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Umar Sadiq

Umar Sadiq

Attack - Centre-Forward  at Real Sociedad
Age29
CitizenshipNigeria
Height1.91 m
Footright
BornFebruary 2, 1997
at Real Sociedad 1,361 days · joined 2022-09-01
👕200+ Apps 100+ Goals
Market value €5.00m
Centre-Forward Attack

Career snapshot

17
clubs played for
13/14
debut season
0.44
goals / match
UD Almería
top club · 84 apps

Position rank · 24/25

#1503
goals rank
#2075
assists rank
135
season goals
43
season assists

Among 3,489 Attack - Centre-Forwards · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€18.00m
peak value · 2021
€20.00m
top transfer fee · 22/23
28
best season · 20/21
13 · 9.6%
pens / of goals
309Appearances
135Goals
43Assists
50Yellow cards
1Red cards
40Full matches (90′)
Full nameUmar Sadiq
Name in home countryUmar Sadiq Mesbah
Date of birth1997-02-02 (29 yrs)
Place of birthKaduna, Nigeria
CitizenshipNigeria
PositionAttack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Footright
Height191.00 m
Current clubReal Sociedad
Joined2022-09-01
Contract expires2028-06-30
AgentAS1
OutfitterNike
Jun 2025
Transfer: Valencia → Real Sociedad
24/25 · Return from loan
Jan 2025
Transfer: Real Sociedad → Valencia
24/25 · Loan
Jul 2024
24/25 — Valencia CF, Real Sociedad
30 matches · 6 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
May 2024
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jan 2024
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2023
23/24 — Real Sociedad
36 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Sep 2022
Injury: unknown
45 games missed
Sep 2022
Transfer: UD Almería → Real Sociedad
22/23 · Transfer · €20.00m
Jul 2022
22/23 — Real Sociedad, UD Almería
6 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2021
21/22 — UD Almería
38 matches · 19 G · 9 A · across 2 competitions
Oct 2020
Transfer: Partizan → UD Almería
20/21 · Transfer · €9.00m
Jul 2020
20/21 — UD Almería, FK Partizan Belgrade
56 matches · 28 G · 6 A · across 5 competitions
Mar 2020
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jan 2020
Transfer: AS Roma → Partizan
19/20 · Transfer · €2.00m
Jan 2020
Transfer: Partizan → AS Roma
19/20 · Return from loan
Jul 2019
Transfer: AS Roma → Partizan
19/20 · Loan
Jul 2019
19/20 — FK Partizan Belgrade
39 matches · 17 G · 17 A · across 4 competitions
Jun 2019
Transfer: Perugia → AS Roma
18/19 · Return from loan
Jan 2019
Transfer: AS Roma → Perugia
18/19 · Loan
Dec 2018
Transfer: Rangers → AS Roma
18/19 · Return from loan
Jul 2018
Transfer: AS Roma → Rangers
18/19 · Loan
Jul 2018
18/19 — Rangers FC, Rangers FC B, AC Perugia Calcio
23 matches · 3 G · 3 A · across 7 competitions
Jun 2018
Transfer: NAC Breda → AS Roma
17/18 · Return from loan
Jan 2018
Transfer: AS Roma → NAC Breda
17/18 · Loan
Jan 2018
Transfer: Torino → AS Roma
17/18 · Return from loan
Aug 2017
Transfer: AS Roma → Torino
17/18 · Loan
Jul 2017
17/18 — NAC Breda U21, NAC Breda, Torino FC
16 matches · 8 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jun 2017
Transfer: Bologna → AS Roma
16/17 · Return from loan
Nov 2016
Injury: unknown
9 games missed
Nov 2016
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Sep 2016
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Aug 2016
Transfer: AS Roma → Bologna
16/17 · Loan
Jul 2016
16/17 — Bologna FC 1909, AS Roma
7 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2016
Transfer: Spezia Calcio → AS Roma
16/17 · Transfer · €2.50m
Jun 2016
Transfer: AS Roma → Spezia Calcio
15/16 · Return from loan
Jul 2015
Transfer: Spezia U19 → AS Roma
15/16 · Loan
Jul 2015
15/16 — Roma U19, AS Roma, AS Roma UEFA U19
25 matches · 21 G · 4 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Spezia Primavera, Spezia Calcio
32 matches · 27 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2014
Transfer: Spezia Youth → Spezia U19
14/15 · Transfer
Jul 2013
13/14 — USD Lavagnese 1919
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2013
Transfer: Abuja College → Spezia Youth
13/14 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €18.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 1196 other Attack - Centre-Forwards with ≥500 minutes in 24/25. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals6 total · 1.52/90
87
Assists1 total · 0.25/90
56
G+A7 total · 1.77/90
84
Yellow cards7 total · 1.77/90
0
3,588 min
Minutes played by club
Valencia CF 9.9%
Real Sociedad 12.3%
UD Almería 17.5%
FK Partizan Belgrade 22.9%
Rangers FC 0.0%
Rangers FC B 0.0%
AC Perugia Calcio 11.6%
Torino FC 0.0%
NAC Breda 3.5%
NAC Breda U21 0.8%
Bologna FC 1909 0.0%
AS Roma 2.6%
Roma U19 2.8%
AS Roma UEFA U19 4.5%
Spezia Calcio 0.0%
Spezia Primavera 11.5%
USD Lavagnese 1919 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Valencia CF 1 24/25 24/25 19 6 0 356
Real Sociedad 3 22/23 24/25 50 4 2 441
UD Almería 3 20/21 22/23 84 43 13 627
FK Partizan Belgrade 2 19/20 20/21 52 23 19 822
Rangers FC 1 18/19 18/19 4 0 0 0
Rangers FC B 1 18/19 18/19 1 0 0 0
AC Perugia Calcio 1 18/19 18/19 18 3 3 418
Torino FC 1 17/18 17/18 3 0 0 0
NAC Breda 1 17/18 17/18 12 5 1 124
NAC Breda U21 1 17/18 17/18 1 3 0 30
Bologna FC 1909 1 16/17 16/17 7 0 1 0
AS Roma 2 15/16 16/17 6 2 0 94
Roma U19 1 15/16 15/16 10 14 2 102
AS Roma UEFA U19 1 15/16 15/16 9 5 2 160
Spezia Calcio 1 14/15 14/15 0 0 0 0
Spezia Primavera 1 14/15 14/15 32 27 0 414
USD Lavagnese 1919 1 13/14 13/14 1 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

9€4.5M17€9M26€13.5M34€18M14/15 — 27 goals (Spezia Primavera)2714/1515/16 — 21 goals (AS Roma UEFA U19)15/16 — 4 assists2515/1616/17 — 1 assists116/1717/18 — 8 goals (NAC Breda)17/18 — 1 assists917/1818/19 — 3 goals (AC Perugia Calcio)18/19 — 3 assists618/1919/20 — 17 goals (FK Partizan Belgrade)19/20 — 17 assists3419/2020/21 — 28 goals (UD Almería)20/21 — 6 assists3420/2121/22 — 19 goals (UD Almería)21/22 — 9 assists2821/2222/23 — 3 goals (UD Almería)322/2323/24 — 3 goals (Real Sociedad)23/24 — 1 assists423/2424/25 — 6 goals (Valencia CF)24/25 — 1 assists724/2514/15 — €50K15/16 — €900K16/17 — €2.5M17/18 — €2.5M18/19 — €1.8M19/20 — €2.5M20/21 — €6M21/22 — €18M22/23 — €18M23/24 — €18M24/25 — €14MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

13/14: 0013/1414/15: 272714/1515/16: 212115/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 8817/1818/19: 3318/1919/20: 171719/2020/21: 282820/2121/22: 191921/2222/23: 3322/2323/24: 3323/2424/25: 6624/25

Assists by season

13/14: 0013/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 4415/1616/17: 1116/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 3318/1919/20: 171719/2020/21: 6620/2121/22: 9921/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 1123/2424/25: 1124/25
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
24/25 Copa del Rey Valencia CF 3 1 0 2 0 191
24/25 Copa del Rey Real Sociedad 1 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Europa League Real Sociedad 3 0 1 0 0 0
24/25 LaLiga Real Sociedad 7 0 0 1 0 0
24/25 LaLiga Valencia CF 16 5 0 4 0 165
23/24 Champions League Real Sociedad 4 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Copa del Rey Real Sociedad 6 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 LaLiga Real Sociedad 26 3 1 4 0 358
22/23 Europa League Real Sociedad 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 LaLiga Real Sociedad 2 1 0 0 0 83
22/23 LaLiga UD Almería 3 2 0 1 0 121
21/22 2ª División UD Almería 36 18 9 6 0 169
21/22 Copa del Rey UD Almería 2 1 0 0 0 114
20/21 2ª División UD Almería 38 20 4 5 0 149
20/21 Copa del Rey UD Almería 3 2 0 1 0 74
20/21 Europa League Qualifying FK Partizan Belgrade 3 0 0 1 0 0
20/21 Promoción a LaLiga UD Almería 2 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Super liga FK Partizan Belgrade 10 6 2 1 0 131
19/20 Europa League FK Partizan Belgrade 6 4 2 0 0 132
19/20 Europa League Qualifying FK Partizan Belgrade 6 1 0 1 0 422
19/20 Kup Srbije FK Partizan Belgrade 3 0 2 0 0 0
19/20 Super liga FK Partizan Belgrade 24 12 13 7 0 137
18/19 Betfred Cup Rangers FC 2 0 0 1 0 0
18/19 Europa League Rangers FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Europa League Qualifying Rangers FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Irn-Bru Cup Rangers FC B 1 0 0 1 0 0
18/19 Premiership Rangers FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Serie B AC Perugia Calcio 17 3 3 2 0 418
18/19 Serie B Play-off AC Perugia Calcio 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Beloften Eredivisie NAC Breda U21 1 3 0 0 0 30
17/18 Eredivisie NAC Breda 12 5 1 2 0 124
17/18 Italy Cup Torino FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Serie A Torino FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Serie A Bologna FC 1909 7 0 1 2 0 0
16/17 Serie A AS Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Coppa Primavera Roma U19 1 2 0 0 0 45
15/16 Italy Cup AS Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Primavera C Roma U19 9 12 2 0 1 57
15/16 Serie A AS Roma 6 2 0 0 0 94
15/16 UEFA Youth League AS Roma UEFA U19 9 5 2 3 0 160
14/15 Coppa Primavera Spezia Primavera 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Primavera A Spezia Primavera 24 26 0 4 0 80
14/15 Primavera Fase Finale Spezia Primavera 3 0 0 1 0 0
14/15 Serie B Spezia Calcio 0 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Viareggio Cup Spezia Primavera 4 1 0 0 0 334
13/14 Serie D - A USD Lavagnese 1919 1 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
13/14 2013-07-01 Abuja College Spezia Youth Transfer 0
14/15 2014-07-01 Spezia Youth Spezia U19 Transfer 0
15/16 2015-07-13 Spezia U19 AS Roma Loan 400000
15/16 2016-06-30 AS Roma Spezia Calcio Return from loan 2500000
16/17 2016-07-01 Spezia Calcio AS Roma Transfer 2500000 €2.50m
16/17 2016-08-31 AS Roma Bologna Loan 2500000
16/17 2017-06-30 Bologna AS Roma Return from loan 2000000
17/18 2017-08-16 AS Roma Torino Loan 2000000
17/18 2018-01-26 Torino AS Roma Return from loan 1800000
17/18 2018-01-27 AS Roma NAC Breda Loan 1800000
17/18 2018-06-30 NAC Breda AS Roma Return from loan 1800000
18/19 2018-07-10 AS Roma Rangers Loan 1800000
18/19 2018-12-16 Rangers AS Roma Return from loan 1800000
18/19 2019-01-09 AS Roma Perugia Loan 1800000
18/19 2019-06-30 Perugia AS Roma Return from loan 1400000
19/20 2019-07-02 AS Roma Partizan Loan 1400000
19/20 2020-01-29 Partizan AS Roma Return from loan 2500000
19/20 2020-01-30 AS Roma Partizan Transfer 2500000 €2.00m
20/21 2020-10-05 Partizan UD Almería Transfer 6000000 €9.00m
22/23 2022-09-01 UD Almería Real Sociedad Transfer 18000000 €20.00m
24/25 2025-01-04 Real Sociedad Valencia Loan 5000000
24/25 2025-06-30 Valencia Real Sociedad Return from loan 5000000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
16/17 Bruise on ankle 2016-09-01 2016-10-03 33 5
16/17 Bruise on shinbone 2016-11-03 2016-11-21 19 2
16/17 Ankle surgery 2016-11-24 2017-01-26 64 9
19/20 Knock 2020-03-05 2020-04-23 50 3
22/23 Cruciate ligament tear 2022-09-12 2023-06-30 292 45
23/24 Knee problems 2024-01-11 2024-01-16 6 1
23/24 Lumbago 2024-05-24 2024-05-31 8 1
Current€5.00m
Peak€18.00m
Low€50k
Δ since start+€4.95m
€50k€4.54m€9.03m€13.51m€18.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €14.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €18.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €16.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €16.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €18.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €18.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €15.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €18.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €18.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.40m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.40m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k

No national team data.

TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Samú Costa 2 1 0
José Carlos Lazo 2 5 0
Sergio Akieme 2 3 0
Largie Ramazani 2 2 0
Fernando Martínez 2 0 0
Lucas Robertone 2 6 0
Martín Zubimendi 1 0 0
Aleksandar Scekic 2 0 0
Takuma Asano 2 6 0
Vladimir Stojkovic 2 0 0
Chumi 2 0 0
José Corpas 2 4 0
Srdjan Babic 2 0 0
Strahinja Pavlović 2 1 0
Manu Morlanes 2 2 0
Bibras Natcho 2 9 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
14/15 Primavera A Spezia Primavera 26 24
20/21 2ª División UD Almería 20 38
21/22 2ª División UD Almería 18 36

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
19/20 Super liga FK Partizan Belgrade 13 24
21/22 2ª División UD Almería 9 36
20/21 2ª División UD Almería 4 38

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
24/25 2025-06-30 Valencia Real Sociedad Return from loan €5.00m
24/25 2025-01-04 Real Sociedad Valencia Loan €5.00m
19/20 2020-01-29 Partizan AS Roma Return from loan €2.50m
19/20 2019-07-02 AS Roma Partizan Loan €1.40m
18/19 2019-06-30 Perugia AS Roma Return from loan €1.40m
18/19 2019-01-09 AS Roma Perugia Loan €1.80m
18/19 2018-12-16 Rangers AS Roma Return from loan €1.80m
18/19 2018-07-10 AS Roma Rangers Loan €1.80m
17/18 2018-06-30 NAC Breda AS Roma Return from loan €1.80m
17/18 2018-01-27 AS Roma NAC Breda Loan €1.80m
17/18 2018-01-26 Torino AS Roma Return from loan €1.80m
17/18 2017-08-16 AS Roma Torino Loan €2.00m
16/17 2017-06-30 Bologna AS Roma Return from loan €2.00m
16/17 2016-08-31 AS Roma Bologna Loan €2.50m
15/16 2016-06-30 AS Roma Spezia Calcio Return from loan €2.50m
15/16 2015-07-13 Spezia U19 AS Roma Loan €400k

Teams faced most often by Umar Sadiq's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
FC Barcelona 44 7 8 29 45 96 -51 16%
Sevilla FC 38 12 10 16 44 51 -7 32%
Athletic Club 36 9 14 13 32 43 -11 25%
Getafe CF 36 12 8 16 42 44 -2 33%
Villarreal CF 36 9 8 19 33 46 -13 25%
Real Madrid 30 5 5 20 35 70 -35 17%
SD Eibar 28 11 7 10 37 29 +8 39%
Levante UD 28 12 8 8 53 38 +15 43%
Granada CF 28 14 8 6 46 29 +17 50%
CA Osasuna 27 9 6 12 32 36 -4 33%
Girona FC 26 11 7 8 33 30 +3 42%
Atlético Madrid 25 5 7 13 23 36 -13 20%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
13/14 Senior debut season
14/15 First senior goal
17/18 Goal #50 (career)
20/21 Goal #100 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 30 356 7 0 0 1.77
23/24 36 358 4 0 0 1.01
22/23 6 204 1 0 0 0.44
21/22 38 283 6 0 0 1.91
20/21 56 354 8 2 0 2.54
19/20 39 691 8 0 0 1.04
18/19 23 418 4 1 0 1.08
17/18 16 154 2 0 0 1.17
16/17 7 0 2 0 0 0
15/16 25 356 3 0 1 1.01
14/15 32 414 5 0 0 1.09

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

2ª División
74 apps
38 G
13 A
Primavera A
24 apps
26 G
0 A
Super liga
34 apps
18 G
15 A
Primavera C
9 apps
12 G
2 A
LaLiga
54 apps
11 G
1 A
UEFA Youth League
9 apps
5 G
2 A
Eredivisie
12 apps
5 G
1 A
Europa League
10 apps
4 G
3 A
Copa del Rey
15 apps
4 G
0 A
Serie B
17 apps
3 G
3 A

Frequently asked about Umar Sadiq

Who is Umar Sadiq?

Umar Sadiq is a Nigeria professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Real Sociedad.

How old is Umar Sadiq?

Umar Sadiq is 29 years old. He was born on February 2, 1997 in Kaduna.

What position does Umar Sadiq play?

Umar Sadiq plays as a centre-forward (Attack - Centre-Forward).

What club does Umar Sadiq play for?

Umar Sadiq currently plays for Real Sociedad.

How many career goals has Umar Sadiq scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Umar Sadiq has scored 135 goals in 309 appearances.

What is Umar Sadiq's market value?

Umar Sadiq's most recent reported market value is €5.00m.