Lawson Sabah


Lawson Sabah, often written Sabah Lawson, is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for FC Linköping City as a central midfielder.

Club career

Early career

Sabah moved to Ghana's capital city Accra to pursue his football career for International Allies as a teenager. He cites the club's chairman Omar El-Eter to be the reason for going professional. He played several games in the Ghanaian Premier League between 2014 and 2015. In January 2015, he signed a 4.5 year contract with IFK Göteborg, but joined the Swedish side the following summer due to being under-age at the time.

IFK Göteborg

He made is senior appearance for IFK on 19 August 2015, playing 90 minutes in their 6–1 victory against Kristianstad FF in the domestic cup. His Allsvenskan debut came the following season, coming on as a substitute away against Östersunds FK in May. He came to play 11 games in the 2016 season, scoring his first goal in the last game of the campaign against IFK Norrköping.

Personal life

Lawson was born and grew up in Kumasi to mother Lydia and father Prince. He is a practicing Christian.
His role models are compatriots Michael Essien and Sulley Muntari.

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