Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 18 January 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Botoșani | ||
Number | 44 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2013 | Novi Grad Sarajevo | ||
2013–2018 | Sarajevo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | Sarajevo | 0 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Mouscron | 3 | (0) |
2020 | Mladost Doboj Kakanj | 3 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Zrinjski Mostar | 2 | (0) |
2021 | Mladost Doboj Kakanj | 10 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Rudar Prijedor | 29 | (0) |
2022– | Botoșani | 37 | (1) |
International career | |||
2015 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U15 | 2 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U16 | 4 | (0) |
2015–2017 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 | 26 | (0) |
2017 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 | 7 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2024 |
Rijad Sadiku (Bosnian pronunciation: [rǐjaːd sǎdiku]; born 18 January 2000) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Romanian Liga I club Botoșani.
Sadiku is a product of Sarajevo's youth academy.[1] On 28 May 2017, he was named as a Sarajevo substitute for the first time in a Bosnian Premier League match against Krupa, but was an unused substitute in that match.
On 30 January 2018, Sadiku joined Belgian First Division A side Mouscron after agreeing to a four-year deal.[2][3] On 5 May 2019, he made his debut as a professional footballer in a 3–0 home win against Zulte Waregem after being named in the starting line-up.[4][5]
On 21 January 2020, Sadiku joined Mladost Doboj Kakanj after agreeing to a one-and-a-half-year deal.[6] Two days later, he made his debut in a 0–0 away draw against Sloboda Tuzla after being named in the starting line-up.[7]
On 5 August 2020, Sadiku left Mladot Doboj Kakanj and joined Zrinjski Mostar, signing a three-year contract.[8] He made his official debut for Zrinjski on 12 September 2020, in a league match against his former club Mladost Doboj Kakanj.[9] Sadiku terminated his contract and left the club on 26 January 2021.[10]
In February 2021, Sadiku returned to Mladot Doboj Kakanj.[11] He left the club only four months later in June.[12]
Sadiku represented Bosnia and Herzegovina on all youth levels, he also served as captain of the national under-17 team and is the most capped player in the history of the national under-17 team with 26 caps.[13]
Sadiku was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to Kosovan parents from the village Radeše of Dragaš.[14]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sarajevo | 2017–18 | Bosnian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Mouscron | 2017–18 | Belgian First Division A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | Belgian First Division A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | Belgian First Division A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
Mladost Doboj Kakanj | 2019–20 | Bosnian Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Zrinjski Mostar | 2020–21 | Bosnian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
Mladost Doboj Kakanj | 2020–21 | Bosnian Premier League | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
Rudar Prijedor | 2021–22 | Bosnian Premier League | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||
Botoșani | 2022–23 | Liga I | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | Liga I | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | |||
Total | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 1 | ||||
Career total | 84 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 89 | 1 |