| Christian Saydee | |
| Full Name: | Christian Nyensuah Saydee[1] |
| Birth Date: | 10 May 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Hillingdon, England |
| Height: | 1.84m (06.04feet)[2] |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Portsmouth |
| Clubnumber: | 15 |
| Youthyears1: | 2010–2011 |
| Youthclubs1: | Pro Touch SA |
| Youthyears2: | 2011–2018 |
| Youthclubs2: | Reading |
| Youthyears3: | 2018–2019 |
| Youthclubs3: | AFC Bournemouth |
| Years1: | 2019–2023 |
| Clubs1: | AFC Bournemouth |
| Caps1: | 2 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2020 |
| Clubs2: | → Poole Town (loan) |
| Caps2: | 5 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs3: | → Weymouth (loan) |
| Caps3: | 3 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2022 |
| Clubs4: | → Burton Albion (loan) |
| Caps4: | 18 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2023 |
| Clubs5: | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) |
| Caps5: | 35 |
| Goals5: | 7 |
| Years6: | 2023– |
| Caps6: | 50 |
| Goals6: | 4 |
| Club-Update: | 9 November 2024 (UTC) |
Christian Nyensuah Saydee (born 10 May 2002) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for club Portsmouth.
Saydee started his career with Premier League club AFC Bournemouth.[3] In 2020, he was sent on loan to Poole Town in the English seventh division.[4] After that, Saydee was sent on loan to English fifth division club Weymouth.[5] On 31 July 2021, he debuted for Bournemouth during a 5–0 win over MK Dons, scoring a goal and getting an assist on his debut for the club. Saydee made his league debut for the Cherries in the opening fixture of the season; a 2–2 home draw against West Brom.[6]
On 31 January 2022, Saydee joined EFL League One side Burton Albion on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[7]
On 1 September 2022, Saydee joined EFL League One side Shrewsbury Town on loan for the 2022–23 season.[8] Saydee scored his first goal for the club, and his first in the EFL, in a 2–1 loss to Port Vale on 17 September.[9] Saydee's good form in the tail-end of 2022 earned him Shrewsbury Town's player of the month award for December, scoring two goals across a victory against Bolton Wanderers and a loss to Cambridge United.[10] He then scored a career-first brace in senior football, netting two goals in a 4-0 victory against former club Burton Albion on 14 January.[11]
On 14 June 2023, Saydee signed for EFL League One club Portsmouth for an undisclosed fee.[12]
Born in England, Saydee is of Liberian descent.[13]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| AFC Bournemouth | 2020–21 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Weymouth (loan) | 2020–21 | National League | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Burton Albion (loan) | 2021–22 | League One | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 2022–23 | League One | 35 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7 | |
| Portsmouth | 2023–24 | League One | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 4 | |
| 2024–25 | Championship | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 2 | |||
| Total | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 57 | 6 | |||
| Career total | 108 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 119 | 14 | |||
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