Elias Saad
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 Elias Saad (2025) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 December 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Hamburg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Hannover 96 (on loan from FC Augsburg) | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017–2018 | Buxtehuder SV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst | 30 | (13) |
| 2021–2022 | Eintracht Norderstedt | 38 | (18) |
| 2023–2024 | FC St. Pauli II | 4 | (3) |
| 2023–2025 | FC St. Pauli | 55 | (12) |
| 2025– | FC Augsburg | 10 | (0) |
| 2026– | → Hannover 96 (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Germany (Futsal) | 5 | (1) |
| 2024– | Tunisia | 6 | (3) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 October 2025 | |||
Elias Saad (Arabic: إِلْيَاس سَعْد; born 27 December 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger for 2. Bundesliga club Hannover 96 on loan from FC Augsburg. Born in Germany, he plays for the Tunisia national team, having previously been a former international for the Germany national futsal team.
From Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg, in 2017 Saad played under-19 football for Buxtehuder SV.[2] In 2019 he joined Futsal Bundesliga team Hamburg Panthers[3] and became the youngest player to make an appearance for the Germany national futsal team.[4] He also played football for HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst in the fifth-tier Oberliga Hamburg, making 29 appearances in which he scored eleven goals and was credited with seven assists.[2] Whilst playing amateur football in Hamburg Saad also trained as a wholesale and retail salesman.[2][5] In March 2021 Saad agreed to join Regionalliga Nord side FC Eintracht Norderstedt 03, signing a two-year contract.[6]
On 1 December 2022, Saad was announced as signing for 2. Bundesliga side FC St. Pauli.[7][8] He made his debut in the 2. Bundesliga for St. Pauli as a substitute against Eintracht Braunschweig on 16 April 2023.[9] He scored his first league goal for the club the following week in the derby game against Hamburger SV.[9] The following week he made his first league start for St. Pauli, at home against Arminia Bielefeld on 30 April 2023.[10]
On 26 June 2025, Saad signed a four-year contract with FC Augsburg.[11] On 14 January 2026, he was loaned by Hannover 96 in 2. Bundesliga.[12]
International career
In August 2023 Saad received his first call-up to the Tunisia national team.[13]
He made his debut on 26 March 2024 in a friendly against New Zealand.[14]
Personal life
Born in Germany, Saad is of Tunisian descent.[15]
