Berat Sadik (Albanian: Berat Sadiku; born 14 September 1986) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Cypriot club Doxa Katokopias.
 Sadik training for KuPS in 2005 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 September 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Doxa Katokopias | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–2003 | KiuPa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2007 | KuPS | 26 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | Lahti | 33 | (13) |
| 2008–2010 | Arminia Bielefeld | 13 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Zulte Waregem (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2010 | Lahti | 5 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | HJK | 39 | (20) |
| 2013–2015 | Thun | 81 | (21) |
| 2015–2017 | Krylia Sovetov | 17 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Doxa Katokopias | 42 | (30) |
| 2019 | Gimnàstic | 11 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Anorthosis | 9 | (0) |
| 2020 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 6 | (2) |
| 2020– | Doxa Katokopias | 133 | (42) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006–2009 | Finland U-21 | 8 | (1) |
| 2008–2018 | Finland | 13 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:45, 11 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:07, 21 October 2015 (UTC) | |||
Early life
editSadik was born in Skopje, SR Macedonia, then still part of former Yugoslavia, on 14 September 1986 to Albanian parents and moved to Finland with his family at the age of three.[1]
Career
editOn 16 June 2008, it was published that Arminia Bielefeld was keen to sign him. Also Ascoli, Torino, Larissa, Örebro and Rosenborg were interested to sign Sadik.[2][3] After visiting Ascoli and Bielefeld he chose to sign a three-year contract with Arminia Bielefeld for a transfer fee of €400,000.[4] In December 2007, he was on trial to Vicenza Calcio.[5] After just one year, he left Arminia Bielefeld, where he played only thirteen games, and joined SV Zulte Waregem on loan for 10 months. He was released by Bielefeld in August 2010 and he rejoined the Veikkausliiga strugglers FC Lahti on 24 August 2010. He celebrated his comeback by scoring in his first appearance in a 1–1 draw against JJK.
On 31 January 2011, Sadik signed a two-year contract with HJK. He finished the season with 15 goals, being the club's second-best goalscorer, one goal behind Akseli Pelvas.
On 22 January 2019, Sadik signed an 18-month deal with Segunda División side Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[6] On 5 August, after suffering relegation, he terminated his contract.[7]
International career
editSadik debuted for Finland national football team against Turkey on 29 May 2008.
Personal life
editHis brothers Irfan and Burhan are also footballers.
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 11 May 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental[A] | Others[B] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| KuPS | 2005 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 |
| 2006 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 21 | 3 | |
| Total | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | ||
| Lahti | 2007 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 23 | 9 |
| 2008 | Veikkausliiga | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 4 | |
| Total | 33 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 13 | ||
| Arminia Bielefeld | 2008–09 | Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 1 |
| Arminia Bielefeld II | 2008–09 | NRW-Liga | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | |||
| Zulte Waregem (loan) | 2009–10 | Belgian First Division A | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 1 |
| Lahti | 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 |
| HJK | 2011 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 16 |
| 2012 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 11 | |
| 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Total | 39 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 57 | 28 | ||
| Thun | 2012–13 | Swiss Super League | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 2 |
| 2013–14 | Swiss Super League | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 | – | – | 43 | 9 | |
| 2014–15 | Swiss Super League | 35 | 12 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 38 | 12 | |
| Total | 81 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 23 | ||
| Krylia Sovetov | 2015–16 | Russian Premier League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 0 |
| 2016–17 | Russian Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Doxa Katokopias | 2017–18 | Cypriot First Division | 30 | 18 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 32 | 20 |
| 2018–19 | Cypriot First Division | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 12 | |
| Total | 42 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 32 | ||
| Gimnàstic | 2018–19 | Segunda División | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | 11 | 1 | |||
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 2019–20 | Cypriot First Division | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||
| Enosis Neon Paralimni | 2019–20 | Cypriot First Division | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | 6 | 2 | |||
| Doxa Katokopias | 2020–21 | Cypriot First Division | 37 | 18 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 18 | ||
| 2021–22 | Cypriot First Division | 28 | 13 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 13 | |||
| 2022–23 | Cypriot First Division | 38 | 8 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 41 | 8 | |||
| 2023–24 | Cypriot First Division | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 3 | |||
| Total | 133 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 42 | ||
| Career total | 431 | 133 | 22 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 479 | 146 | ||
International
edit- As of 11 May 2024
| Finland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 1 | |
International goals
edit| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 29 March 2015 | Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland |  Northern Ireland |
2–1 |
2–1 |
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
References
edit- ^ "Berat Sadik". UEFA.com. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ^ "Saksassa käyneen Berat Sadikin hintalappu 400000 euroa - Urheilu - Ilta-Sanomat" (in Finnish). iltasanomat.fi. Archived from the original on 18 June 2008.
- ^ "Ascoli, in arrivo Bucchi e Sadik - Serie B / Calcio - Corriere dello Sport.it" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport.[dead link]
- ^ "Berat Sadik siirtyy Bundesliigaan" (in Finnish). iltasanomat.fi. 25 June 2008. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ^ "Serie B: Due finlandesi in prova al Vicenza - Yahoo! Eurosport IT" (in Italian). eurosport.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
- ^ "Berat Sadik s'incorpora al Nàstic" [Berat Sadik joins Nàstic] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 22 January 2019. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Rescissió de contracte entre el Nàstic i Sadik" [Contract rescision between Nàstic and Sadik] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
External links
edit- Berat Sadik at Arminia's official website (in German)
- Berat Sadik at BDFutbol
- Berat Sadik at National-Football-Teams.com