Elias Saad (; born 27 December 1999) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for club

FC Augsburg Fußball-Club Augsburg 1907 e. V., commonly known as FC Augsburg (), is a Football in Germany, German professional football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. FC Augsburg play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. T ...

. Born in Germany, he plays for the Tunisia national team, having previously been a former international for the Germany national futsal team.

Club career

From

Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg Wilhelmsburg () () is a quarter (''Stadtteil'') of Hamburg, Germany within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Hamburg-Mitte. It is situated on several islands between the Northern and Southern branches of the Elbe river (''Norderelbe'' and ''Süderelbe'' ...

, in 2017 Saad played under-19 football for

Buxtehuder SV Buxtehuder SV is a German sports club based in Buxtehude, Lower Saxony. The club is best known for its women's handball team, currently competing in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen and 2022-23 Women's EHF European League, but also has department ...

. In 2019 he joined Futsal Bundesliga team

Hamburg Panthers The futsal team of Hamburger SV (until 2023 HSV-Panthers, until 2017: Hamburg Panthers) is a German futsal team from Hamburg, affiliated with Hamburger SV. The team has won the German Futsal Championship four times, making them the German record c ...

and became the youngest player to make an appearance for the Germany national futsal team. He also played football for

HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst is a German association football club from the city of Hamburg. The club played as a second and third division side from the early 1960s on into the early 1980s before fading from sight into lower-tier competition. Histo ...

in the fifth-tier

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, making 29 appearances in which he scored eleven goals and was credited with seven assists. Whilst playing amateur football in Hamburg Saad also trained as a wholesale and retail salesman. In March 2021 Saad agreed to join

Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord () is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga N ...

side

FC Eintracht Norderstedt 03 FC Eintracht Norderstedt 03 () is a German football club based in Norderstedt, Schleswig-Holstein, currently playing in the Regionalliga Nord (IV). History The team was founded in 1945 as ''SV Eintracht Garstedt'', which joined ''1. SC Norde ...

, signing a two-year contract. On 1 December 2022, Saad was announced as signing for 2. Bundesliga side

FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St. Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St. Pauli (), is a German professional association football, football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg. The team plays in the Bundesliga from the 2024–25 Bundesli ...

. He made his debut in the 2. Bundesliga for St. Pauli as a substitute against

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. They compete in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier o ...

on 16 April 2023. He scored his first league goal for the club the following week in the derby game against Hamburger SV. The following week he made his first league start for St. Pauli, at home against

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia is most well known as ...

on 30 April 2023. On 26 June 2025, Saad signed a four-year contract with

International career

In August 2023 Saad received his first call-up to the Tunisia national team. He made his debut on 26 March 2024 in a friendly against New Zealand.

Personal life

Born in Germany, Saad is of Tunisian descent.

Career statistics

Honours

FC St. Pauli *

2.Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ; ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked belo ...

: 2023–24

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saad, Elias 1999 births Living people Footballers from Hamburg Tunisian men's footballers Tunisia men's international footballers German men's footballers German men's futsal players German people of Tunisian descent Men's association football wingers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Oberliga (football) players Landesliga players FC Eintracht Norderstedt 03 players FC St. Pauli players FC St. Pauli II players FC Augsburg players 21st-century German sportsmen