{{short description|Finnish footballer (born 1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Berat Sadik | image = Berat Sadik.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Sadik training for KuPS in 2005 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|09|14}} | birth_place = Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia | height = {{height|m=1.92|precision=0}} | position = Striker | currentclub = Tikvesh | clubnumber = 9 | youthyears1 = 1992–2003 | youthclubs1 = KiuPa | years1 = 2004–2007 | clubs1 = KuPS | caps1 = 26 | goals1 = 3 | years2 = 2007–2008 | clubs2 = Lahti | caps2 = 33 | goals2 = 13 | years3 = 2008–2010 | clubs3 = Arminia Bielefeld | caps3 = 13 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2009–2010 | clubs4 = → Zulte Waregem (loan) | caps4 = 14 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2010 | clubs5 = Lahti | caps5 = 5 | goals5 = 2 | years6 = 2011–2012 | clubs6 = HJK | caps6 = 39 | goals6 = 20 | years7 = 2013–2015 | clubs7 = Thun | caps7 = 81 | goals7 = 21 | years8 = 2015–2017 | clubs8 = Krylia Sovetov | caps8 = 17 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2017–2019 | clubs9 = Doxa Katokopias | caps9 = 42 | goals9 = 30 | years10 = 2019 | clubs10 = Gimnàstic | caps10 = 11 | goals10 = 1 | years11 = 2019–2020 | clubs11 = Anorthosis | caps11 = 9 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2020 | clubs12 = Enosis Neon Paralimni | caps12 = 6 | goals12 = 2 | years13 = 2020–2024 | clubs13 = Doxa Katokopias | caps13 = 133 | goals13 = 42 | years14 = 2025– | clubs14 = Tikvesh | caps14 = 13 | goals14 = 4 | nationalyears1 = 2006–2009 | nationalteam1 = Finland U21 | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2008–2018 | nationalteam2 = Finland | nationalcaps2 = 13 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | club-update = 1 June 2025 | ntupdate = 20:07, 21 October 2015 (UTC) }}
'''Berat Sadik''' ({{langx|sq|Berat Sadiku}}; born 14 September 1986) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Macedonian First League club Tikvesh.
==Early life== Sadik was born in Skopje, SR Macedonia, then still part of former Yugoslavia, on 14 September 1986 to Albanian parents and moved to Finland with his family at the age of three.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=106131/profile/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717080829/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=106131/profile/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2011|title = Berat Sadik | publisher = UEFA | access-date = 20 May 2013}}</ref>
==Career== On 16 June 2008, it was published that Arminia Bielefeld was keen to sign him. Also Ascoli, Torino, AEL, Örebro and Rosenborg were interested to sign Sadik.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iltasanomat.fi/urheilu/t/jalkapallo/1545156 |title=Saksassa käyneen Berat Sadikin hintalappu 400000 euroa - Urheilu - Ilta-Sanomat |language=Finnish |publisher=iltasanomat.fi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618015239/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/urheilu/t/jalkapallo/1545156 |archive-date=18 June 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.corrieredellosport.it/Notizie/Calcio/34130/Ascoli,+in+arrivo+Bucchi+e+Sadik | title = Ascoli, in arrivo Bucchi e Sadik - Serie B / Calcio - Corriere dello Sport.it<!-- Bot generated title --> | language = Italian | publisher = Corriere dello Sport}}{{Dead link|date=May 2013}}</ref> After visiting Ascoli and Bielefeld he chose to sign a three-year contract with Arminia Bielefeld for a transfer fee of €400,000.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.iltasanomat.fi/jalkapallo/art-1288336547530.html | title = Berat Sadik siirtyy Bundesliigaan | language = Finnish | publisher = iltasanomat.fi | date = 25 June 2008 | access-date = 20 May 2013 | archive-date = 5 October 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121005050350/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/jalkapallo/art-1288336547530.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> In December 2007, he was on trial to Vicenza Calcio.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://it.eurosport.yahoo.com/18122007/44/serie-b-finlandesi-in-prova-vicenza-132.html | title = Serie B: Due finlandesi in prova al Vicenza - Yahoo! Eurosport IT<!-- Bot generated title --> | language = Italian | publisher = eurosport.yahoo.com | access-date = 17 June 2008 | archive-date = 14 December 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191214094908/http://it.eurosport.yahoo.com/18122007/44/serie-b-finlandesi-in-prova-vicenza-132.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> After just one year, he left Arminia Bielefeld, where he played only thirteen games, and joined SV Zulte Waregem on loan for 10 months. He was released by Bielefeld in August 2010 and he rejoined the Veikkausliiga strugglers FC Lahti on 24 August 2010. He celebrated his comeback by scoring in his first appearance in a 1–1 draw against JJK.
On 31 January 2011, Sadik signed a two-year contract with HJK. He finished the season with 15 goals, being the club's second-best goalscorer, one goal behind Akseli Pelvas.
On 22 January 2019, Sadik signed an 18-month deal with Segunda División side Gimnàstic de Tarragona.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gimnasticdetarragona.cat/el-nastic-fitxa-a-berat-sadik/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126071835/http://www.gimnasticdetarragona.cat/el-nastic-fitxa-a-berat-sadik/|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2019|title=Berat Sadik s'incorpora al Nàstic|trans-title=Berat Sadik joins ''Nàstic''|publisher=Gimnàstic Tarragona|language=ca|date=22 January 2019|access-date=26 January 2019}}</ref> On 5 August, after suffering relegation, he terminated his contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gimnasticdetarragona.cat/noticia/20190805132845|title=Rescissió de contracte entre el Nàstic i Sadik|trans-title=Contract rescision between ''Nàstic'' and Sadik|publisher=Gimnàstic Tarragona|language=ca|date=5 August 2019|access-date=8 August 2019}}</ref>
==International career== Sadik debuted for Finland national football team against Turkey on 29 May 2008.
==Personal life== His brothers Irfan and Burhan are also footballers.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/C1fXBGirTt6/?img_index=1 Makkah. Alhamdoulillah], instagram.com</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|11 May 2024}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan=2|Club !rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|Cup !colspan=2|Continental{{ref label|A|A}} !colspan=2|Others{{ref label|B|B}} !colspan=2|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=3|KuPS |2005 |Veikkausliiga |5||0||0||0||–||–||–||–||5||0 |- |2006 |Veikkausliiga |21||3||0||0||–||–||–||–||21||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !26!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!26!!3 |- |rowspan=3|Lahti |2007 |Veikkausliiga |23||9||0||0||–||–||–||–||23||9 |- |2008 |Veikkausliiga |10||4||0||0||–||–||–||–||10||4 |- !colspan="2"|Total !33!!13!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!33!!13 |- |Arminia Bielefeld |2008–09 |Bundesliga |13||0||2||1||–||–||–||–||15||1 |- |Arminia Bielefeld II |2008–09 |NRW-Liga |3||1||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||3||1 |- |Zulte Waregem (loan) |2009–10 |Belgian First Division A |14||1||2||0||–||–||–||–||16||1 |- |Lahti |2010 |Veikkausliiga |5||2||0||0||–||–||–||–||5||2 |- |rowspan=3|HJK |2011 |Veikkausliiga |27||15||3||1||6||3||0||0||30||16 |- |2012 |Veikkausliiga |12||5||0||0||4||1||5||3||23||11 |- !colspan="2"|Total !39!!20!!3!!1!!10!!4!!5!!3!!57!!28 |- |rowspan=4|Thun |2012–13 |Swiss Super League |18||2||1||0||–||–||–||–||19||2 |- |2013–14 |Swiss Super League |28||7||4||1||11||1||–||–||43||9 |- |2014–15 |Swiss Super League |35||12||3||0||–||–||–||–||38||12 |- !colspan="2"|Total !81!!21!!8!!1!!11!!1!!0!!0!!100!!23 |- |rowspan=3|Krylia Sovetov |2015–16 |Russian Premier League |11||0||1||0||–||–||–||–||12||0 |- |2016–17 |Russian Premier League |6||0||0||0||–||–||–||–||6||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !17!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!18!!0 |- |rowspan=3|Doxa Katokopias |2017–18 |Cypriot First Division |30||18||2||2||–||–||–||–||32||20 |- |2018–19 |Cypriot First Division |12||12||0||0||–||–||–||–||12||12 |- !colspan="2"|Total !42!!30!!2!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!44!!32 |- |Gimnàstic |2018–19 |Segunda División |11||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||11||1 |- |Anorthosis Famagusta |2019–20 |Cypriot First Division |9||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||10||0 |- |Enosis Neon Paralimni |2019–20 |Cypriot First Division |6||2||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||6||2 |- |rowspan=5|Doxa Katokopias |2020–21 |Cypriot First Division |37||18||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||37||18 |- |2021–22 |Cypriot First Division |28||13||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||29||13 |- |2022–23 |Cypriot First Division |38||8||3||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||41||8 |- |2023–24 |Cypriot First Division |30||3||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||30||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !133!!42!!4!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!137!!42 |- |Tikvesh |2024–25 |Macedonian First League |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||0||0 |- !colspan=3 |Career total !431!!133!!22!!5!!21!!5!!5!!3!!479!!146 |} {{notelist}}
===International=== {{updated|11 May 2024}} {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center |- ! colspan=4|Finland |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |2008||2||0 |- |2009||2||0 |- |2010||0||0 |- |2011||2||0 |- |2012||1||0 |- |2013||0||0 |- |2014||1||0 |- |2015||3||1 |- |2016||0||0 |- |2017||0||0 |- |2018||2||0 |- !colspan=1|Total||13||1 |}
===International goals=== {{International goals header}} |- | 1. || 29 March 2015 || Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland || {{fb|NIR}} || {{center|2–'''1'''}} || {{center|2–1}} || UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.arminia-bielefeld.de/index.php?id=125&no_cache=1&view=1162&ref=34 Berat Sadik] at Arminia's official website {{in lang|de}} * {{BDFutbol|92936}} * {{NFT player|26353}}
{{Cypriot First Division top scorers}}
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