Louis Saha

Louis Laurent Saha (born 8 August 1978) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Louis Saha
Louis Saha (cropped).jpg
Saha in 2015
Personal information
Full nameLouis Laurent Saha[1]
Date of birth8 August 1978
     (aged 48)
[2]
Place of birthParis, France
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
1990–1995FC Soisy-Andilly-Margency
1992–1995Clairefontaine[4]
1995–1997Metz
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2000Metz47(5)
1999→ Newcastle United (loan)11(1)
2000–2004Fulham117(53)
2004–2008Manchester United86(28)
2008–2012Everton97(27)
2012 Tottenham10(3)
2012–2013Sunderland11(0)
2013Lazio6(0)
Total385(117)
National team
1998–1999France U2112(3)
2004–2012France20(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5][6]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Metz 1997–98 Division 1 21 1 2 0 0 0 3[c] 0 — 26 1
1998–99 Division 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 — 6 0
1999–2000 Division 1 23 4 3 0 1 0 8 8 — 35 12
Total 47 5 5 0 1 0 14 8 0 0 67 13
Newcastle United (loan) 1998–99 Premier League 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 — 12 2
Fulham 2000–01 First Division 43 27 1 0 4 5 — — 48 32
2001–02 Premier League 36 8 6 0 2 1 — — 44 9
2002–03 Premier League 17 5 3 1 0 0 8 1 — 28 7
2003–04 Premier League 21 13 1 2 0 0 — — 22 15
Total 117 53 11 3 6 6 8 1 0 0 142 63
Manchester United 2003–04 Premier League 12 7 0 0 0 0 2[d] 0 0 0 14 7
2004–05 Premier League 14 1 2 0 4 1 2[d] 0 — 22 2
2005–06 Premier League 19 7 4 2 5 6 2[d] 0 — 30 15
2006–07 Premier League 24 8 2 1 0 0 8[d] 4 — 34 13
2007–08 Premier League 17 5 2 0 0 0 5[d] 0 0 0 24 5
Total 86 28 10 3 9 7 19 4 0 0 124 42
Everton 2008–09 Premier League 24 6 3 2 1 0 1[c] 0 — 29 8
2009–10 Premier League 33 13 1 0 1 0 5[e] 2 — 40 15
2010–11 Premier League 22 7 3 2 1 1 — — 26 10
2011–12 Premier League 18 1 0 0 2 1 — — 20 2
Total 97 27 7 4 5 2 6 2 0 0 115 35
Sunderland 2012–13 Premier League 11 0 0 0 3 0 — — 14 0
Lazio 2012–13 Serie A 6 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 6 0
Career total 385 117 36 12 24 15 47 15 0 0 492 159
  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, Football League Cup
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[7]
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2004 8 2
2005 0 0
2006 10 2
2007 0 0
2008 0 0
2009 0 0
2010 0 0
2011 1 0
2012 1 0
Total 20 4
Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Saha goal.
List of international goals scored by Louis Saha[source?]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 18 February 2004 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 2–0 2–0 Friendly
2 28 May 2004 Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France  Andorra 3–0 4–0 Friendly
3 2 September 2006 Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia  Georgia 1–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
4 11 October 2006 Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard, France  Faroe Islands 1–0 5–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

Honours

Fulham

Manchester United

Everton

France U18

France

Individual

Louis Saha Media

References

  1. ↑ Premier League clubs submit squad lists (4 September 2012)Premier League. p. 33.
  2. ↑ Louis Saha: Profile. worldfootball.netHEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Louis Saha: OverviewPremier League. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  4. ↑ (in fr) INF, formateur de talents. French Football Federation. http://www.fff.fr/presentationfff/actualite/418646.shtml. Retrieved 21 July 2009. 
  5. ↑ Endlar, Andrew. Louis Saha. StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  6. ↑ Louis Saha career stats at Soccerbase
  7. ↑ Louis Saha at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. ↑ Rothmans Football Yearbook 2001–2002 (2001). London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 44, 180–181. ISBN 978-0-7472-7260-1.
  9. ↑ Fulham force draw. 13 August 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2188318.stm. Retrieved 24 September 2021. 
    Fulham clinch Euro glory. 27 August 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/uefa_cup/2217215.stm. Retrieved 24 September 2021. 
  10. ↑ Man Utd ease to Carling Cup glory. 26 February 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/4727118.stm. Retrieved 18 April 2018. 
  11. ↑ Gandini, Luca. European Champions' Club Cup/UEFA Champions League winning squads (2 June 2016)Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  12. ↑ Bevan, Chris (30 May 2009). Chelsea 2–1 Everton. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/8060989.stm. Retrieved 24 September 2021. 
  13. ↑ Teams of the year. 29 April 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1304001.stm. Retrieved 24 September 2021.