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Oliver Bias
Personal information
Full name	Oliver Saludares Bias
Date of birth	15 June 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Johanngeorgenstadt, Germany
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	One Taguig
Youth career
0000–2015	Erzgebirge Aue
2015–2020	RB Leipzig
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2020	RB Leipzig
2020	Optik Rathenow
2021	Nitra
2021–2023	ADT
2022–2023	Chiangmai United
2023–2024	Příbram
2023–2024	→ Persija Jakarta (loan)
2024–	One Taguig
International career‡
2016	Germany U15
2016–2017	Germany U16
2018	Germany U17
2021–	Philippines U23
2021–	Philippines
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 April 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 January 2023

Oliver Saludares Bias^[2] (German pronunciation: [ˈbiːas];^[3] born 15 June 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Philippines Football League side One Taguig. He previously represented Germany at youth international level, before switching to play for the Philippines at senior,^[4] and later at under-23 international level.

Club career

RB Leipzig

Bias made his professional debut for RB Leipzig on 2 August 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 64th minute for Ibrahima Konaté in the UEFA Europa League qualifying match against Swedish club Häcken of the Allsvenskan. The match concluded in a 1–1 away draw.^[5]

FC Nitra

Bias joined Slovak Fortuna Liga club FC Nitra in late January 2021.^[6]

International career

Bias was born to a German father and a Filipina mother which made him eligible to represent either Germany or Philippines at international level.

Germany youth

Bias has played for the youth national teams of Germany.

Philippines

Bias accepted a call-up to the Philippines national team in May 2021 for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.^[7] He made his debut on 7 June against China PR, where he picked up a yellow card in their 2–0 loss.^[8]^[9]

Philippines U23

He captained the Philippines U23 team at the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers; they finished last in their group with a winless campaign.^[10]^[11]

Bias was included in the 20-man squad for 31st Southeast Asian Games, which was held in Vietnam.^[12]

References

^ "Oliver Bias". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
^ "Preliminary Joint Qualification 2022 – Preliminary Round 2 match report: China P.R. – Philippines". stats.the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation (AFC). 7 June 2021. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
^ Oliver Bias (4 June 2021). "Oliver Bias feature" (Interview). The Azkals (official Facebook page of the Philippines national football team). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
^ "Oliver Bias". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
^ "UEFA Europa League: Häcken v Leipzig". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
^ "Djiby Ba pod Zobor aj s mladíkom, ktorý hral kvalifikáciu Európskej ligy UEFA - FC Nitra" (in Slovak). 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ Salajeno, Ivan (20 May 2021). "Etheridge named Azkals vice captain for WCQ as training pool finally revealed".
^ Del Carmen, Lorenzo (7 June 2021). "Guirado, Hartmann make Azkals return as nine players to make debut". Tiebreaker Times. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ Yumol, David Tristan (8 June 2021). "PH Azkals suffer blow to 2022 World Cup aspirations after China loss". CNN Philippines. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ Saldajeno, Ivan Stewart (22 October 2021). "Azkals vie for Asian Cup U-23 slot in Singapore qualifiers". Philippine News Agency. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
^ Morilla, Juro (31 October 2021). "Azkals U23 winless in Asian Cup qualifiers with last-minute loss to Timor Leste". Rappler. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
^ "Philippines Under-23 Squad For The 31st Southeast Asian Games". Philippine Football Federation. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.

External links

Profile at DFB.de
Profile at kicker.de

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