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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2021 Klubi 04 25 (6)
2022–2023 Honka 26 (14)
2023– Rosenborg 9 (0)
2023–Rosenborg 2 5 (7)
2023Start (loan) 12 (2)
2023Start 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.

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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 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. [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 decided to represent Finland again by accepting their call-up from the senior team for the friendly matches against 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
ClubSeasonLeagueDomestic cups [lower-alpha 1] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Klubi 04 2020 Kakkonen 540054
2021 Ykkönen 20230232
Total25630286
Honka 2022 Veikkausliiga 2614733317
2023 Veikkausliiga005050
Total26141233817
Rosenborg 2023 Eliteserien 80111 [lower-alpha 2] 0101
2024 Eliteserien102333
Total903410134
Start (loan) 2023 OBOS-ligaen 12200122
Career total7222187109129

Honours

Individual

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