var playerInfo={"0FA2227E78AF1E09":"Louis Saha","58D6F117B0E852FD":"185cm","72FFC7073AEDD99FBC6698239F961CC0":"2013-2-6","5B991257A722E1E0F74ECF7A8C1C2945":"                                                                                                    ","809C0B5A31626463":"304","B30DC6D2B47145B087D8B1C6299DD194":"0","3653565C44D0522B57B14E876735C3FA":"Sunderland,Tottenham Hotspur,Everton,Manchester United,Fulham,Newcastle[on loan],Metz","556D73B2C9A2AD6A1BFA53519B08D73A":"28","B30DC6D2B47145B0561823D5497E0EB0F2ED3572A53AF87A":"0","32F0494A6A8D9C00F8184D20C089D458":"1978-8-8","C1F9C3B7B448DF0B30693C46CF342E45":"A player blessed with lightning pace but also prone to introspection, Louis Saha has blossomed in recent seasons into a striker to be feared. <BR><BR>National team<BR><BR>A product of the French Football Federation&#39;s Clairefontaine academy, he played in the same junior side as Thierry Henry and Nicolas Anelka, scoring France&#39;s golden goal winner in the 1997 UEFA European Under-18 Championship final against Portugal. He also won Under-21 caps before finally earning his chance at senior level, an occasion he marked with a debut goal in a friendly against Belgium on 18 February 2004. <BR><BR>Club<BR><BR>Saha&#39;s senior career began with FC Metz in 1997\/98 where he operated primarily as a winger. In the second half of the 1998\/99 season, he went on loan to Newcastle United FC only to return to France after five months. After another 12 months at Metz, however, he did make a permanent move to England, joining first division side Fulham FC for &#8364;3m in summer 2000. <BR><BR>2000: Playing under former French international Jean Tigana, Saha took to English football instantly, his 27 league goals contributing in no small measure to Fulham&#39;s promotion as champions &#8211; and earning him the first division&#39;s player of the year award. He struck twice on his Premiership debut against Manchester United FC but found top-flight football tougher, finishing his first season with eight goals. <BR><BR>2002\/03: It was a season of struggle for Fulham, who only narrowly avoided relegation and Saha, hampered by injury problems, only managed five goals in 17 Premiership games. <BR><BR>2003\/04: However, his flying form in the first half of the following campaign &#8211; he hit 12 goals before January - prompted United to move for him in an &#8364;18.5m transfer. Scored six goals in his first six appearances in addition to making his UEFA Champions League debut against FC Porto. <BR><BR>Did you know?<BR><BR>Saha gave his first child a quintessentially English name, Stanley. <BR><BR>","A16C626949206183":"3957","50F712C5D7EA2EE5C48850A5D641D459":"Sunderland","E630D11720E4B295":"1","2A56C1DBE121525F":"Lazio","B13BBD17F9E21D375893DBD6F2FC7F72":"0","07457F0B881B82B22AE30767A70DD3E1":"","249186B187931B83":"86kg","07FC4394D7BF000AA5BFC85E2D0D6D63":"France","F8A44A36F46FF4E4":"Louis Saha","e_index":0};