| Rijad Sadiku | |
| Birth Date: | 18 January 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Height: | 1.87 m |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Botoșani |
| Clubnumber: | 44 |
| Youthyears1: | 2007–2013 |
| Youthclubs1: | Novi Grad Sarajevo |
| Youthyears2: | 2013–2018 |
| Youthclubs2: | Sarajevo |
| Years1: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs1: | Sarajevo |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2018–2020 |
| Clubs2: | Mouscron |
| Caps2: | 3 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2020 |
| Clubs3: | Mladost Doboj Kakanj |
| Caps3: | 3 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs4: | Zrinjski Mostar |
| Caps4: | 2 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2021 |
| Clubs5: | Mladost Doboj Kakanj |
| Caps5: | 10 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs6: | Rudar Prijedor |
| Caps6: | 29 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2022– |
| Clubs7: | Botoșani |
| Caps7: | 37 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015 |
| Nationalteam1: | Bosnia and Herzegovina U15 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2015–2016 |
| Nationalteam2: | Bosnia and Herzegovina U16 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2015–2017 |
| Nationalteam3: | Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 26 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2017 |
| Nationalteam4: | Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2019–2020 |
| Nationalteam5: | Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 |
| Nationalcaps5: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 12 May 2024 |
Rijad Sadiku (pronounced as /bs/; born 18 January 2000) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Romanian Liga I club Botoșani.
Sadiku is a product of Sarajevo's youth academy.[1] On 28 May 2017, he was named as a Sarajevo substitute for the first time in a Bosnian Premier League match against Krupa, but was an unused substitute in that match.
On 30 January 2018, Sadiku joined Belgian First Division A side Mouscron after agreeing to a four-year deal.[2] [3] On 5 May 2019, he made his debut as a professional footballer in a 3–0 home win against Zulte Waregem after being named in the starting line-up.[4] [5]
On 21 January 2020, Sadiku joined Mladost Doboj Kakanj after agreeing to a one-and-a-half-year deal.[6] Two days later, he made his debut in a 0–0 away draw against Sloboda Tuzla after being named in the starting line-up.[7]
On 5 August 2020, Sadiku left Mladot Doboj Kakanj and joined Zrinjski Mostar, signing a three-year contract.[8] He made his official debut for Zrinjski on 12 September 2020, in a league match against his former club Mladost Doboj Kakanj.[9] Sadiku terminated his contract and left the club on 26 January 2021.[10]
In February 2021, Sadiku returned to Mladot Doboj Kakanj.[11] He left the club only four months later in June.[12]
Sadiku represented Bosnia and Herzegovina on all youth levels, he also served as captain of the national under-17 team and is the most capped player in the history of the national under-17 team with 26 caps.[13]
Sadiku was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to Kosovan parents from the village Radeše of Dragaš.[14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sarajevo | 2017–18 | Bosnian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mouscron | 2017–18 | Belgian First Division A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | Belgian First Division A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Belgian First Division A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Mladost Doboj Kakanj | 2019–20 | Bosnian Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Zrinjski Mostar | 2020–21 | Bosnian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Mladost Doboj Kakanj | 2020–21 | Bosnian Premier League | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Rudar Prijedor | 2021–22 | Bosnian Premier League | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| Botoșani | 2022–23 | Liga I | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Liga I | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 1 | |||||
| Career total | 84 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 89 | 1 | ||||