| Sarah Abu-Sabbah | |
| Fullname: | Sarah Basem Najem Abu-Sabbah |
| Birth Date: | 27 October 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Height: | 1.70 m[1] |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | 1. FC Union Berlin |
| Clubnumber: | 9 |
| Youthyears1: | 2014–2015 |
| Youthyears2: | 2015–2016 |
| Youthclubs1: | SGS Essen |
| Youthclubs2: | Bayer Leverkusen U17 |
| Years1: | 2014–2016 |
| Clubs1: | Bayer Leverkusen |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs2: | Bayer Leverkusen II |
| Caps2: | 22 |
| Goals2: | 22 |
| Years3: | 2018–2021 |
| Clubs3: | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| Caps3: | 65 |
| Goals3: | 46 |
| Years4: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs4: | SV Meppen |
| Caps4: | 9 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2023– |
| Clubs5: | 1. FC Union Berlin |
| Caps5: | 22 |
| Goals5: | 42 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016 |
| Nationalteam1: | Jordan U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017– |
| Nationalteam2: | Jordan |
| Nationalcaps2: | 14 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
| Pcupdate: | 16 July 2023 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 16 July 2023 (UTC) |
Sarah Basem Najem Abu-Sabbah (ar|سارة باسم نجم أبو صباح; born 27 October 1999) is a German-born Jordanian footballer who plays for 1. FC Union Berlin in Germany's 2. Frauen-Bundesliga.[2] She has also played for the Jordan under-17 team that played in the 2016 FIFA U-17 World Cup and the senior national team of Jordan.
Abu-Sabbah was born on October 27, 1999[3] in Düsseldorf, Germany. Her father migrated to Germany in 1994. She started playing football at age 4 with her mother registering her at a boys' football club.[4]
Abu-Sabbah played for the youth teams of SGS Essen and Bayer Leverkusen at the U17 Bundesliga South/SouthWest division in the 2014–15 and 2015–16 season respectively.
On March 20, 2016 she made her first appearance for the senior team of Bayer Leverkusen at the Frauen-Bundesliga,[3] becoming the first female Jordanian to play in a league outside Jordan[4] and the first Arab to play in the German women's league.[5] She only played in one match. In 2017, she is playing for Bayer Leverkusen II of third-tier league Regionalliga West.[6]
In June 2018, she joined Borussia Mönchengladbach,[7] where she achieved the top scorer in the 2020–21 2. Bundesliga with 11 goals.[8] She played for newly promoted Bundesliga club SV Meppen in 2022.[9] In July 2023, she signed for 1. FC Union Berlin in the Regionalliga Nordost,[10] contributing to their promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in her debut season at the club.[11]
Abu-Sabbah first joined the Jordan U-17 team in 2015.[5] At the 2016 FIFA U-17 World Cup which was hosted in Jordan, she debuted for the under-17 team of Jordan in the match against Spain.[12] She later scored the first goal of the Jordan U-17 team in the tournament in their 1-4 loss to Mexico.[4]
She debuted for the senior team in September 2017 in the 2–1 friendly win against Latvia in Riga.[6] She was among the players that represented Jordan at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[2] [13]
Scores and results list Jordan's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 12 April 2018 | 1–1 | 1–8 | 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup | ||
| 2. | 5 April 2023 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament | ||
| 3. | 27 February 2024 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2022 WAFF Women's Championship | ||