Oliver_Bias
Oliver Bias
Footballer
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.
| 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) | 24 | (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) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 January 2023 | |||
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]
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]
- "Oliver Bias". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- "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.
- Oliver Bias (4 June 2021). "Oliver Bias feature" (Interview). The Azkals (official Facebook page of the Philippines national football team). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- "Oliver Bias". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- "UEFA Europa League: Häcken v Leipzig". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- "Djiby Ba pod Zobor aj s mladíkom, ktorý hral kvalifikáciu Európskej ligy UEFA - FC Nitra" (in Slovak). 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- Salajeno, Ivan (20 May 2021). "Etheridge named Azkals vice captain for WCQ as training pool finally revealed".
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- "Philippines Under-23 Squad For The 31st Southeast Asian Games". Philippine Football Federation. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
