = 2014–2016
| clubs1 = Bayer Leverkusen
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2017–2018
| clubs2 = Bayer Leverkusen II
| caps2 = 22
| goals2 = 22
| years3 = 2018–2021
| clubs3 = Borussia Mönchengladbach
| caps3 = 65
| goals3 = 46
| years4 = 2022–2023
| clubs4 = SV Meppen
| caps4 = 9
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2023–
| clubs5 = 1. FC Union Berlin
| caps5 = 22
| goals5 = 42
| nationalyears1 = 2016
| nationalteam1 = Jordan U17
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2017–
| nationalteam2 = Jordan
| nationalcaps2 = 14
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| medaltemplates =
| pcupdate = 16 July 2023 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 16 July 2023 (UTC)
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Sarah Basem Najem Abu-Sabbah ({{langx|ar|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.{{cite web|title=Group A - Final squad list|url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-women-s-asian-cup-jordan-2018-final-squads-group-a|website=the-afc.com|accessdate=29 March 2018|date=29 March 2018}} 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.
Early life
Abu-Sabbah was born on October 27, 1999{{cite web|title=Sarah Abu Sabbah|url=https://www.dfb.de/en/data-center/people/sarah-abu-sabbah/player|website=DFB Data Center|publisher=Deutscher Fußball-Bund|accessdate=7 April 2018}} 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.{{cite news|last1=Freij|first1=Muath|title=Sara Abu Sabbah's passion for football brings her closer to Jordan|url=http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/sara-abu-sabbah%E2%80%99s-passion-football-brings-her-closer-jordan|accessdate=7 April 2018|work=The Jordan Times|date=8 October 2016}}
Youth career
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.
Club career
On March 20, 2016 she made her first appearance for the senior team of Bayer Leverkusen at the Frauen-Bundesliga, becoming the first female Jordanian to play in a league outside Jordan and the first Arab to play in the German women's league.{{cite news|title=Jordan's Abu-Sabbah proud to make history|url=https://www.fifa.com/u17womensworldcup/news/y=2016/m=10/news=jordan-s-abu-sabbah-proud-to-make-history-2839984.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005130031/http://www.fifa.com/u17womensworldcup/news/y=2016/m=10/news=jordan-s-abu-sabbah-proud-to-make-history-2839984.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 5, 2016|accessdate=7 April 2018|work=FIFA|date=4 October 2016}} She only played in one match. In 2017, she is playing for Bayer Leverkusen II of third-tier league Regionalliga West.{{cite news|title=Sarah (17): Nationalspielerin Aus der 3.Liga|trans-title=Sarah (17): National team player of 3. Liga|url=http://www.fussball.de/newsdetail/sarah-17-nationalspielerin-aus-der-3-liga/-/article-id/176104#!/|accessdate=7 April 2018|work=Fussball.de|language=German|date=22 October 2017}}
In June 2018, she joined Borussia Mönchengladbach,{{cite web |last=Glose |first=Jana |url=https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/moenchengladbach/sport/interview-borussia-stuermerin-sarah-abu-sabbah-ueber-fussball-in-jordanien_aid-64629553 |title="In Jordanien kommen 20.000 Zuschauer zur Frauen-Nationalmannschaft" |publisher=RP Online |language=de |date=17 December 2021 }} where she achieved the top scorer in the 2020–21 2. Bundesliga with 11 goals.{{cite web |url=https://www.weltfussball.de/torjaeger/frauen-2-bundesliga-2020-2021-nord/ |title=2. Frauen-Bundesliga Nord – Torjäger 2020/21 |trans-title=2. Frauen-Bundesliga North – Goalscorers 2020–21 |website=weltfussball.de |language=de}} She played for newly promoted Bundesliga club SV Meppen in 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.borussia.de/de/aktuelles/news/2022-05-18-frauen-sarah-abu-sabbah-verlaesst-borussia |title=Frauen: Sarah Abu Sabbah verlässt Borussia |publisher=Borussia Mönchengladbach |language=de |date=18 May 2022 }} In July 2023, she signed for 1. FC Union Berlin in the Regionalliga Nordost,{{cite web |url=https://www.fc-union-berlin.de/de/union-live/news/frauen/Sarah-Abu-Sabbah-verstaerkt-den-1-FC-Union-Berlin-1149w/ |title=Sarah Abu Sabbah verstärkt den 1. FC Union Berlin |publisher=1. FC Union Berlin |language=de |date=4 July 2023 }} contributing to their promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in her debut season at the club.{{cite web |url=https://www.kicker.de/union-berlin-und-bochum-steigen-in-2-frauen-bundesliga-auf-1032393/artikel |title=Union Berlin und Bochum steigen in 2. Frauen-Bundesliga auf |publisher=Kicker |language=de |date=16 June 2024 }}
International career
Abu-Sabbah first joined the Jordan U-17 team in 2015. 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.{{cite web|title=Sarah ABU-SABBAH|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=397374/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009204025/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=397374/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 9, 2016|website=FIFA|accessdate=7 April 2018}} She later scored the first goal of the Jordan U-17 team in the tournament in their 1-4 loss to Mexico.
She debuted for the senior team in September 2017 in the 2–1 friendly win against Latvia in Riga. She was among the players that represented Jordan at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup.{{cite web|title=AFC Women's Asian Cup : Jordan 1-2 Philippines (Lineups)|url=http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-womens-asian-cup/matches/2017/972814|accessdate=7 April 2018}}
International goals
:Scores and results list Jordan's goal tally first.
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| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 12 April 2018 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan | {{fbw|CHN}} | align=center|1–1 | align=center| 1–8 | 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
| 2. | 5 April 2023 | Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | {{fbw|TLS}} | align=center|3–0 | align=center| 3–1 | 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 3. | 27 February 2024 | Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | {{fbw|PLE}} | align=center|3–0 | align=center| 5–0 | 2022 WAFF Women's Championship |
References
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External links
- {{WorldFootball.net|sarah-abu-sabbah}}
{{Jordan squad 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abu-Sabbah, Sarah}}
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:Jordanian women's footballers
Category:21st-century Jordanian sportswomen
Category:Jordan women's international footballers
Category:German women's footballers
Category:Footballers from Düsseldorf
Category:German people of Jordanian descent
Category:Bayer 04 Leverkusen (women) players