Irfan Sadik

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*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Kuusysi 30 (8)
2017–2019 Lahti 12 (0)
2018 → PK Keski-Uusimaa (loan) 5 (1)
2019 → Reipas 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 19 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 December 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]

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 19 December 2024[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League Cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kuusysi 2016 Kakkonen 9 1 – – – 9 1
2017 Kakkonen 21 7 – – – 21 7
Total 30 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 8
Lahti 2017 Veikkausliiga 1 0 4 0 – – 5 0
2018 Veikkausliiga 10 0 2 0 – – 12 0
2019 Veikkausliiga 1 0 5 1 – – 6 1
Total 12 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 23 1
PKKU (loan) 2018 Kakkonen 3 0 – – – 3 0
Reipas Lahti 2019 Kakkonen 8 9 – – – 8 9
MP 2020 Ykkönen 7 1 5 4 – – 12 5
Onisilos Sotira 2020–21 Cypriot Second Division – –
PEPO 2022 Ykkönen 24 10 2 2 2 0 – 28 12
Lahti 2023 Veikkausliiga 22 0 3 0 5 3 – 30 3
Reipas Lahti 2023 Kakkonen 1 0 – – – 1 0
JäPS 2024 Ykkösliiga 15 8 2 0 5 2 – 22 10
Belasitsa Petrich 2024–25 Bulgarian Second League 19 4 1 0 – – 20 4
Career total 141 40 24 7 12 5 0 0 177 52
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Bulgarian Cup
  2. ^ Includes Finnish League Cup, Ykkönen Cup and Ykkösliigacup

References

  1. ^ FC Lahdella on riveissään poikkeuksellinen suomalainen hyökkääjä - ”Todella kunnianhimoinen urheilija”, iltalehti.fi, 8 April 2020
  2. ^ Irfan Sadik at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  3. ^ EDUSTUS: Irfan Sadik MP:n hyökkäykseen, mikkelinpalloilijat.fi, 13 January 2020
  4. ^ "Irfan Sadik palaa FC Lahteen" [Irfan Sadik returns to FC Lahti] (in Finnish). Lahti. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  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