Mohammed Khalid Saeid (born 24 December 1990) is a former professional

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who plays as a

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. Born in Sweden, he has represented the Eritrea national team.

Career

Saeid was spotted at age eleven by

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while playing in a tournament with his team

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. The English club brought him over to play with their youth team but ended up not signing him. Instead scouts from

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who had watched him play for Fulham offered him a youth contract. In 2009, he returned to his old Swedish third tier club BK Forward. Saeid played three season there and had a very successful 2011 where he scored eight goals from midfield. This caused

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clubs like AIK,

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and

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to show interest in signing him. In the end he chose to stay in

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and signed with

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at the start of 2012. Saeid joined the Columbus Crew upon the expiration of his contract in December. On 14 March 2015, Saeid made his debut and first career start for

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in place of center midfielder

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who was serving a one-game suspension. Saied played 76 minutes in the Crew's 2-0 victory over

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. On 31 March 2017

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traded Saeid, Joshua Gatt, and an international roster spot to

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for

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and

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. On 29 December 2017, it was announced that Saeid would join

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side

Lyngby BK Lyngby Boldklub () is a professional football club based in Lyngby, Denmark, founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion. The club play in the Danish Superliga. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club has won the Danish c ...

ahead of their 2018 season. On 3 August 2018, Saeid transferred to

IK Sirius Idrottsklubben Sirius, commonly known as IK Sirius or Sirius, is a Swedish Sport, sports club located in Uppsala. Today IK Sirius is active in bandy, floorball, and association football, football as an . History The sports club that became IK Sir ...

in Allsvenskan, signing a deal running until 2021. On 11 August 2021, Saeid signed with

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until the end of 2023. On 18 January 2024, Saeid returned to

on a one-year contract with an optional year. On 8 November 2024, Saeid announced that he will end his career after this season.

International career

Saeid joined the Eritrea national team in September 2019 for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He made his debut on 10 September 2019 in a game against Namibia. He started the game and played the first 81 minutes of the game as Eritrea was eliminated from the competition.

Personal life

Saeid was born in Sweden, the child of refugees from Eritrea.

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saeid, Mohammed 1990 births Living people Eritrean men's footballers Eritrean expatriate men's footballers Eritrea men's international footballers Swedish men's footballers Swedish people of Eritrean descent Swedish expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders BK Forward players Örebro SK players Columbus Crew players Minnesota United FC players Colorado Rapids players Lyngby Boldklub players IK Sirius Fotboll players Trelleborgs FF players Allsvenskan players Danish Superliga players Major League Soccer players Superettan players Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Eritrean expatriates in the United States Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Footballers from Örebro 21st-century Swedish sportsmen