Oliver Bias

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Saludares and the surname or paternal family name is Bias.

Oliver Bias

Personal information
Full name	Oliver Saludares Bias
Date of birth	(2001-06-15) 15 June 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Johanngeorgenstadt, Germany
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	One Taguig
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)
2023–2024	Příbram	0	(0)
2023–2024	→ Persija Jakarta (loan)	24	(1)
2024–	One Taguig	0	(0)
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 30 April 2024 ‡ 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 Philippines Football League side One Taguig. 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

• Profile at DFB.de
• Profile at kicker.de