Berat Sadik

Berat Sadik

Sadik training for KuPS in 2005
Personal information
Date of birth	(1986-09-14) 14 September 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Doxa Katokopias
Number	9
Youth career
1992–2003	KiuPa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2007	KuPS	26	(3)
2007–2008	Lahti	33	(13)
2008–2010	Arminia Bielefeld	13	(0)
2009–2010	→ Zulte Waregem (loan)	14	(1)
2010	Lahti	5	(2)
2011–2012	HJK	39	(20)
2013–2015	Thun	81	(21)
2015–2017	Krylia Sovetov	17	(0)
2017–2019	Doxa Katokopias	42	(30)
2019	Gimnàstic	11	(1)
2019–2020	Anorthosis	9	(0)
2020	Enosis Neon Paralimni	6	(2)
2020–2024	Doxa Katokopias	133	(42)
2025–	Tikvesh	0	(0)
International career‡
2006–2009	Finland U-21	8	(1)
2008–2018	Finland	13	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:45, 11 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:07, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Berat Sadik (Albanian : Berat Sadiku; born 14 September 1986) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Macedonian First League club Tikvesh.

Early life

Sadik was born in Skopje, SR Macedonia, then still part of former Yugoslavia, on 14 September 1986 to Albanian parents and moved to Finland with his family at the age of three. ^[1]

Career

On 16 June 2008, it was published that Arminia Bielefeld was keen to sign him. Also Ascoli, Torino, Larissa, Örebro and Rosenborg were interested to sign Sadik. ^{[2] [3]} After visiting Ascoli and Bielefeld he chose to sign a three-year contract with Arminia Bielefeld for a transfer fee of €400,000. ^[4] In December 2007, he was on trial to Vicenza Calcio. ^[5] After just one year, he left Arminia Bielefeld, where he played only thirteen games, and joined SV Zulte Waregem on loan for 10 months. He was released by Bielefeld in August 2010 and he rejoined the Veikkausliiga strugglers FC Lahti on 24 August 2010. He celebrated his comeback by scoring in his first appearance in a 1–1 draw against JJK.

On 31 January 2011, Sadik signed a two-year contract with HJK. He finished the season with 15 goals, being the club's second-best goalscorer, one goal behind Akseli Pelvas.

On 22 January 2019, Sadik signed an 18-month deal with Segunda División side Gimnàstic de Tarragona. ^[6] On 5 August, after suffering relegation, he terminated his contract. ^[7]

International career

Sadik debuted for Finland national football team against Turkey on 29 May 2008.

Personal life

His brothers Irfan and Burhan are also footballers. ^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 May 2024

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental [A]		Others [B]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
KuPS	2005	Veikkausliiga	5	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	5	0
	2006	Veikkausliiga	21	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	21	3
	Total		26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	3
Lahti	2007	Veikkausliiga	23	9	0	0	–	–	–	–	23	9
	2008	Veikkausliiga	10	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	10	4
	Total		33	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	13
Arminia Bielefeld	2008–09	Bundesliga	13	0	2	1	–	–	–	–	15	1
Arminia Bielefeld II	2008–09	NRW-Liga	3	1	–		–		–		3	1
Zulte Waregem (loan)	2009–10	Belgian First Division A	14	1	2	0	–	–	–	–	16	1
Lahti	2010	Veikkausliiga	5	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	5	2
HJK	2011	Veikkausliiga	27	15	3	1	6	3	0	0	30	16
	2012	Veikkausliiga	12	5	0	0	4	1	5	3	23	11
	Total		39	20	3	1	10	4	5	3	57	28
Thun	2012–13	Swiss Super League	18	2	1	0	–	–	–	–	19	2
	2013–14	Swiss Super League	28	7	4	1	11	1	–	–	43	9
	2014–15	Swiss Super League	35	12	3	0	–	–	–	–	38	12
	Total		81	21	8	1	11	1	0	0	100	23
Krylia Sovetov	2015–16	Russian Premier League	11	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	12	0
	2016–17	Russian Premier League	6	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	6	0
	Total		17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
Doxa Katokopias	2017–18	Cypriot First Division	30	18	2	2	–	–	–	–	32	20
	2018–19	Cypriot First Division	12	12	0	0	–	–	–	–	12	12
	Total		42	30	2	2	0	0	0	0	44	32
Gimnàstic	2018–19	Segunda División	11	1	–		–		–		11	1
Anorthosis Famagusta	2019–20	Cypriot First Division	9	0	1	0	–		–		10	0
Enosis Neon Paralimni	2019–20	Cypriot First Division	6	2	–		–		–		6	2
Doxa Katokopias	2020–21	Cypriot First Division	37	18	0	0	–		–		37	18
	2021–22	Cypriot First Division	28	13	1	0	–		–		29	13
	2022–23	Cypriot First Division	38	8	3	0	–		–		41	8
	2023–24	Cypriot First Division	30	3	0	0	–		–		30	3
	Total		133	42	4	0	0	0	0	0	137	42
Tikvesh	2024–25	Macedonian First League	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
Career total			431	133	22	5	21	5	5	3	479	146

International

As of 11 May 2024

Finland
Year	Apps	Goals
2008	2	0
2009	2	0
2010	0	0
2011	2	0
2012	1	0
2013	0	0
2014	1	0
2015	3	1
2016	0	0
2017	0	0
2018	2	0
Total	13	1

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1.	29 March 2015	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	2–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

References

1. "Berat Sadik". UEFA.com. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
2. "Saksassa käyneen Berat Sadikin hintalappu 400000 euroa - Urheilu - Ilta-Sanomat" (in Finnish). iltasanomat.fi. Archived from the original on 18 June 2008.
3. "Ascoli, in arrivo Bucchi e Sadik - Serie B / Calcio - Corriere dello Sport.it" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport.^{[ dead link ‍]}
4. "Berat Sadik siirtyy Bundesliigaan" (in Finnish). iltasanomat.fi. 25 June 2008. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
5. "Serie B: Due finlandesi in prova al Vicenza - Yahoo! Eurosport IT" (in Italian). eurosport.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
6. "Berat Sadik s'incorpora al Nàstic" [Berat Sadik joins Nàstic] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 22 January 2019. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
7. "Rescissió de contracte entre el Nàstic i Sadik" [Contract rescision between Nàstic and Sadik] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
8. Makkah. Alhamdoulillah, instagram.com

External links

• Berat Sadik at Arminia's official website (in German)
• Berat Sadik at BDFutbol
• Berat Sadik at National-Football-Teams.com