Dia Saba

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Dia Saba
ضياء سبع
File:Dia Saba.jpg
Saba playing for Maccabi Netanya in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-11-18) 18 November 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth Majd al-Krum, Israel
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Amedspor
Number 91
Youth career
Hapoel Haifa
Beitar Nes Tubruk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Beitar Nes Tubruk[1] 2 (1)
2011–2013 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2 (0)
2012–2013 → Hapoel Be'er Sheva (loan) 30 (3)
2013 → Bnei Sakhnin (loan) 10 (0)
2013–2014 Maccabi Petah Tikva 29 (3)
2014–2018 Maccabi Netanya 100 (45)
2018–2019 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 16 (4)
2019–2020 Guangzhou R&F 36 (18)
2020–2022 Al-Nasr 49 (17)
2022–2023 Sivasspor 13 (5)
2023–2025 Maccabi Haifa 53 (25)
2024 → Emirates Club (loan) 7 (2)
2025– Amedspor 11 (6)
International career‡
2011 Israel U19 4 (0)
2013–2014 Israel U21 9 (2)
2018– Israel 13 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 September 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2024

Dia Saba (sometimes Sabi'a or Seba,[2][3][4] Arabic: ضياء سبع, Hebrew: דיא סבע; born 18 November 1992) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for TFF 1. Lig club Amedspor.

Early life

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Saba was born in Majd al-Krum, Israel, to a Muslim-Arab family.[5][6] He is a cousin of former footballer Ahmad Saba'a.[7]

Career

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Saba began his career with the youth selections of Hapoel Haifa, and later moved to Beitar Nes Tubruk. In summer 2011, Saba joined Maccabi Tel Aviv and played under manager Motti Ivanir. However, he made only two appearances over four months, and in January 2012 was subsequently loaned to Hapoel Be'er Sheva until the end of the season. On 21 January 2012, Saba made his debut for Hapoel Be'er Sheva, and scored twice in a 2–0 victory over Hapoel Haifa, helping the club to stay in the league. He was then again loaned for half the season. In February 2013 he moved to Bnei Sakhnin, playing ten league matches and failing to score. Before the 2013–14 season, Saba signed with Maccabi Petah Tikva. The following season he signed a two-year contract with Maccabi Netanya. He played with Netanya for four years, scoring 51 goals in 114 appearances in all club competitions, including 24 league goals in the 2017–18 season.[8]

On 17 September 2018, Saba returned to Be'er Sheva as Hapoel paid Maccabi Netanya a record transfer fee of €2 million.[9] He signed a four-year contract with Be'er Sheva worth €1.6 million.[10] He made his debut at home against Bnei Yehuda, in a goalless game. Saba scored his first goal for Be'er Sheva on 6 October 2018, in a 4–1 win over Maccabi Petah Tikva.

In January 2019, he moved to Chinese Super League side Guangzhou R&F, linking up with fellow Israel national team striker Eran Zahavi.[11]

In September 2020, Saba joined Al-Nasr, becoming the first Israeli to play in the United Arab Emirates following the Israel–United Arab Emirates normalization agreement.[12]

On 22 August 2022, Saba joined Turkish Süper Lig club Sivasspor.[13]

On 30 January 2023, Saba signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Maccabi Haifa.[14]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 15 March 2025[8][15][16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2011–12 Israeli Premier League 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva (loan) 2011–12 15 3 2 0 0 0 — 17 3
2012–13 15 0 1 0 4 1 — 20 1
Total 30 3 3 0 4 1 0 0 37 4
Bnei Sakhnin (loan) 2012–13 Israeli Premier League 10 0 2 1 0 0 — 12 1
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2013–14 29 3 4 5 0 0 — 33 8
Maccabi Netanya 2014–15 29 4 0 0 2 0 — 31 4
2015–16 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 0
2016–17 Liga Leumit 32 17 1 0 3 0 — 36 17
2017–18 Israeli Premier League 34 24 2 1 2 1 0 0 38 26
2018–19 2 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 6 4
Total 100 45 3 1 11 5 0 0 114 51
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2018–19 Israeli Premier League 16 4 2 1 0 0 — 18 5
Guangzhou R&F 2019 Chinese Super League 26 13 0 0 — — 26 13
2020 10 5 1 0 — — 11 5
Total 36 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 37 18
Al-Nasr 2020–21 UAE Pro League 24 6 — 5 1 — 29 7
2021–22 25 11 — 4 2 — 29 13
Total 49 17 0 0 9 3 0 0 58 20
Sivasspor 2022–23 Süper Lig 13 5 1 0 — 6 1 20 6
Maccabi Haifa 2022–23 Israeli Premier League 16 6 1 1 0 0 — 17 7
2023–24 3 2 0 0 1 0 10 2 14 4
2024–25 23 15 2 0 3 3 2 0 30 18
Total 42 23 3 1 4 3 12 2 61 29
Emirates (loan) 2023–24 UAE Pro League 7 2 0 0 — 0 0 7 2
Career total 334 120 19 9 30 12 18 3 401 144

International

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Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Saba goal.[15]
List of international goals scored by Dia Saba
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 October 2018 Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva, Israel File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania 2–0 2–0 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C
2 15 November 2018 Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 5–0 7–0 Friendly
3 6–0

Honours

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Maccabi Netanya

Maccabi Haifa

Individual

  • Israel Football Players Organization's Player of the Season: 2017–18[17]
  • Israeli Premier League top scorer: 2017–18 (24 goals)

References

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