Elena Sadiku
 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 November 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Germany | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Celtic Women (Head Coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| LdB Malmö | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | LdB Malmö | 13 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Kristianstads DFF | 28 | (1) |
| 2014–2016 | Eskilstuna United | 16 | (5) |
| 2017 | Hammarby | 6 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Sweden U19 | 14 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018–2019 | Beijing BG Phoenix (Assistant manager) | ||
| 2019–2021 | FC Rosengård (Assistant manager) | ||
| 2021 | Fortuna Hjørring (Assistant manager) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Eskilstuna United DFF | ||
| 2023–2024 | Everton Women U21 | ||
| 2024– | Celtic Women | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Elena Sadiku (born 6 November 1993) is a Swedish football manager and former player who is the head coach of Celtic Women.
Playing career
She was an Under-19 international.[1]
She started her career with LdB Malmö,[2] before moving to Kristianstads DFF and Eskilstuna United.
Sadiku suffered a knee injury in July 2014. She scored a hat-trick in her comeback game a year later, only to suffer another serious knee injury a few days later. She was unable to play in 2016 and after suffering from depression, left Eskilstuna at the end of the season.[3] Shortly afterwards, newly-promoted Hammarby announced that they had signed Sadiku and were hoping she could overcome her injuries and recapture her best form.[4] She played 6 games for Hammarby in 2017, scoring once, before retiring due to recurring problems with injuries.[5]
Coaching career
In February 2018 Sadiku accepted a coaching role with Chinese Women's Super League club Beijing BG Phoenix.[6]
She later managed Eskilstuna United DFF.[7][8]
In January 2024 she became Head Coach of Scottish club Celtic Women, the first woman to hold that role.[9]
References
- ^ "UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com.
- ^ LdB FC Malmö-spelarnas bästa tips Expressen
- ^ Redebo, Susanne (30 November 2016). "Elena Sadiku om sin tuffa tid: "Hemskaste jag varit med om"" (in Swedish). Ekuriren. Retrieved 29 December 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Liljedahl, Carl-Johan (9 December 2016). "Sadiku till Hammarby" (in Swedish). Kristianstadbladet. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ^ Norberg, Simon (7 February 2018). "Tidigare Hammarbyspelaren flyttar till Kina" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Tidigare Hammarbyspelaren flyttar till Kina" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ Sadiku kampione e Suedise Gazeta Express
- ^ "Elena Sadiku återvänder till Eskilstuna som tränare". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Sadiku becomes Celtic's first female head coach" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
External links
- Elena Sadiku at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Elena Sadiku at Soccerway
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Swedish women's footballers
- Kosovo Albanians
- FC Rosengård players
- Kristianstads DFF players
- Damallsvenskan players
- Eskilstuna United DFF players
- Hammarby Fotboll (women) players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Swedish expatriates in China
- Swedish expatriates in Scotland
- Sweden women's youth international footballers
- Celtic F.C. Women managers
- Swedish women's football biography stubs
- Swedish football midfielder stubs