Ahmed Saad (Australian footballer)

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Ahmed Saad
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Saad
Date of birth (1989-10-09) 9 October 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
Original team(s) Roxburgh Park (EDFL)
Draft Pre-listed recruit,
2011 Trade Week
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Position(s) Forward pocket and wing
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
2010–2011
Northern Bullants
(VFL)		 35 (73)
2012–2013; 2015 St Kilda (AFL) 33 (48)
2016 Coburg (VFL) (49)
Career highlights
  • Frosty Miller Medal
    2016
  • Fothergill-Round Medal
    2011
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ahmed Saad (born 9 October 1989) is an Australian rules footballer who formerly played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was delisted in 2013 after receiving an 18-month suspension for testing positive to a banned substance, but was redrafted by the Saints as a rookie at the end of 2014.

Early career

Saad was born to Egyptian parents in Australia. At age 8 his family moved to Egypt where he played representative soccer as a striker or winger.[1] He returned to Australia at age 14,[1] attending secondary school in Roxburgh Park, Victoria. He played Australian rules football for the first time at age 16, filling in to make up the numbers for his school before joining the local Roxburgh Park Football Club.[2]

Saad joined the

Fothergill-Round Medal as the league's most promising young player.[2]

AFL career

Saad caught the attention of AFL recruiters in the

2011 Trade Week: the fledgling Greater Western Sydney Giants recruited him directly, then immediately traded him to St Kilda, along with Terry Milera and draft pick 25, in exchange for pick 20. Saad was 22 years old when he was recruited.[2]

Saad made his debut in Round 6,

Goal of the Year
.

Saad received an 18-month ban after testing positive to a banned substance. Saad consumed an

methylsynephrine.[4]

Saad was delisted by St Kilda as a result of the investigation at the end of the 2013 season.

2015 Rookie Draft. He played four games for St Kilda during the 2015 season and was delisted again in October 2015.[6]

Post-AFL career

Saad returned to the VFL in 2016, and joined stand-alone club

Frosty Miller Medal. He was also named Full Forward in the VFL team of the year.[8]

Personal life

Saad graduated from

Muslim (after Sedat Sir and Bachar Houli) to be on the AFL playing list.[citation needed
] In 2012 he was nominated as one of the AFL's multicultural ambassadors.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Windley, Matt (7 July 2012). "St Kilda's Egyptian goalsneak Ahmed Saad an unlikely footballer". News.com. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Blake, Martin (14 October 2011). "Saints small forward with a big story". The Age. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. ^ Somers, Robert (5 May 2012). "McEvoy one of three St Kilda late changes". Sportal. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  4. ^ Edmund, Sam (5 December 2013). "Ahmed Saad may cop two-year ban following ASADA decision to appeal 18-month term". Herald Sun. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  5. ^ Sun, Herald (13 November 2013). "Saints delish Saad ahead of Draft". Herald Sun. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  6. Bigpond
    . Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  7. ^ "VFL 2016 ins and outs". Victorian Football League. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Peter Jackson VFL 2016". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

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