Lawson Sabah (born 2 April 1997), often written Sabah Lawson, is a Ghanaian professional
footballer
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who plays for
Piteå IF as a
central midfielder.
Club career
Early career
Sabah moved to Ghana's capital city
Accra
Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...
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. He played several games in the
Ghanaian Premier League
The is the top professional association football division of the football league system in Ghana. Officially formed in 1956 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition (which began in 1933 and ended in 1953–54), t ...
between 2014 and 2015. 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.
IFK Göteborg
On 28 December 2014, he signed for
IFK Göteborg. 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
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. His
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...
debut came the following season, coming on as a substitute away against
Östersunds FK
Östersunds Fotbollsklubb, commonly known simply as Östersunds FK, Östersund () or (especially locally) ÖFK, is a Swedish professional football club located in Östersund, Sweden and since 2022 play in the Swedish second tier, Superettan. The ...
in May. He came to play 11 games in the
2016 season, scoring his first goal in the last game of the campaign against
IFK Norrköping.
On 10 January 2023, Sabah signed a contract with
Ettan-Norra side
Piteå IF.
Personal life
Lawson was born and grew up in
Kumasi to mother Lydia and father Prince. He is a practicing Christian.
His role models are compatriots
Michael Essien
Michael Kojo Essien (born 3 December 1982) is a Ghanaian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder and is currently a member of Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland's coaching staff. He was ...
and
Sulley Muntari.
Career statistics
References
External links
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1997 births
Living people
Ghanaian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
IFK Göteborg players
Allsvenskan players
International Allies F.C. players
Footballers from Kumasi
Varbergs BoIS players
FC Linköping City players
Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden