Agon Sadiku

Agon Sadiku (born 10 March 2003) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Norwegian club Start, on loan from Rosenborg. A former youth international for Finland, he played for the Kosovo national team in a pair of friendlies before switching back to play for the Finland national team.

Agon Sadiku
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-03-10) 10 March 2003
Place of birth Raahe, Finland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-forward
Team information
Current team
 Start (on loan from Rosenborg)
Number 22
Youth career
2008–2016 HJS
2017–2019 HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Klubi 04 25 (6)
2022–2023 Honka 26 (14)
2023– Rosenborg 8 (0)
2023– → Start (loan) 12 (2)
International career‡
2020 Finland U17 3 (0)
2021–2022 Finland U19 7 (1)
2021 Finland U20 1 (0)
2022– Finland U21 10 (2)
2022 Kosovo 2 (0)
2023– Finland 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Club career

HJK

On 29 November 2019, Sadiku signed a first-team contract with Veikkausliiga club HJK.[1] On 27 June 2020, Sadiku made his debut with HJK's reserve team in a league match against TPV after coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute in place of Arttu Eerola.[2]

Honka

On 31 December 2021, Sadiku joined Veikkausliiga side Honka.[3] His debut with Honka came on 8 February 2022 in the 2022 Finnish League Cup group stage against Haka after being named in the starting line-up.[4] Four days after debut, Sadiku scored his first goal for Honka in his second appearance for the club in a 4–0 away win over Lahti in Finnish League Cup.[5]

Rosenborg

On 31 March 2023, Sadiku joined Rosenborg on a five-year deal, for a transfer fee of €700,000 plus add-ons.[6][7]

IK Start (loan)

On 4 August 2023, Sadiku was sent on loan to 1. divisjon club Start for the rest of the season.[8]

International career

Finland

From 2020, until 2022, Sadiku has been part of Finland at youth international level, respectively has been part of the U17, U19, U20 and U21 teams and he with these teams played fourteen matches and scored two goals.[9]

Kosovo

In October 2022, it was announced by the Kosovan media that Sadiku has decided to represent Kosovo at the international level.[10] On 11 November 2022, he formalizes the decision and accept their call-up for the friendly matches against Armenia and Faroe Islands.[11] His debut with Kosovo came five days after call-up in a friendly match against Armenia after being named in the starting line-up.[12]

Return to Finland

On 30 December 2022, Sadiku unexpectedly decided to represent Finland again by accepting their call-up from the senior team for the friendly matches against Sweden and Estonia.[13] His debut with Finland came ten days after call-up in the friendly match against Sweden after being named in the starting line-up.[14]

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "HJK:lla 47 pelaajasopimusta kaudelle 2020" [HJK has 47 player contracts for the 2020 season] (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 29 November 2019.
  2. "Klubi-04 vs. TPV 0–0". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  3. "Hyökkääjälupaus HJK:sta Honkaan - "Tavoitteena tehdä paljon maaleja ja kehittyä"" [Forward promise from HJK to Honka - "The goal is to score a lot of goals and improve"] (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 31 December 2021.
  4. "Honka vs. Haka 4–2". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  5. "Lahti vs. Honka 0–4". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  6. "Sadiku klar for Rosenborg". RBK.no. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  7. "Suomalaisen Veikkausliiga-tähden huippusiirrolle sinetti". MTV Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  8. "VG: Rosenborg lähettämässä Agon Sadikun lainalle". Suomifutis. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  9. Agon Sadiku at WorldFootball.net
  10. "EKSKLUZIVE: Agon Sadiku ftohet nga Kosova" [EXCLUSIVE: Agon Sadiku is invited from Kosovo]. Gazeta10 (in Albanian). 12 October 2022.
  11. "Giresse publikon listën e futbollistëve për miqësoret e nëntorit" [Giresse publishes the list of footballers for the November friendlies] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 11 November 2022.
  12. "Formacionet zyrtare, Kosovë – Armeni: Tre lojtarë të Superligës startojnë nga minuta e parë, shumë debutime te Dardanët" [Official lineups, Kosovo – Armenia: Three Superleague players start from the first minute, many debuts at the Dardanians] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 16 November 2022.
  13. "Huuhkajat valittu tammikuun maaotteluihin" [The Eagle-Owls selected for the national matches in January] (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 30 December 2022.
  14. "Huuhkajien avauskokoonpano Ruotsia vastaan" [The Eagle-Owls starting line-up against Sweden] (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 9 January 2023.
  15. Liimatta, Ville (1 December 2023). "Vuoden 2022 Captain's Ball: Kaikki voittajat ja palkitut kootusti". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  16. "Perinteinen Koplajoukkue nimetty - jalkapallotoimittajien valinnat kauden parhaiksi". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). 16 October 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
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