Fareed Sadat ( Dari:فرید سادات; born 10 November 1998) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as a

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for Thai League 2 club Nakhon Si United and the Afghanistan national team. 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. In October 2016 he stated that he was intending to apply for Finnish citizenship when he turned 18. He has acquired Finnish citizenship.

Club career

Sadat played youth football for Espoo, Atlantis, and

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. Sadat has played senior football for

, Espoo, Lahti, Lahti Akatemia, Haukar, MuSa,

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. In October 2016, Sadat signed a new two-year contract with FC Lahti. In August 2021, he joined the Finnish second-tier side MuSa. He signed for Cambodian club Phnom Penh Crown for the 2022 season. He scored twice on his debut against Visakha in a 2-1 win, helping his team lift the first ever

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. In the 2022 season he scored 19 goals in 25 league games. He signed for Thai club Nakhon Si United for the 2023 season.

International career

Sadat has represented Finland at under-19 international level. Sadat made his debut with the

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in a 2–0 friendly loss to Turkmenistan on 25 December 2019.

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Playing stats at Finnish FA
1998 births Living people Footballers from Kabul Afghan footballers Afghanistan international footballers Finnish footballers Finland youth international footballers Finnish people of Afghan descent Afghan emigrants to Finland FC Espoo players Grankulla IFK players FC Lahti players FC Kuusysi players Pallokerho Keski-Uusimaa players AC Oulu players Kakkonen players Veikkausliiga players Association football forwards Haukar men's football players Naturalized citizens of Finland Musan Salama players Oulun Luistinseura players Phnom Penh Crown FC players Finnish expatriate footballers Afghan expatriate footballers Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Afghan expatriates in Iceland Expatriate footballers in Iceland Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Cambodia Afghan expatriates in Cambodia Expatriate footballers in Cambodia Fareed Sadat Fareed Sadat Expatriate footballers in Thailand {{Finland-footy-bio-stub