Elena Sadiku

Elena Sadiku (born 6 November 1993) is a Swedish football manager and former football midfielder who is the head coach of Everton U21.[1][2] She was an Under-19 international.[3]

Elena Sadiku
Personal information
Full name Elena Sadiku
Date of birth (1993-11-06) 6 November 1993
Place of birth Germany
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Team information
Current team
 Fortuna Hjørring (Assistant manager)
Youth career
LdB Malmö
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 LdB Malmö 13 (1)
2012–2013 Kristianstads DFF 28 (1)
2014–2016 Eskilstuna United 16 (5)
2017 Hammarby 6 (1)
International career
2011–2012 Sweden U19 14 (2)
Managerial career
2018–2019 Beijing BG Phoenix (Assistant manager)
2019–2021 FC Rosengård (Assistant manager)
2021 Fortuna Hjørring (Assistant manager)
2021–2022 Eskilstuna United DFF
2023– Everton U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

She started her career with LdB Malmö,[4] before moving to Kristianstads DFF and Eskilstuna United.

Sadiku suffered a knee injury in July 2014. She scored a hat-trick in her comeback game a year later, only to suffer another serious knee injury a few days later. She was unable to play in 2016 and after suffering from depression, left Eskilstuna at the end of the season.[5] Shortly afterwards, newly-promoted Hammarby announced that they had signed Sadiku and were hoping she could overcome her injuries and recapture her best form.[6] She played 6 games for Hammarby in 2017, scoring once, before retiring due to recurring problems with injuries.[7]

In February 2018 Sadiku accepted a coaching role with Chinese Women's Super League club Beijing BG Phoenix.[8]

References
  1. Sadiku kampione e Suedise Gazeta Express
  2. "Elena Sadiku återvänder till Eskilstuna som tränare". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 2021-10-04.
  3. Profile in UEFA's web
  4. LdB FC Malmö-spelarnas bästa tips Expressen
  5. Redebo, Susanne (30 November 2016). "Elena Sadiku om sin tuffa tid: "Hemskaste jag varit med om"" (in Swedish). Ekuriren. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  6. Liljedahl, Carl-Johan (9 December 2016). "Sadiku till Hammarby" (in Swedish). Kristianstadbladet. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  7. Norberg, Simon (7 February 2018). "Tidigare Hammarbyspelaren flyttar till Kina" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  8. "Tidigare Hammarbyspelaren flyttar till Kina" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.


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