Loret Sadiku

Loret Sadiku (born 28 July 1991) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Turkish club Kasımpaşa.

Loret Sadiku
Sadiku with Mersin İdmanyurdu in 2014
Personal information
Full name Loret Sadiku[1]
Date of birth (1991-07-28) 28 July 1991
Place of birth Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Kasımpaşa
Number 6
Youth career
2002 Hånger IF
2003–2008 IFK Värnamo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 IFK Värnamo 32 (2)
2011–2014 Helsingborgs IF 71 (5)
2014–2016 Mersin İdmanyurdu 61 (2)
2016– Kasımpaşa 81 (1)
National team‡
2012 Sweden U21 3 (0)
2014–2015 Kosovo 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 April 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2015

Club career

Early career

Loret joined IFK Värnamo youth setup in 2003. In 2009, he was promoted to the first team and made his professional debut with IFK Värnamo in the Division 1 championship the Swedish Third Division.

Helsingborgs IF

On 1 July 2011. Sadiku signed to Allsvenskan side Helsingborgs IF.

In Turkish Süper Lig

On 28 June 2014. Sadiku announced to have signed a 3-year contract with newly promoted side to the Mersin İdmanyurdu.[2] On 17 August 2016 Sadiku signed for Kasımpaşa for a fee of €2 million.[3]

International

Under-21

On 31 May 2012. Sadiku making his debut after being named in the starting line-up with Sweden U21 in a match of 2013 UEFA Under-21 qualifications against Ukraine U21 and was nominated "Newcomer of the year".[4]

Kosovo

On 2 March 2014. Sadiku received a call-up from Kosovo for the first permitted by FIFA match against Haiti[5] and making his debut after being named in the starting line-up.[6]

References
  1. "Loret Sadiku". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. "Zyrtare: Loret Sadiku firmos me turqit e Mersinit" (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 28 June 2014.
  3. "Pas Herolind Shalës, edhe Sadiku nënshkruan me Kasimpasan". Gazeta Zeri (in Albanian). 18 August 2016.
  4. "Sadiku: "Albanien visade mest kärlek"" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 27 August 2013. Archived from the original on 30 August 2013.
  5. "Kosova shpall listën anti-Haiti". Albeu (in Albanian). 2 March 2014.
  6. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
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