Sherif Sadiku

Sherif Sadiku
Personal information
Full name Sherif Sadiku
Date of birth (1998-12-15) 15 December 1998
Place of birth Elbasan, Albania
Position Striker
Youth career
2014–2015 Fushë Mbreti
2015–2016 Belshi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Elbasani 14 (0)
2017–2018 Shkumbini 15 (0)
2018–2019 Elbasani 9 (1)
2019 Team Ticino 10 (1)
2019–2020 Shkumbini Peqin 11 (0)
Total 59 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 February 2026

Sherif Sadiku (born 15 December 1998) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Shkumbini Peqin in the Albanian First Division.[1]

Club career

He played for Shkumbini Peqin in the 2018–19 campaign,[2] collecting 15 league appearances with no goals.

Sadiku returned to his boyhood club Elbasani for the 2018–19 season. He scored his first professional goal on 8 December 2018 in a 2–0 home win over Turbina Cërrik to remove his side from the last position in championship.[3]

Personal life

His brother, Armando Sadiku, is also a professional footballer who plays for Legia Warsaw and the Albania national team.[4]

Career statistics

As of 8 December 2018[1]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Elbasani 2016–17 Albanian First Division 14000—140
Shkumbini Peqin 2017–18 Albanian First Division 15010—160
Elbasani 2016–17 Albanian First Division 7100—71
Career total 3611000371

References

  1. 1 2 "Albania - S. Sadiku - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Shkumbini e nis ndaj Bylisit, lista e re me pak përforcime" [Shkumbini will start against Bylis, the new list with few reinforcements] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Elbasani i largohet fundit, Zhytet Turbina (Video)" [Elbasani gets away from the bottom, Turbina sinks (Video)] (in Albanian). Elbasaninews.al. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Babai i Sadikut rrëfen rrugëtimin e të birit: emri dhe jeta prej "Diego Maradone" e Armandos deri në Europian" [Sadiku's father confeses his son's journey: name and life as “Diego Maradona” by Armando until the European Championship] (in Albanian). Tesheshi.com. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2017.