Eleni Saich
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eleni-Nikoleta Saich | ||
| Date of birth | 9 February 2001[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Larissa, Greece[2] | ||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AEK Athens F.C. | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2013 | TuRa Niederhöchstadt | ||
| 2013–2018 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | 1. FFC Frankfurt III | ||
| 2019 | PAOK | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Aris Thessaloniki | ||
| 2022–2024 | Kastoria | ||
| 2024–2025 | Asteras Tripolis | 19 | (1) |
| 2025– | AEK | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Greece U19 | 2 | (1) |
| 2024– | Greece | 9 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 June 2025[2][5][6] ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2025[4] | |||
Eleni Saich (Greek: Ελένη Σάιχ; born 9 February 2001) is a Greek footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek A Division club AEK Athens and has appeared for the Greek national team.[7]
Club career
[edit]Eleni Saich started playing football in the Giorgos Plitsis Academy in Larissa. She then moved to Germany where she joined TuRa Niederhöchstadt and later 1.FFC Frankfurt. She played in 1.FFC Frankfurt's academy for 6 years.[5]
On 13 July 2019, Saich returned to Greece to sign for PAOK.[8] She made her Champions League debut a month later against Anderlecht when she came on as a substitute in the 89th minute for Dimitra Karapetsa.[9] That was her only appearance for the club as she later joined their rivals Aris Thessaloniki before the start of the 2019-20 season. After 3 years, she moved to Kastoria GPO where she played until the 2023-24 season.
On 16 July 2024, she joined Asteras Tripolis.[6] She made 21 appearances and scored a goal in a 3-1 win over OFI. Asteras finished 4th in the league and reached the quarterfinals of the cup.
On 21 June 2025, she joined Greek A Division champions AEK.[7]
International career
[edit]Eleni Saich was called up for the Greek U19 team and made her debut on 2 October 2019 against Iceland in the 2020 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification. Five days later, she scored her first goal for the national team against Kazakhstan.[10][11]
She made her senior team debut on 25 October 2024 against Belgium in the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs when she was subbed on in the 56th minute for Markella Koskeridou.[4][12]
Honours
[edit]- Aris Thessaloniki
- Greek A Division; runner-up: 2019–20
References
[edit]- ^ "Eleni-Nikoleta Saich". UEFA. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Ανανέωσε η Ελένη-Νικολέτα Σαΐχ". arisfc.com. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ "Eleni Saich". soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Eleni-Nikoleta Saich". flashscore.gr. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Ενίσχυση του ΓΠΟ Καστοριάς με Ελένη Σαίχ!". fouit.gr. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Η Ελένη Νικολέτα Σαΐχ στον ΑΣΤΕΡΑ!". asterastripolis.gr. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Έναρξη συνεργασίας με την Ελένη Νικολέτα Σαΐχ". aek.gr. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ "Ανακοίνωσε Ελένη Σάιχ ο ΠΑΟΚ". kingsport.gr. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ "Anderlecht 5 - 0 PAOK". UEFA. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ "Εθνική Νεανίδων: Η αποστολή για την Ισλανδία". epo.gr. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ "E. SAICH". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ "Greece 0 - 0 Belgium". UEFA. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
External links
[edit]- Eleni Saich – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Eleni Saich at WorldFootball.net
- Eleni Saich at Soccerway