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Lawson Sabah
Personal information
Full name Lawson Sabah
Date of birth (1997-04-02) 2 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Kumasi, Ghana
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Linköping City
Number 20
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 0 (0)
International career
2013–2014 Ghana U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2019

Lawson Sabah (born 2 April 1997), often written Sabah Lawson, is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for FC Linköping City 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

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

Personal life

Lawson was born and grew up in Kumasi to mother Lydia and father Prince. He is a practicing Christian.[9]

His role models are compatriots Michael Essien and Sulley Muntari.[10]

Career statistics

As of 6 November 2016[8]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
International Allies 2015 13 0 0 0 — 13 0
Total 13 0 0 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. ^ "Två nyförvärv från Ghana" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  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. ^ "Matchinformation: Kristianstads FF mot IFK Göteborg". SvFF. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Matchinformation: Östersunds FK mot IFK Göteborg". SvFF. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  8. ^ a b "S. Lawson". Socerway. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Sabah, 19: Mamma är min största supporter" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Tidningen. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  10. ^ "IFK Goteborg starlet Lawson Sabah wants to be a UEFA Champions League winner". Ghana Soccernet. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
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