Playing position Name Ali Sadiki | Years Team Role Footballer Date joined 2013 | |
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Date of birth (1987-12-10) 10 December 1987 (age 28) Current teams FC Platinum (Midfielder), Zimbabwe national football team (Midfielder) | ||
Ali Sadiki (born 10 December 1987) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for DR Congo club TP Mazembe and the Zimbabwe national team.
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Club
Sadiki's career began in Zimbabwe with Harare United, however his stay with them was short as he left due to the club going defunct. He subsequently joined South African second tier side Witbank Spurs, whom he left in 2010 to return to Zimbabwe to join Gunners where he remained until 2012 when he joined Platinum, after two years with Platinum he left Zimbabwe for the second time to sign for DR Congo club TP Mazembe on a five-year deal on 31 May 2014. Just over a year after signing for TP Mazembe, Sadiki was loaned out to Don Bosco.
International
In January 2014, coach Ian Gorowa, invited him to be a part of the Zimbabwe squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship. He helped the team to a fourth-place finish after being defeated by Nigeria by a goal to nil. Six of Sadiki's eight Zimbabwe caps came in the 2014 African Nations Championship, while his only goal for his nation came in a 2013 friendly versus Mozambique.