Mohammed Saeid

Mohammed Khalid Saeid (born 24 December 1990) is an Eritrean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Allsvenskan club IK Sirius and the Eritrea national team.

Mohammed Saeid
Saeid with the Colorado Rapids in 2017
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Khalid Saeid
Date of birth (1990-12-24) 24 December 1990
Place of birth Örebro, Sweden
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 IK Sirius
Number 26
Youth career
0000–2002 BK Forward
2002–2009 West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 BK Forward 56 (8)
2012–2014 Örebro SK 68 (7)
2015–2016 Columbus Crew SC 50 (0)
2017 Minnesota United 3 (0)
2017 Colorado Rapids 29 (1)
2018 Lyngby BK 6 (0)
2018– IK Sirius 36 (5)
National team‡
2019– Eritrea 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2019

Career

Saeid was spotted at age eleven by Fulham while playing in a tournament with his team BK Forward. The English club brought him over to play with their youth team but ended up not signing him. Instead scouts from West Bromwich Albion who had watched him play for Fulham offered him a youth contract.[1]

In 2009, he returned to his old Swedish third tier club BK Forward. Saeid played three season there and had a very successful 2011 where he scored eight goals from midfield. This caused Allsvenskan clubs like AIK, Malmö FF and Mjällby AIF to show interest in signing him.[2] In the end he chose to stay in Örebro and signed with Örebro SK at the start of 2012.[3] Saeid joined the Columbus Crew upon the expiration of his contract in December.[4]

On 14 March 2015, Saeid made his debut and first career start for Columbus Crew SC in place of center midfielder Tony Tchani who was serving a one-game suspension. Saied played 76 minutes in the Crew's 2-0 victory over Toronto FC.[5]

On 31 March 2017 Minnesota United FC traded Saeid, Joshua Gatt, and an international roster spot to Colorado Rapids for Marc Burch and Sam Cronin.[6]

On 29 December 2017, it was announced that Saeid would join Danish Superliga side Lyngby BK ahead of their 2018 season.[7][8]

On 3 August 2018, Saeid transferred to IK Sirius in Allsvenskan, signing a deal running until 2021.[9]

International career

Saeid joined the Eritrea national team in September 2019 for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[10] He made his debut on 10 September 2019 in a game against Namibia. He started the game and played the first 81 minutes of the game as Eritrea was eliminated from the competition.[11]

Personal life

Saeid was born in Sweden, the child of refugees from Eritrea.[12]

References
  1. "Mohammed ska leda ÖSK tillbaka till Allsvenskan!". Örebro Stad. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  2. "Saied jagas av MFF och AIK". NA. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  3. "Mohammed Saeid klar för ÖSK Fotboll". Örebro SK. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  4. "MLS: Crew signs Swedish midfielder". TheColumbus Dispatch. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  5. "Saeid impresses in first appearance for Crew SC: "For a little guy, he has a big heart"". MLS. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  6. "MNUFC Adds Veteran Talent". MLS. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  7. Stejskal, Sam (29 December 2017). "Former Colorado, Columbus midfielder Mohammed Saeid signs with Danish club". MLS. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  8. "Mohammed Saeid leaves MLS to sign with Danish club". ESPN FC. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  9. "Mohammed Saeid klar för Sirius". IK Sirius. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  10. Mohammed Saeid at Soccerway
  11. "Namibia v Eritrea game report". FIFA. 10 September 2019.
  12. "Son of African refugees, Swedish-born Mohammed Saeid finds a home with Colorado Rapids". 29 April 2017.
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