Christian Nyensuah Saydee (born 10 May 2002) is an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a forward for club Wigan Athletic.

Career

AFC Bournemouth

Saydee joined the Pro Touch Soccer Academy at age nine, before joining the Reading Academy. He joined the AFC Bournemouth academy in 2018, having being released by Reading in the summer of that year. In 2020, he was sent on loan to Poole Town in the English seventh division. After that, Saydee was sent on loan to English fifth division club Weymouth. On 31 July 2021, he debuted for Bournemouth during a 5–0 win over MK Dons, scoring a goal and getting an assist on his debut for the club. Saydee made his league debut for the Cherries in the opening fixture of the season; a 2–2 home draw against West Brom.

Loan to Burton Albion

On 31 January 2022, Saydee joined

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side Burton Albion on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.

Loan to Shrewsbury Town

On 1 September 2022, Saydee joined EFL League One side

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on loan for the 2022–23 season. Saydee scored his first goal for the club, and his first in the EFL, in a 2–1 loss to Port Vale on 17 September. Saydee's good form in the tail-end of 2022 earned him Shrewsbury Town's player of the month award for December, scoring two goals across a victory against

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and a loss to

Cambridge United Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Cambridge, England. They currently compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed the U’s, the club h ...

. He then scored a career-first brace in senior football, netting two goals in a 4-0 victory against former club Burton Albion on 14 January.

Portsmouth

On 14 June 2023, Saydee signed for

club

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for an undisclosed fee.

Wigan Athletic

On 19 June 2025, Saydee signed for

side

Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, they have p ...

for an undisclosed fee.

Personal life

Born in England, Saydee is of Liberian descent.

Career statistics

Honours

Portsmouth *

: 2023–24

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saydee, Christian 2002 births Living people People from Hillingdon Footballers from the London Borough of Hillingdon English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Weymouth F.C. players Poole Town F.C. players Burton Albion F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Portsmouth F.C. players National League (English football) players English Football League players Southern Football League players Black British sportsmen English people of Liberian descent 21st-century English sportsmen