Lawson Sabah

Lawson Sabah (born 2 April 1997), often written Sabah Lawson, is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Piteå IF as a central midfielder.[1]

Lawson Sabah
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-04-02) 2 April 1997
Place of birth Kumasi, Ghana
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Piteå IF
Number 5
Youth career
0000–2013 International Allies
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 International Allies 13 (0)
2015–2020 IFK Göteborg 13 (1)
2017 → Varbergs BoIS (loan) 11 (0)
2018–2020 → FC Linköping City (loan) 51 (1)
2020 FC Linköping City 17 (1)
2021–2022 AFC Eskilstuna 21 (0)
2021 → Västerås SK (loan) 12 (0)
2023– Piteå IF 0 (0)
International career
2013–2014 Ghana U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2019

Club career

Early career

Sabah moved to Ghana's capital city Accra to pursue his football career for International Allies as a teenager. He cites the club's chairman Omar El-Eter to be the reason for going professional.[2] He played several games in the Ghanaian Premier League between 2014 and 2015.[3][4] In January 2015, he signed a 4.5 year contract with IFK Göteborg, but joined the Swedish side the following summer due to being under-age at the time.[5]

IFK Göteborg

On 28 December 2014, he signed for IFK Göteborg.[6] He made his senior appearance for IFK on 19 August 2015, playing 90 minutes in their 6–1 victory against Kristianstad FF in the domestic cup.[7] His Allsvenskan debut came the following season, coming on as a substitute away against Östersunds FK in May.[8] He came to play 11 games in the 2016 season, scoring his first goal in the last game of the campaign against IFK Norrköping.[9]

On 10 January 2023, Sabah signed a contract with Ettan-Norra side Piteå IF.[10]

Personal life

Lawson was born and grew up in Kumasi to mother Lydia and father Prince. He is a practicing Christian.[11]

His role models are compatriots Michael Essien and Sulley Muntari.[12]

Career statistics
As of 6 November 2016[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
International Allies 2015 13000—130
IFK Göteborg 2015 00100010
2016 1111000120
Total 1112000131
Career total 2412000261

References
  1. Lawson Sabah at Soccerway
  2. "Lawson Sabah". IFK Göteborg. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  3. "IFK:s ghananer spelade match för Inter Allies" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  4. "Inter Allies FC". Twitter. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  5. "Prosper och Lawson ansluter till IFK Göteborg" (in Swedish). SvenskaFans. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  6. "Två nyförvärv från Ghana" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  7. "Matchinformation: Kristianstads FF mot IFK Göteborg". SvFF. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  8. "Matchinformation: Östersunds FK mot IFK Göteborg". SvFF. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  9. "S. Lawson". Socerway. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  10. "Meriterade Lawson Sabah blir nästa nyförvärv" (in Swedish). Piteå IF. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  11. "Sabah, 19: Mamma är min största supporter" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Tidningen. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  12. "IFK Goteborg starlet Lawson Sabah wants to be a UEFA Champions League winner". Ghana Soccernet. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.


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