Salah El Din Ahmed Said ( am, ሳላዲን ሰይድ; born 29 October 1988), also known as Salhadin Said or Saladin Said, is an Ethiopian professional

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who plays as a forward for

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club

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. His energy, skill, and goal scoring ability in critical games have made him one of the indispensable players in eastern Africa. Salhadin finished as the top scorer in the

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Club career

Early career

In 2010, Salhadin was on trial with Serbian club

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, but the transfer failed. Subsequently, he trialled with

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, but did not manage to go further than gaining good wishes and compliments from coach Zoran Milinković. In 2011, Salhadin scored five goals in a 2011 Kagame Inter-Club Cup game against

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from

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Wadi Gegla

On 9 October 2011, Salhadin got transferred to Egyptian club

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, who paid 2,040,000

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, ($240,000 US), at the time the highest sum ever paid for an Ethiopian footballer.

Lierse

Salhadin said ahead of Ethiopia's game against

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that he was moving to Belgium club Lierse after the Africa Cup.

Al Ahly

On 23 April 2014, Saladin moved from Wadi Degla to the league rivals Al-Ahly where they had captured

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title.

Saint George

After an unsuccessful stint at Algerian side

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, Said returned to

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in 2016.

International career

Said debuted for the Ethiopia national team in 2005. Since then he has been Ethiopia's top scorer in

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Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Ethiopia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Said goal.''

References

External links

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