Fareed Sadat (Dari: فرید سادات; born 10 November 1998) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League club Bhayangkara Presisi and the Afghanistan national team.

Fareed Sadat
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-11-10) 10 November 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Kabul, Afghanistan
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Bhayangkara Presisi
Number 16
Youth career
Espoo
Atlantis
GrIFK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 GrIFK 2 (0)
2015 Espoo 13 (7)
2016–2017 Lahti Akatemia 13 (7)
2016–2018 Lahti 39 (3)
2018PKKU (loan) 4 (1)
2019 Haukar 6 (1)
2020 MuSa 11 (4)
2020–2021 AC Oulu 20 (5)
2021OLS 2 (0)
2021 MuSa 8 (4)
2022 Phnom Penh Crown 25 (19)
2023 Nakhon Si United 9 (0)
2023–2024 PSKC Cimahi 13 (2)
2024 Persikabo 1973 12 (6)
2025– Bhayangkara Presisi 22 (4)
International career
2017 Finland U19 3 (0)
2019– Afghanistan 14 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 January 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 October 2025

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

Early and personal life

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Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sadat arrived in Finland in 2011, to join his father who had moved there previously.[2] In October 2016 he stated that he was intending to apply for Finnish citizenship when he turned 18.[3] He has acquired Finnish citizenship.[4]

Club career

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Sadat played youth football for Espoo, Atlantis, and GrIFK.[2]

Sadat has played senior football for GrIFK, Espoo, Lahti, Lahti Akatemia, Haukar, MuSa, AC Oulu, and OLS.[5]

In October 2016, Sadat signed a new two-year contract with Lahti.[3]

In August 2021, he joined the Finnish second-tier side MuSa.[6]

He signed for Cambodian club Phnom Penh Crown for the 2022 season.[citation needed] He scored twice on his debut against Visakha in a 2–1 win, helping his team lift the first ever Cambodian Super Cup.[7][8] In the 2022 season he scored 19 goals in 25 league games.[9]

He signed for Thai club Nakhon Si United for the 2023 season.[5]

In September 2023, Sadat joined PSKC Cimahi club in the Indonesian Liga 2.[10] He then signed for Persikabo 1973.[11] He signed for Bhayangkara for 2025.[12]

International career

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Sadat has represented Finland at under-19 international level.[5] Sadat made his debut with the Afghanistan national football team in a 2–0 friendly loss to Turkmenistan on 25 December 2019.[13]

Career statistics

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As of 5 January 2026[2][1][14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Other Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grankulla IFK 2014 Kakkonen 2020
FC Espoo 2015 Kolmonen 13721158
Lahti Akatemia 2016 Kakkonen 4242
2017 Kakkonen 9595
Total 137000000137
Lahti 2016 Veikkausliiga 151314[a]0222
2017 Veikkausliiga 15241193
2018 Veikkausliiga 90001[b]0100
Total 393724010515
PKKU (loan) 2018 Kakkonen 4141
Haukar 2019 1. deild karla 61001374
MuSa 2020 Ykkönen 114114
AC Oulu 2020 Ykkönen 10520125
2021 Veikkausliiga 10000100
Total 205200000225
OLS 2021 Kakkonen 2020
MuSa 2021 Ykkönen 8484
Phnom Penh Crown 2022 Cambodian Premier League 2519001[c]21[d]12722
Nakhon Si United 2022–23 Thai League 2 8080
PSKC Cimahi 2023–24 Indonesian Liga 2 132132
Persikabo 1973 2024–25 Indonesian Liga 2 126126
Bhayangkara 2024–25 Indonesian Liga 2 9191
2025–26 Super League 113113
Total 204000000204
Career total 19663113652121572

References

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  1. 1 2 Fareed Sadat at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. 1 2 3 Roni Raunola (23 January 2016). "FC Lahdesta pelipaikkaa havitteleva Fareed Sadat sopeutui Suomeen jalkapallon kautta" (in Finnish). Kymppipaikka. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Fareed Sadat jatkaa FC Lahdessa" (in Finnish). FC Lahti. 21 October 2016. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  4. Liuhala, Juhani (4 July 2020). "MuSa hankki uuden hyökkääjän – Frederiksen ja Abe eivät saaneet pelilupaa kauden avaukseen: "Kohtasimme odottamattoman ongelman"". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020. Sadat on syntynyt Afganistanissa, mutta hänellä on myös Suomen kansalaisuus
  5. 1 2 3 Fareed Sadat at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  6. "Fareed Sadat palaa Musan Salaman väreihin" (in Finnish). Radio Pori. 12 August 2021. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  7. "ខ្សែប្រយុទ្ធក្លឹបភ្នំពេញក្រោនរូបនេះរំពឹងថា ខ្លួននឹងអាចជា Top Scorers រដូវកាលនេះ". news.sabay.com.kh. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  8. ណន, ឈន. "ភ្នំពេញក្រោនឈ្នះពានទី២ មុនឈានទៅសម្រេចគោលដៅធំ". www.postkhmer.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  9. "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023.
  10. "PSKC Cimahi Kenalkan 2 Pemain Asing Mereka yang Berasal dari Afganistan dan Uzbekistan". prfmnews.pikiran-rakyat.com (in Indonesian). PRFM News. 2023. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  11. https://ligaindonesiabaru.com/clubs/singleplayer/pegadaian_liga_2_2024-25/fareed_sadat?token=UDAuNTkzMTkwMzI=
  12. "Menang Atas Nusantara FC, Bhayangkara Presisi FC Puncaki Group B Jawa tengah" (in Indonesian). bhayangkarafc.id. 6 January 2025.
  13. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Afghanistan vs. Turkmenistan (0:2)". National-football-teams.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  14. Fareed Sadat, Finnish Fa
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