Umar Sadiq is a forward in Valencia’s first-team squad for the 2026/27 La Liga season. Sadiq was born on 2 February 1997 in Kaduna, Nigeria.
Sadiq’s first senior club was Spezia, where he broke through in 2013, and he went on to play for Lavagnese, Roma, Bologna and Torino. Valencia signed him in 2024.
Sadiq is a senior international for Nigeria, and he played for their youth teams on the way up.
Since his first senior season in 2013/14, Sadiq has made 285 club appearances and scored 93 goals in all competitions for 12 clubs. His most productive season in front of goal was 2020/21, when he scored 28 times in 56 games for Partizan and Almería. The full season-by-season record is in the Stats section of this profile.