Felipe Saad

Felipe Saad
Felipe Saad in 2022
Personal information
Full name Felipe Patavino Saad
Date of birth (1983-09-11) 11 September 1983 (age 43)
Place of birth Santos, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Marseille
(loan player manager)
Youth career
1998–2003 Vitória
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Vitória 22 (0)
2005 → Paysandu (loan) 13 (0)
2006 → Botafogo (loan) 9 (0)
2007–2010 Guingamp 76 (0)
2010–2012 Evian 20 (1)
2012–2013 Ajaccio 14 (0)
2013–2015 Caen 25 (0)
2015–2017 Strasbourg 46 (3)
2017–2019 Lorient 49 (0)
2019–2020 Paris FC 10 (0)
Total 284 (4)
Managerial career
2020–2021 Caen (scout)
2021–2022 Marseille (technical coordinator)
2023– Marseille (loan player manager)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Felipe Patavino Saad (born 11 September 1983) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Whilst at Guingamp, then in Ligue 2, Saad played in the 2009 Coupe de France final in which they beat Rennes.

Playing career

In July 2015, Saad joined Strasbourg from Caen, signing a two-year contract.

In July 2019, Saad joined Ligue 2 side Paris FC from league rivals Lorient. He had been facing new competition at Lorient with the arrivals of defenders Julien Laporte and Thomas Fontaine for the 2019–20 season.

Managerial career

In summer 2020, after being released by Paris FC, Saad retired from playing and took up a position at former club Caen as "recruiter" while also working as a consultant for RMC. Beside that, he was also hired as a scout for his former club, Caen. A year later, he was hired by as a translator. In March 2022, he got a new role at Marseille, as technical coordinator.

Personal life

Saad is of Lebanese descent through his paternal great-grandfather, and of Italian descent on his mother's side. His mother was born in Colletorto, Molise, and moved to Brazil aged three with her parents.

He is a dual citizen of Brazil and Italy, having obtained Italian citizenship aged 14.

Honours

Vitória

Paysandu

Botafogo

Guingamp

Evian

Strasbourg

References

  1. ↑ "Stade Rennes vs Guingamp". espn.co.uk. 9 May 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Felipe Saad signe à Strasbourg" [Felipe Saad signs for RC Strasbourg]. L'Équipe (in French). 15 July 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "FC Lorient. Felipe Saad s'engage avec le Paris FC (Ligue 2)". Ouest France (in French). 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Le Sauce, Arnaud (22 October 2020). "En Avant Guingamp. Felipe Saad, recruteur pour Caen et consultant pour RMC" [Felipe Saad, recruiter for Caen and consultant for RMC]. Le Télégramme (in French). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  5. ↑ Cigano no futebol da França, zagueiro brasileiro se aposenta e vira “olheiro” e comentarista no país, globo.com, 24 July 2020
  6. ↑ Cigano do futebol francês, ex-zagueiro Felipe Saad vira tradutor de Sampaoli no Olympique de Marselha, globo.com, 1 July 2021
  7. ↑ Felipe Saad nommé coordinateur technique de l'OM, lequipe.fr, 22 March 2022
  8. ↑ "Brandao bientôt français: Pourquoi le Brésil exporte autant de footballeurs vers d'autres équipes nationales?". www.20minutes.fr. 16 March 2014.
  9. 1 2 cins (15 July 2013). "Felipe SAAD : "Je suis très content d'être à Caen"". Stade Malherbe Caen (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  10. 1 2 https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYM-KDKISGP/
  11. 1 2 3 Felipe Saad at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 September 2023.