![]() Saydee with
AFC Bournemouth in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christian Nyensuah Saydee [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 10 May 2002||
Place of birth | Hillingdon, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.84 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Portsmouth | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2011 | Pro Touch SA | ||
2011–2018 | Reading | ||
2018–2019 | AFC Bournemouth | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2019–2023 | AFC Bournemouth | 2 | (0) |
2020 | → Poole Town (loan) | 5 | (2) |
2020–2021 | → Weymouth (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2022 | → Burton Albion (loan) | 18 | (0) |
2023 | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 21 | (7) |
2023– | Portsmouth | 28 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Christian Nyensuah Saydee (born 10 May 2002) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Portsmouth.
Saydee started his career with Premier League club AFC Bournemouth. [4] In 2020, he was sent on loan to Poole Town in the English seventh division. [5] After that, Saydee was sent on loan to English fifth division club Weymouth. [6] 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. [2] Saydee made his league debut for the Cherries in the opening fixture of the season; a 2–2 home draw against West Brom. [7]
On 31 January 2022, Saydee joined EFL League One side Burton Albion on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season. [8]
On 1 September 2022, Saydee joined EFL League One side Shrewsbury Town on loan for the 2022–23 season. [9] 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. [10] 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. [11] 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. [12]
On 14 June 2023, Saydee signed for EFL League One club Portsmouth for an undisclosed fee. [13]
Born in England, Saydee is of Liberian descent. [14]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
AFC Bournemouth | 2020–21 [15] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021–22 [16] | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
2022–23 [17] | 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 [15] | National League | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Burton Albion (loan) | 2021–22 [16] | League One | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 2022–23 [17] | League One | 35 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7 |
Portsmouth | 2023–24 | League One | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 2 |
Career total | 69 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 81 | 10 |