Lawson Sabah

Lawson Sabah
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-04-02) 2 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Kumasi, Ghana
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Piteå IF
Number 5
Youth career
0000–2013 International Allies
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 International Allies 13 (0)
2015–2020 IFK Göteborg 13 (1)
2017 → Varbergs BoIS (loan) 11 (0)
2018–2020 → FC Linköping City (loan) 51 (1)
2020 FC Linköping City 17 (1)
2021–2022 AFC Eskilstuna 21 (0)
2021 → Västerås SK (loan) 12 (0)
2023– Piteå IF 5 (0)
International career
2013–2014 Ghana U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 November 2023

Lawson Sabah (born 2 April 1997) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Piteå IF as a central midfielder.[1]

Club career

Early career

Sabah moved to Ghana's capital city Accra to pursue his football career for International Allies as a teenager. He cites the club's chairman Omar El-Eter to be the reason for going professional.[2] He played several games in the Ghanaian Premier League between 2014 and 2015.[3][4] In January 2015, he signed a 4.5 year contract with IFK Göteborg, but joined the Swedish side the following summer due to being under-age at the time.[5]

IFK Göteborg

On 28 December 2014, he signed for IFK Göteborg.[6] He made his senior appearance for IFK on 19 August 2015, playing 90 minutes in their 6–1 victory against Kristianstad FF in the domestic cup.[7] His Allsvenskan debut came the following season, coming on as a substitute away against Östersunds FK in May.[8] He came to play 11 games in the 2016 season, scoring his first goal in the last game of the campaign against IFK Norrköping.[9]

On 10 January 2023, Sabah signed a contract with Ettan-Norra side Piteå IF.[10]

Personal life

Lawson was born and grew up in Kumasi to mother Lydia and father Prince. He is a practicing Christian.[11]

His role models are compatriots Michael Essien and Sulley Muntari.[12]

Career statistics

As of 6 November 2016[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
International Allies 2015 13 0 0 0 — 13 0
IFK Göteborg 2015 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2016 11 1 1 0 0 0 12 0
Total 11 1 2 0 0 0 13 1
Career total 24 1 2 0 0 0 26 1

References

  1. ^ Lawson Sabah at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Lawson Sabah". IFK Göteborg. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  3. ^ "IFK:s ghananer spelade match för Inter Allies" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Inter Allies FC". Twitter. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Prosper och Lawson ansluter till IFK Göteborg" (in Swedish). SvenskaFans. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Två nyförvärv från Ghana" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Matchinformation: Kristianstads FF mot IFK Göteborg". SvFF. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Matchinformation: Östersunds FK mot IFK Göteborg". SvFF. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  9. ^ a b "S. Lawson". Socerway. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Meriterade Lawson Sabah blir nästa nyförvärv" (in Swedish). Piteå IF. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Sabah, 19: Mamma är min största supporter" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Tidningen. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  12. ^ "IFK Goteborg starlet Lawson Sabah wants to be a UEFA Champions League winner". Ghana Soccernet. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.