Elena Sadiku

Player

Birthday November 6, 1993

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Bocholt, Germany

Age 30 years old

Nationality Germany

Height 1.70 m

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1993

Elena Sadiku (born 6 November 1993) is a Swedish football manager and former player who is the head coach of Scottish club Celtic.

She was an Under-19 international.

She started her career with LdB Malmö, before moving to Kristianstad and Eskilstuna United.

2014

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.

2016

She was unable to play in 2016 and after suffering from depression, left Eskilstuna at the end of the season.

Shortly afterwards, newly-promoted Hammarby announced that they had signed Sadiku and were hoping she could overcome her injuries and recapture her best form.

2017

She played 6 games for Hammarby in 2017, scoring once, before retiring due to recurring problems with injuries.

2018

In February 2018 Sadiku accepted a coaching role with Chinese Super League club Beijing BG Phoenix.

She later managed Eskilstuna United.

In January 2024 she became Head Coach of Scottish club Celtic, the first woman to hold that role.