Sadat Anaku

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Sadat Anaku
Personal information
Full name Sadat Happy Anaku Ana [1]
Date of birth (2000-12-09) 9 December 2000 (age 23) [1]
Place of birth Arua, Uganda [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Kampala Capital City Authority
Youth career
Kampala Capital City Authority
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2022 Kampala Capital City Authority
2022–2024 Dundee United 14 (0)
2024– Kampala Capital City Authority
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:46, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Sadat Happy Anaku Ana (born 9 December 2000) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Kampala Capital City Authority.

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Anaku began his career with Kampala Capital City Authority, having set a goalscoring record in the junior leagues. He was signed by Scottish Premiership club Dundee United in August 2022 and played 16 games before being sidelined due to injury in April 2023. After leaving Dundee in summer 2024, he returned to Kampala Capital City Authority in October 2024.

Club career

Kampala Capital City Authority

Anaku played in his native Uganda for Kampala Capital City Authority. [3] He was the 2018–19 Juniors League top scorer with 31 goals. [4] He was subsequently promoted to the senior squad after making himself the all-time top scorer of the Juniors League with 84 goals in three seasons. [5] He played in the 2019 final of the Kagame Interclub Cup, which ended in a 1–0 victory over Azam. [6] He set himself a target of 15 goals for the 2020–21 season. However, a licensing issue prevented him from playing in some matches. [7] Head coach Mike Mutebi said that Anaku would be his first-choice striker in the Uganda Premier League after recovering from a hamstring injury. [8]

Dundee United

On 20 August 2022, Anaku signed a two-year contract with Scottish Premiership club Dundee United, [9] [10] [11] following a successful trial. [12] Craig Levein said the following month that Anaku's pace would combine well with Steven Fletcher to solve the team's attacking problems which had cost manager Jack Ross his job. [13] His successor, Liam Fox, said that he was happy with Anaku's progress in the first half of the 2022–23 season. [14] Jim Goodwin, who followed Fox as the manager in March, said that Anaku was "very raw" and needed a lot of coaching to utilise his pace and positivity effectively. [15] However, he suffered an Achilles injury in April 2023 and was ruled out for the rest of the calendar year. [16] [17] He did not feature in the 2023–24 season and was one of eleven players released from Tannadice at the end of the campaign. [18]

Return to Kampala Capital City Authority

After leaving Dundee, he had a trial with English club Port Vale in July 2024. [19]

He re-signed for Kampala Capital City Authority in October 2024. [20]

International career

In September 2021, Anaku represented a Ugandan select team on a regional tour, [21] and in February 2022 he represented a Ugandan select team in an exhibition match in Spain. [22] [23] He was called up to the Ugandan senior national team by manager Milutin Sredojevic in March 2023. [24]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 April 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dundee United 2022–23 [25] Scottish Premiership 140101000160
2023–24 [26] Scottish Championship 0000000000
Total140101000160
Career total140101000160

    Honours

    Kampala Capital City Authority

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