Fareed Sadat

Fareed Sadat (born 10 November 1998) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays for AC Oulu as a forward.

Fareed Sadat
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-11-10) 10 November 1998
Place of birth Kabul, Afghanistan
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 AC Oulu
Number 10
Youth career
Espoo
Atlantis
GrIFK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 GrIFK 2 (0)
2015 Espoo 13 (7)
2016–2018 Lahti 39 (3)
2016 → Lahti Akatemia (loan) 4 (2)
2017 → Lahti Akatemia (loan) 9 (5)
2018 → PKKU (loan) 4 (1)
2019 Haukar 6 (1)
2020 MuSa 11 (4)
2020– AC Oulu 10 (5)
National team‡
2017 Finland U19 3 (0)
2019– Afghanistan 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:16, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 October 2019

Born in Afghanistan, Sadat represented Finland at youth international level before switching to represent the Afghanistan at senior level.

Early and personal life

Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sadat arrived in Finland in 2011, to join his father who had moved there previously.[1] In October 2016 he stated that he was intending to apply for Finnish citizenship when he turned 18.[2] He has acquired Finnish citizenship.[3]

Club career

Sadat played youth football for Espoo, Atlantis, and GrIFK.[1]

Sadat has played senior football for GrIFK, Espoo, Lahti, Lahti Akatemia and Haukar.[4] In October 2016, Sadat signed a new two-year contract with FC Lahti.[2]

International career

Sadat has represented Finland at under-19 international level.[4] Sadat made his debut with the Afghanistan national football team in a 2-0 friendly loss to Turkmenistan on 25 December 2019.[5]

References
  1. Roni Raunola (23 January 2016). "FC Lahdesta pelipaikkaa havitteleva Fareed Sadat sopeutui Suomeen jalkapallon kautta" (in Finnish). Kymppipaikka. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  2. "Fareed Sadat jatkaa FC Lahdessa" (in Finnish). FC Lahti. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  3. Liuhala, Juhani (4 July 2020). "MuSa hankki uuden hyökkääjän – Frederiksen ja Abe eivät saaneet pelilupaa kauden avaukseen: "Kohtasimme odottamattoman ongelman"". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 27 September 2020. Sadat on syntynyt Afganistanissa, mutta hänellä on myös Suomen kansalaisuus
  4. Fareed Sadat at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  5. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Afghanistan vs. Turkmenistan (0:2)". www.national-football-teams.com.


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