Hadi Sacko

Hadi Sacko

Sacko playing for Leeds United in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	(1994-03-24) 24 March 1994 (age 29) [1]
Place of birth	Corbeil-Essonnes, France
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Sakaryaspor
Number	25
Youth career
2003–2006	Corbeil-Essonne
2006–2010	Brétigny Foot
2010–2012	Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2013	Bordeaux B	18	(9)
2012–2014	Bordeaux	11	(0)
2014	→ Le Havre (loan)	18	(4)
2014–2017	Sporting CP	0	(0)
2014–2016	Sporting CP B	55	(10)
2016	→ Sochaux (loan)	12	(1)
2016–2017	→ Leeds United (loan)	38	(2)
2017–2019	Leeds United	14	(0)
2018–2019	→ Las Palmas (loan)	5	(0)
2019	→ Ankaragücü (loan)	15	(3)
2019–2021	Denizlispor	55	(5)
2021–2022	CFR Cluj	8	(0)
2022–2023	Adanaspor	12	(3)
2023–	Sakaryaspor	6	(0)
International career‡
2010	France U16	3	(1)
2011–2012	France U18	7	(3)
2012–2013	France U19	10	(2)
2013–2014	France U20	10	(2)
2018–	Mali	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2019

Hadi Sacko (born 24 March 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish club Sakaryaspor. ^[2] Born in France, he plays for the Mali national team, ^[3] having made his debut in 2018. He is a former French youth international.

Club career

Bordeaux

Sacko was born in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne. ^[1] On 31 May 2012, he signed his first professional contract at Bordeaux agreeing to a three-year deal. ^[4] He was subsequently promoted to the senior team by manager Francis Gillot ahead of the 2012–13 season and assigned the number 12 shirt. He made his professional debut on 20 September 2012 in a UEFA Europa League group stage match against Belgian club Club Brugge. ^[5]

He was loaned in January 2014 to Ligue 2 side Le Havre, for the remainder of the season. ^[6]

Sporting CP

On 28 August 2014, Sacko joined Sporting CP on a six-year contract, with the club stipulating a 60 million euro release clause in his contract. ^[7]

On 1 February 2016, after scoring 10 goals in 54 games for Sporting CP B and failing to break into the Sporting first team bar one cup appearance, Sacko joined Ligue 2 side Sochaux on loan and scored two goals in 14 appearances whilst on loan.

Loan to Leeds United

On 5 July 2016, Sacko joined Leeds United on a season-long loan, with a view to a permanent transfer. ^[8] He was given the squad number 24 shirt for the 2016–17 season. ^[9] On 7 August, Sacko made his Leeds debut as a substitute against QPR in a 3–0 defeat. ^[10] He made his first start for Leeds on 10 August in a League Cup victory on penalties against Fleetwood Town. ^[11] Sacko scored his first goal for Leeds in a 2–1 loss to Birmingham City on 13 August 2016. ^[12]

He impressed in his early games for Leeds, which also included assists in wins against Sheffield Wednesday and Blackburn Rovers. ^{[13] [14]} Sacko scored his second goal for Leeds in a 4–1 victory against Preston North End on 26 December 2016. ^[15]

After making 38 league appearances and scoring two goals, he returned to Sporting Lisbon after his loan to Leeds had expired. ^[16]

Leeds United

On 2 June 2017, Sacko signed a permanent deal with Leeds for an undisclosed fee believed to be £1.5 million to take him up until at least the end of the 2019/20 season. ^[17] Despite the resignation of head coach Garry Monk, he was the first signing under new owner Andrea Radrizzani. ^[18]

On 6 August 2017, Sacko made his Leeds United debut as a permanent player in a 3–2 victory at Bolton Wanderers. ^[19] On 19 September, after a spell out the side, Sacko made a scoring return for Leeds scoring the opening goal of the game, in their League Cup tie against Premier League side Burnley in a penalty shootout victory after a 2–2 draw. ^[20]

With speculation that he was not in Marcelo Bielsa's plans, on 26 July 2018, Sacko was not given a shirt number for Leeds for the upcoming 2018–19 season for Leeds. ^[21]

Loan to Las Palmas

On 30 July 2018, Sacko joined Segunda División side UD Las Palmas on a season-long loan from Leeds. ^[22] He made his debut on 19 August 2018 in a 2–0 win against CF Reus Deportiu. ^[23] On 25 January 2019, UD Las Palmas announced a termination of his loan spell. ^[24]

Loan to Ankaragücü

On 29 January 2019, Sacko joined Turkish Süper Lig side Ankaragücü on a 6-month loan. ^[25] With the club unveiling Sacko with him as a mocked up picture of him as Marvel superhero 'Falcon'. ^[26]

He scored his first goal for the club on 11 February with a long range striker against Kasimpasa S.K. In total he made 15 appearances for Ankaragücü scoring 3 goals in Süper Lig, helping them avoid relegation. ^[27]

Denizlispor

On 16 July 2019, Sacko joined Turkish Süper Lig side Denizlispor. ^[28]

CFR Cluj

On 24 September 2021, Sacko joined Romanian Liga I side CFR Cluj. ^[29]

International career

France youth sides

Hadi Sacko (right) playing for France U16 in 2010

Of Malian descent, Sacko has represented France and represented his nation of birth at under-16, under-18, and under-19 and under-20 level. ^{[30] [31]}

Mali senior team

After not playing for France senior team (in a competitive game), Sacko was still eligible to play for Mali.

On 15 March 2018, Sacko was called up the senior Mali national team for a friendly against Japan. ^[32] On 23 March 2018, he made his debut for Mali coming on as a substitute replacing AS Monaco's Adama Traoré in the final 13 minutes in a 1–1 draw against Japan. ^{[33] [32]}

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 September 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bordeaux B	2011–12	CFA	5	3	—		—		—		5	3
	2012–13		10	5	—		—		—		10	5
	2013–14		3	1	—		—		—		3	1
	Total		18	9	—		—		—		18	9
Bordeaux	2012–13	Ligue 1	4	0	1	0	0	0	5 [lower-alpha 1]	0	10	0
	2013–14		5	0	1	0	0	0	5 [lower-alpha 2]	0	11	0
	2014–15		2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	Total		11	0	2	0	0	0	10	0	23	0
Le Havre (loan)	2013–14	Ligue 2	18	4	0	0	0	0	—		18	4
Sporting CP B	2014–15	LigaPro	31	7	0	0	—		—		31	7
	2015–16		24	3	0	0	—		—		24	3
	Total		55	10	0	0	—		—		55	10
Sporting CP	2014–15	Primeira Liga	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0
Sochaux (loan)	2015–16	Ligue 2	12	1	2	1	0	0	—		14	2
Leeds United (loan)	2016–17	Championship	38	2	1	0	3	0	—		42	2
Leeds United	2017–18	Championship	14	0	1	0	3	1	—		18	1
Las Palmas (loan)	2018–19	Segunda División	5	0	0	0	—		—		5	0
Ankaragücü (loan)	2018–19	Süper Lig	15	3	0	0	—		—		15	3
Denizlispor	2019–20	Süper Lig	28	3	4	1	—		—		32	4
	2020–21		27	2	1	0	—		—		28	2
	Total		55	5	5	1	—		—		60	6
CFR Cluj	2021–22	Liga I	8	0	—		—		—		8	0
Adanaspor	2022–23	TFF First League	5	1	0	0	—		—		5	1
Career total			254	35	11	2	10	1	10	0	285	38

1. Appearances in the Europa League
2. One appearance in the Trophée des Champions and four in the Europa League

International

As of match played on 11 November 2019 ^[34]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Mali	2018	3	0
	2019	2	0
Total		5	0

Honours

Bordeaux

• Coupe de France: 2012–13

CFR Cluj

• Liga I: 2021–22
• Supercupa României runner-up: 2022

France U19

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2013

France U21

• Toulon Tournament runner-up: 2014

References

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2. Hadi Sacko at Soccerway
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25. "Hadi Sacko Is At Ankaragücü". Millyet. 29 January 2019.
26. "Leeds United winger Hadi Sacko's latest loan move revealed with bizarre superhero-themed post". Leeds Live. 29 January 2019.
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28. "Hadi Sacko Yukatel Denizlispor'da". Denizlispor (in Turkish). 16 July 2019.
29. "Bun venit, Hadi Sacko!". CFR Cluj (in Romanian). 24 September 2021.
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External links

• Club profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 July 2012)
• Hadi Sacko at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Hadi Sacko at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
• Hadi Sacko – UEFA competition record ( archive ) 
• Hadi Sacko – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
• Hadi Sacko at ESPN FC