Hadi Sacko (born 24 March 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Romanian club CFR Cluj. He also plays for Mali national side. He is a former France U20's international.

On 15 March 2018, Sacko was called up the senior Mali national team, making his debut on 23 March.

Contents

• 1 Club career
  • 1.1 Bordeaux
  • 1.2 Sporting CP
    • 1.2.1 Loan to Leeds United
  • 1.3 Leeds United
    • 1.3.1 Loan to Las Palmas
    • 1.3.2 Loan to Ankaragücü
  • 1.4 Denizlispor
  • 1.5 CFR Cluj
• 2 International career
  • 2.1 France youth sides
  • 2.2 Mali senior team
• 3 Career statistics
  • 3.1 Club
  • 3.2 International
• 4 Honours
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Club career

Bordeaux

Sacko was born in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne. On 31 May 2012, he signed his first professional contract at Bordeaux agreeing to a three-year deal. He was subsequently promoted to the senior team by manager Francis Gillot ahead of the 2012–13 season and *igned the number 12 shirt. He made his professional debut on 20 September 2012 in a UEFA Europa League group stage match against Belgian club Club Brugge.

He was loaned in January 2014 to Ligue 2 side Le Havre, for the remainder of the season.

Sporting CP

On 28 August 2014, Sacko joined Sporting CP on a six-year contract, with the club stipulating a 60 million euro release clause in his contract.

On 1 February 2016, after scoring 10 goals in 54 games for Sporting CP B and failing to break into the Sporting first team bar one cup appearance, Sacko joined Ligue 2 side Sochaux on loan and scored two goals in 14 appearances whilst on loan.

Loan to Leeds United

On 5 July 2016, Sacko joined Leeds United on a season-long loan, with a view to a permanent transfer. He was given the squad number 24 shirt for the 2016–17 season. On 7 August, Sacko made his Leeds debut as a subs*ute against QPR in a 3–0 defeat. He made his first start for Leeds on 10 August in a League Cup victory on penalties against Fleetwood Town. Sacko scored his first goal for Leeds in a 2–1 loss to Birmingham City on 13 August 2016.

He impressed in his early games for Leeds, which also included *ists in wins against Sheffield Wednesday and Blackburn Rovers. Sacko scored his second goal for Leeds in a 4–1 victory against Preston North End on 26 December 2016.

After making 38 league appearances and scoring two goals, he returned to Sporting Lisbon after his loan to Leeds had expired.

Leeds United

On 2 June 2017, Sacko signed a permanent deal with Leeds for an undisclosed fee believed to be £1.5 million to take him up until at least the end of the 2019/20 season. Despite the resignation of head coach Garry Monk, he was the first signing under new owner Andrea Radrizzani.

On 6 August 2017, Sacko made his Leeds United debut as a permanent player in a 3–2 victory at Bolton Wanderers. On 19 September, after a spell out the side, Sacko made a scoring return for Leeds scoring the opening goal of the game, in their League Cup tie against Premier League side Burnley in a penalty shootout victory after a 2–2 draw.

With speculation that he was not in Marcelo Bielsa's plans, on 26 July 2018, Sacko was not given a shirt number for Leeds for the upcoming 2018–19 season for Leeds.

Loan to Las Palmas

On 30 July 2018, Sacko joined Segunda División side UD Las Palmas on a season-long loan from Leeds. He made his debut on 19 August 2018 in a 2-0 win against CF Reus Deportiu. On 25 January 2019, UD Las Palmas announced a termination of his loan spell.

Loan to Ankaragücü

On 29 January 2019, Sacko joined Turkish Süper Lig side Ankaragücü on a 6 month loan. With the club unveiling Sacko with him as a mocked up picture of him as Marvel superhero 'Falcon'.

He scored his first goal for the club on 11 February with a long range striker against Kasimpasa S.K. In total he made 15 appearances for Ankaragücü scoring 3 goals in Süper Lig, helping them avoid relegation.

Denizlispor

On 16 July 2019, Sacko joined Turkish Süper Lig side Denizlispor.

CFR Cluj

On 24 September 2021, Sacko joined Romanian Liga I side CFR Cluj.

International career

France youth sides

Hadi Sacko (right) playing for France U16 in 2010

Of Malian descent, Sacko has represented France and represented his nation of birth at under-16, under-18, and under-19 and under-20 level.

Mali senior team

After not playing for France senior team (in a compe*ive game), Sacko was still eligible to play for Mali.

On 15 March 2018, Sacko was called up the senior Mali national team for a friendly against *an. On 23 March 2018, he made his debut for Mali coming on as a subs*ute replacing AS Monaco's Adama Traoré in the final 13 minutes in a 1-1 draw against *an.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 February 2022

International

As of match played on 11 November 2019

Honours

Bordeaux

• Coupe de France: 2012–13

CFR Cluj

• Liga I: 2021–22

France U19

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2013

France U21

• Toulon Tournament runner-up: 2014

References

External links

• Club profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 July 2012)
• Hadi Sacko at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Hadi Sacko at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
• Hadi Sacko – UEFA compe*ion record (archive):
• Hadi Sacko – French league stats at LFP – also available in French
• Hadi Sacko at ESPN FC