Irfan Sadik

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Irfan Sadik
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Kiuruvesi, Finland [1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Belasitsa Petrich
Number 9
Youth career
KuPS
Kuusysi
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Kuusysi 30 (8)
2017–2019 Lahti 12 (0)
2018PK Keski-Uusimaa (loan) 5 (1)
2019Reipas Lahti 8 (9)
2020 MP 7 (1)
2021 Onisilos Sotira
2022 PEPO 24 (10)
2023 Lahti 22 (0)
2024 JäPS 15 (8)
2024– Belasitsa Petrich 13 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2024

Irfan Sadik (born 12 January 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for Bulgarian Second League club Belasitsa Petrich as a striker. [2]

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Club career

On 13 January 2020, Sadik moved to Ykkönen club Mikkelin Palloilijat on a deal until the end of 2020. [3]

On 31 January 2023, Sadik returned to Lahti on a one-year deal. [4]

On 21 July 2024, Sadik moved to Bulgaria and joined Belasitsa Petrich in the Bulgarian Second League. [5]

Personal life

Sadik's two older brothers, Berat and Burhan, are also footballers; the family are of Macedonian Albanian descent. [6] [7] [8]

Career statistics

As of 4 November 2024 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] EuropeTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kuusysi 2016 Kakkonen 9191
2017 Kakkonen217217
Total308000000308
Lahti 2017 Veikkausliiga 104050
2018 Veikkausliiga10020120
2019 Veikkausliiga105161
Total1201110000231
PKKU (loan)2018Kakkonen3030
Reipas Lahti 2019Kakkonen8989
MP 2020 Ykkönen 7154125
Onisilos Sotira 2020–21 Cypriot Second Division
PEPO 2022Ykkönen241022202812
Lahti 2023 Veikkausliiga2203053303
Reipas Lahti 2023 Kakkonen1010
JäPS 2024 Ykkösliiga 15820522210
Belasitsa Petrich 2024–25 Bulgarian Second League 13210142
Career total135382471250017150
  1. Includes Suomen Cup and Bulgarian Cup
  2. Includes Finnish League Cup, Ykkönen Cup and Ykkösliigacup

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References

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  3. EDUSTUS: Irfan Sadik MP:n hyökkäykseen, mikkelinpalloilijat.fi, 13 January 2020
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  5. Irfan Sadik siirtyy ulkomaille
  6. "Berat Sadik". UEFA.com. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  7. Laitinen, Ilkka (8 April 2018). "FC Lahdella on riveissään poikkeuksellinen suomalainen hyökkääjä - "Todella kunnianhimoinen urheilija"". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  8. Macedonian diaspora players performances (31.05-03.06.2024), macedonianfootball.com
  9. Irfan Sadik stats, Finnish FA