Suad Sahiti (born 6 February 1995) is a Kosovan professional

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who plays as a

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for Croatian club

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Club career

Early career

At the age of seven, Sahiti started playing football in Ramiz Sadiku, where after ten years he moved to

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, where he stayed for a year and was close to signing a professional contract which was rejected by his agent. In April 2014, Sahiti after returning to

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and joined Hajvalia, together with his brother

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was in the test to Belgian team

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, but unfortunately this test failed even though it was warned that they would sign contract.

Rabotnički

On 2 September 2014, Sahiti signed a two-year contract with Macedonian First Football League club Rabotnički. On 5 October 2014, he made his debut in a 1–2 away win against Metalurg Skopje after coming on as a substitute at 77th minute in place of Marjan Altiparmakovski. On 23 July 2015, Sahiti scored his first goal for Rabotnički in his 18th appearance for the club in a 2–0 home win over the Latvian side

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in 2015–16 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Skënderbeu Korçë

On 28 August 2017, Sahiti signed a three-year contract with

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club

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, to replace the departed

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as the second choice. His debut with Skënderbeu Korçë came nine days later in the 2017–18 Albanian Cup first round against Adriatiku Mamurras after being named in the starting line-up.

AEL

On 3 July 2018, Sahiti signed a three-year contract with

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club AEL. On 25 August 2018, he made his debut in a 0–1 away win against Apollon Smyrni after being named in the starting line-up. On 29 January 2019, Sahiti disconnected the contract with AEL due to accumulation of financial arrears against him.

Septemvri Sofia

On 15 February 2019, Sahiti joined

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side Septemvri Sofia. Ten days later, he made his debut in a 0–0 home draw against Vitosha Bistritsa after coming on as a substitute at 82nd minute in place of Boris Galchev. On 12 April 2019, Sahiti scored his first goal for Septemvri Sofia in his fifth appearance for the club in a 1–0 home win over Lokomotiv Plovdiv in Bulgarian First League.

Wisła Płock

On 24 July 2019, Sahiti joined

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side

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after agreeing to a one-year deal with the option of continuation for another season and received squad number 44. On 18 August 2019, he made his debut in a 1–0 away defeat against Piast Gliwice after coming on as a substitute at 72nd minute in place of Ricardinho.

Zrinjski Mostar

On 1 October 2020, Sahiti signed a two-year contract with

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club Zrinjski Mostar. Fifteen days later, he made his debut in a 0–4 away win against Tuzla City after coming on as a substitute at 86th minute in place of

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Šibenik

On 4 March 2021, Sahiti signed a two-year contract with

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club

and received squad number 77. He found his brother

who was part of Šibenik as loan from

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. One day later, he made his debut in a 3–2 away defeat against Istra 1961 after coming on as a substitute at 67th minute in place of

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International career

Macedonia

On 21 March 2016, Sahiti received a call-up from Macedonia U21 for

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matches against Iceland U21 and France U21, but even though he was part of the team he could not play due to problems with documentation, namely the lack of passport. After receiving the passport he was on the plans of the Macedonia national senior team which was led by Igor Angelovski who during time of he was part of Rabotnički, Angelovski was head coach, but there was no official call-up.

Kosovo

On 8 November 2017, Sahiti switched his allegiance to

and received the call-up for the

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against

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, and made his debut after coming on as a substitute at 75th minute in place of Milot Rashica.

Personal life

Sahiti was born in Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia to Albanian parents from

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, and is the older brother of Kosovo international Emir Sahiti. He holds Kosovan,

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, and Albanian passports.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Rabotnički * Macedonian Cup: 2014–15 Skënderbeu Korçë *

: 2017–18 *

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: 2017–18

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