Agon Sadiku

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Agon Sadiku
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-03-10) 10 March 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Raahe, Finland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-forward
Team information
Current team
 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 9 (0)
2023– →
Rosenborg 2
 5 (7)
2023 → Start (loan) 12 (2)
2023 →
Start 2
(loan)		 1 (0)
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 14 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Agon Sadiku (born 10 March 2003) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Norwegian club 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.

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] Sadiku scored his first goal for Rosenborg on 24 May 2023, a winning goal in a NM Cup win over SK Trygg/Lade.[8]

IK Start (loan)
On 4 August 2023, Sadiku was sent on loan to

1. divisjon club Start for the rest of the season.[9] Sadiku suffered an injury late in the season, which required surgery.[10]

International career

Finland

From 2020, until 2022, Sadiku has been part of

U20 and U21 teams and he with these teams played fourteen matches and scored two goals.[11]

Kosovo

In October 2022, it was announced by the Kosovan media that Sadiku has decided to represent Kosovo at the international level.[12] On 11 November 2022, he formalizes the decision and accept their call-up for the friendly matches against Armenia and Faroe Islands.[13] His debut with Kosovo came five days after call-up in a friendly match against Armenia after being named in the starting line-up.[14]

Return to Finland

On 30 December 2022, Sadiku unexpectedly

Sweden and Estonia.[15] His debut with Finland came ten days after call-up in the friendly match against Sweden after being named in the starting line-up.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 April 2024[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic cups[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Klubi 04 2020 Kakkonen 5 4 0 0 — 5 4
2021 Ykkönen 20 2 3 0 — 23 2
Total 25 6 3 0 — 28 6
Honka 2022 Veikkausliiga 26 14 7 3 — 33 17
2023 Veikkausliiga 0 0 5 0 — 5 0
Total 26 14 12 3 — 38 17
Rosenborg 2023 Eliteserien 8 0 1 1 1[b] 0 10 1
2024 Eliteserien 1 0 2 3 — 3 3
Total 9 0 3 4 1 0 13 4
Start (loan) 2023 OBOS-ligaen 12 2 0 0 — 12 2
Career total 72 22 18 7 1 0 91 29
  1. Suomen Cup, Finnish League Cup and Norwegian Cup
  2. ^ Includes UEFA Europa Conference League

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. ^ 1. Round » Trygg/Lade - Rosenborg BK 0:1
  9. ^ "VG: Rosenborg lähettämässä Agon Sadikun lainalle". Suomifutis. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  10. ^ Norsk fotball i kulissene: Stjerner kan forsvinne fra Bodø/Glimt, nettavisen.no, 21 November 2023
  11. ^ Agon Sadiku at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  12. ^ "EKSKLUZIVE: Agon Sadiku ftohet nga Kosova" [EXCLUSIVE: Agon Sadiku is invited from Kosovo]. Gazeta10 (in Albanian). 12 October 2022.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Huuhkajat valittu tammikuun maaotteluihin" [The Eagle-Owls selected for the national matches in January] (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 30 December 2022.
  16. ^ "Huuhkajien avauskokoonpano Ruotsia vastaan" [The Eagle-Owls starting line-up against Sweden] (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 9 January 2023.
  17. ^ "Agon Sadiku Career Statistics". Fotball.no. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  18. ^ Liimatta, Ville (1 December 2023). "Vuoden 2022 Captain's Ball: Kaikki voittajat ja palkitut kootusti". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  19. ^ "Perinteinen Koplajoukkue nimetty - jalkapallotoimittajien valinnat kauden parhaiksi". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). 16 October 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

External links

  1. ^ Agon Sadiku at Norwegian FA, fotball.no
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