Mohammed Khalid Saeid (born 24 December 1990) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Born in Sweden, he represents the Eritrea national team.

Career

Saeid was spotted at age eleven by

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while playing in a tournament with his team BK Forward. The English club brought him over to play with their youth team but ended up not signing him. Instead scouts from

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who had watched him play for Fulham offered him a youth contract. In 2009, he returned to his old Swedish third tier club BK Forward. Saeid played three season there and had a very successful 2011 where he scored eight goals from midfield. This caused

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clubs like

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and

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to show interest in signing him. In the end he chose to stay in

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and signed with Örebro SK at the start of 2012. Saeid joined the Columbus Crew upon the expiration of his contract in December. On 14 March 2015, Saeid made his debut and first career start for Columbus Crew in place of center midfielder

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who was serving a one-game suspension. Saied played 76 minutes in the Crew's 2-0 victory over

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. On 31 March 2017

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traded Saeid,

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, and an international roster spot to Colorado Rapids for

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and

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. On 29 December 2017, it was announced that Saeid would join

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side

Lyngby BK Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club ...

ahead of their 2018 season. On 3 August 2018, Saeid transferred to IK Sirius in Allsvenskan, signing a deal running until 2021. On 11 August 2021, Saeid signed with

until the end of 2023.

International career

Saeid joined the Eritrea national team in September 2019 for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He made his debut on 10 September 2019 in a game against Namibia. He started the game and played the first 81 minutes of the game as Eritrea was eliminated from the competition.

Personal life

Saeid was born in Sweden, the child of refugees from Eritrea.

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saeid, Mohammed 1990 births Living people Eritrean footballers Eritrean expatriate footballers Eritrea international footballers Swedish footballers Swedish people of Eritrean descent Swedish sportspeople of African descent Swedish expatriate footballers Association football midfielders BK Forward players Örebro SK players Columbus Crew players Minnesota United FC players Colorado Rapids players Lyngby Boldklub players IK Sirius Fotboll players Trelleborgs FF players Allsvenskan players Danish Superliga players Major League Soccer players Superettan players Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate soccer players in the United States Expatriate footballers in Denmark Eritrean expatriates in the United States Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Sportspeople from Örebro