Oliver Bias
Personal information
Full name Oliver Saludares Bias
Date of birth (2001-06-15) 15 June 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Johanngeorgenstadt, Germany
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Persija Jakarta
(on loan from Příbram)
Number 22
Youth career
0000–2015 Erzgebirge Aue
2015–2020 RB Leipzig
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 RB Leipzig 0 (0)
2020 Optik Rathenow 2 (0)
2021 Nitra 0 (0)
2021–2023 ADT 5 (2)
2022–2023 Chiangmai United 3 (0)
2023– Příbram 0 (0)
2023– → Persija Jakarta (loan) 14 (1)
International career‡
2016 Germany U15 2 (0)
2016–2017 Germany U16 4 (0)
2018 Germany U17 3 (0)
2021– Philippines U23 9 (0)
2021– Philippines 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 January 2023

Oliver Saludares Bias[2] (German pronunciation: [ˈbiːas];[3] born 15 June 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga 1 club Persija Jakarta, on loan from Příbram. He previously represented Germany at youth international level, before switching to play for the Philippines at senior,[4] and later at under-23 international level.

Club career

RB Leipzig

Bias made his professional debut for RB Leipzig on 2 August 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 64th minute for Ibrahima Konaté in the UEFA Europa League qualifying match against Swedish club Häcken of the Allsvenskan. The match concluded in a 1–1 away draw.[5]

FC Nitra

Bias joined Slovak Fortuna Liga club FC Nitra in late January 2021.[6]

International career

Bias was born to a German father and a Filipina mother which made him eligible to represent either Germany or Philippines at international level.

Germany youth

Bias has played for the youth national teams of Germany.

Philippines

Bias accepted a call-up to the Philippines national team in May 2021 for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[7] He made his debut on 7 June against China PR, where he picked up a yellow card in their 2–0 loss.[8][9]

Philippines U23

He captained the Philippines U23 team at the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers; they finished last in their group with a winless campaign.[10][11]

Bias was included in the 20-man squad for 31st Southeast Asian Games, which was held in Vietnam.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Oliver Bias". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Preliminary Joint Qualification 2022 – Preliminary Round 2 match report: China P.R. – Philippines". stats.the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation (AFC). 7 June 2021. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  3. ^ Oliver Bias (4 June 2021). "Oliver Bias feature" (Interview). The Azkals (official Facebook page of the Philippines national football team). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Oliver Bias". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  5. ^ "UEFA Europa League: Häcken v Leipzig". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Djiby Ba pod Zobor aj s mladíkom, ktorý hral kvalifikáciu Európskej ligy UEFA - FC Nitra" (in Slovak). 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  7. ^ Salajeno, Ivan (20 May 2021). "Etheridge named Azkals vice captain for WCQ as training pool finally revealed".
  8. ^ Del Carmen, Lorenzo (7 June 2021). "Guirado, Hartmann make Azkals return as nine players to make debut". Tiebreaker Times. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  9. ^ Yumol, David Tristan (8 June 2021). "PH Azkals suffer blow to 2022 World Cup aspirations after China loss". CNN Philippines. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  10. ^ Saldajeno, Ivan Stewart (22 October 2021). "Azkals vie for Asian Cup U-23 slot in Singapore qualifiers". Philippine News Agency. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  11. ^ Morilla, Juro (31 October 2021). "Azkals U23 winless in Asian Cup qualifiers with last-minute loss to Timor Leste". Rappler. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Philippines Under-23 Squad For The 31st Southeast Asian Games". Philippine Football Federation. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.

External links

Persija Jakarta – current squad
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