[1] In 1990, he was awarded the Joe Marston Medal for the being the Player of the Match in the NSL final in which Sydney Olympic beat the Marconi Stallions 2–0.

During his trial, he admitted that he had been approached by his teammate Michal Váňa (a Czech player who was also charged with match-fixing but who jumped bail and left Singapore before he could be tried), who asked Saad to help him win certain matches by large margins during the 1994 season as Váňa was betting on the outcome of the games.

[6][7] Saad continues to maintain that he was innocent of match-fixing, and that he merely knew that Váňa was betting on the outcomes of matches but was not involved himself.

[1] An attacking midfielder with a good eye for goal, Saad represented the Australian national team in a match against Russian club Torpedo Moscow and earned his first full cap against Malaysia two years later.

Saad was coach at New South Wales Premier League side Penrith Nepean United, and in 2009 was named as Technical Youth Director by Sydney Olympic FC.

[10] Saad has also served as the head coach of the GIS Academy at the Garden International School in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

[11] In 2018, Saad returned to Sydney Olympic and led the team to win the New South Wales Premier League and Finals series championships double.

[13] Saad accepted the offer but his application for a S Pass to work in Singapore was rejected by the Ministry of Manpower, citing his "adverse record".

[13] He is also a regular studio guest for the English Premier League coverage and the FourFourTwo TV Show with the SuperSport channel on Malaysian network, Astro.