Paolo Sabak

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Paolo Sabak
Personal information
Full name Paolo Sabak
Date of birth (1999-02-10) 10 February 1999 (age 23)
Place of birth Mechelen, Belgium
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Forge FC
Number 24
Youth career
0000–2016 Genk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Genk 1 (0)
2018–2020 NEC 9 (1)
2020– Forge FC 33 (3)
National team
2014 Belgium U15 7 (0)
2014–2015 Belgium U16 6 (0)
2015 Belgium U17 2 (0)
2016–2017 Belgium U18 4 (0)
2016 Belgium U19 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 December 2021

Paolo Sabak (born 10 February 1999) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Canadian club Forge FC.

Club career[]

Genk[]

Sabak is a youth product of K.R.C. Genk. He made his Belgian Pro League debut at 21 August 2016 in a 0–3 away win against Sporting Lokeren. He replaced Alejandro Pozuelo after 80 minutes.[1][2][3]

Forge FC[]

On 23 April 2020, Sabak signed for Canadian Premier League side Forge FC.[4] He made his debut on August 13 in the 2020 season opener against Cavalry FC.[5] He scored his first goal for Forge in his third match, scoring a penalty against HFX Wanderers on August 19.[6]

Personal life[]

Sabak was born in Belgium, and is of Assyrian descent.[7]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 9 December 2020[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Genk 2016–17 Belgian First Division A 1 0 0 0 1[a] 0 2[b] 0 4 0
2017–18 Belgian First Division A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 0
NEC Nijmegen 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 9 1 1 0 — 0 0 10 1
2019–20 Eerste Divisie 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 9 1 1 0 — 0 0 10 1
Forge FC 2020 Canadian Premier League 11 2 0 0 4[c] 0 — 15 2
2021 Canadian Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 11 2 0 0 4 0 — 15 2
Career Total 21 3 1 0 5 0 2 0 29 3
  1. ^ Appearance in the UEFA Europa League.
  2. ^ Appearance in the UEFA Europa League playoff.
  3. ^ Appearances in the CONCACAF League.

References[]

  1. ^ "Belgium - P. Sabak - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. ^ Paolo Sabak at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "Lokeren vs. Genk - 21 August 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Forge FC inks promising Belgian attacker Paolo Sabak". canpl.ca. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  5. ^ Molinaro, John (13 August 2020). "Injury-time penalty allows Cavalry to draw Forge in CPL season opener".
  6. ^ "Wanderers go stride-for-stride with Forge in entertaining draw at Island Games". 19 August 2020.
  7. ^ "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com.
  8. ^ "P. Sabak". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

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