Louis Saha

**Louis Laurent Saha** (born 8 August 1978) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Metz|1997–98|Division 1|21|1|2|0|0|0|3|0|—|26|1||
|1998–99|Division 1|3|0|0|0|0|0|3|0|—|6|0||||
|1999–2000|Division 1|23|4|3|0|1|0|8|8|—|35|12||||
|Newcastle United (loan)|1998–99|Premier League|11|1|1|1|0|0|0|0|—|12|2|||
|rowspan="5"|Fulham|2000–01|First Division|43|27|1|0|4|5|—|—|48|32|||
|2001–02|Premier League|36|8|6|0|2|1|—|—|44|9|||||
|2002–03|Premier League|17|5|3|1|0|0|8|1|—|28|7||||
|2003–04|Premier League|21|13|1|2|0|0|—|—|22|15|||||
|rowspan="6"|Manchester United|2003–04|Premier League|12|7|0|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|14|7|
|2004–05|Premier League|14|1|2|0|4|1|2|0|—|22|2||||
|2005–06|Premier League|19|7|4|2|5|6|2|0|—|30|15||||
|2006–07|Premier League|24|8|2|1|0|0|8|4|—|34|13||||
|2007–08|Premier League|17|5|2|0|0|0|5|0|0|0|24|5|||
|rowspan="5"|Everton|2008–09|Premier League|24|6|3|2|1|0|1|0|—|29|8||
|2009–10|Premier League|33|13|1|0|1|0|5|2|—|40|15||||
|2010–11|Premier League|22|7|3|2|1|1|—|—|26|10|||||
|2011–12|Premier League|18|1|0|0|2|1|—|—|20|2|||||
|Sunderland|2012–13|Premier League|11|0|0|0|3|0|—|—|14|0||||
|Lazio|2012–13|Serie A|6|0|0|0|—|0|0|—|6|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|France|2004|8|2|
|2005|0|0|||
|2006|10|2|||
|2007|0|0|||
|2008|0|0|||
|2009|0|0|||
|2010|0|0|||
|2011|1|0|||
|2012|1|0|||

- _Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Saha goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|18 February 2004|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium||align="center"|2–0|align="center"|2–0|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|2|28 May 2004|Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France||align="center"|3–0|align="center"|4–0|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|3|2 September 2006|Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|3–0|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying|||||
|align="center"|4|11 October 2006|Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard, France||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|5–0|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying|||||

## Honours

**Fulham**
- Football League First Division: 2000–01
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2002

**Manchester United**
- Premier League: 2006–07, 2007–08
- Football League Cup: 2005–06
- UEFA Champions League: 2007–08

**Everton**
- FA Cup runner-up: 2008–09

**France U18**
- UEFA European Under-18 Championship: 1997

**France**
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2006

**Individual**
- PFA Team of the Year: 2000–01 First Division
- Premier League Player of the Month: August 2001

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Louis Saha
- **image**: Louis Saha (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Saha in 2015
- **fullname**: Louis Laurent Saha
- **birth place**: Paris, France
- **height**: 1.85 m
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker
- **youthyears1**: 1990–1995
- **youthclubs1**: FC Soisy-Andilly-Margency
- **youthyears2**: 1992–1995
- **youthclubs2**: INF Clairefontaine, Clairefontaine
- **youthyears3**: 1995–1997
- **youthclubs3**: FC Metz, Metz
- **years1**: 1997–2000
- **clubs1**: FC Metz, Metz
- **caps1**: 47
- **goals1**: 5
- **years2**: 1999
- **clubs2**: → Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United (loan)
- **caps2**: 11
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 2000–2004
- **clubs3**: Fulham F.C., Fulham
- **caps3**: 117
- **goals3**: 53
- **years4**: 2004–2008
- **clubs4**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **caps4**: 86
- **goals4**: 28
- **years5**: 2008–2012
- **clubs5**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **caps5**: 97
- **goals5**: 27
- **clubs6**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C ,  Tottenham
- **years6**: 2012
- **caps6**: 10
- **goals6**: 3
- **years7**: 2012–2013
- **clubs7**: Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland
- **caps7**: 11
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2013
- **clubs8**: S.S. Lazio, Lazio
- **caps8**: 6
- **goals8**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 385
- **totalgoals**: 117
- **nationalyears1**: 1998–1999
- **nationalteam1**: France national under-21 football team, France U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 12
- **nationalgoals1**: 3
- **nationalyears2**: 2004–2012
- **nationalteam2**: France national football team, France
- **nationalcaps2**: 20
- **nationalgoals2**: 4