Hakšabanović with Rubin Kazan in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sead Hakšabanović | ||
Date of birth | (1999-05-04) 4 May 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Hyltebruk, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | |||
Team information | |||
Current team | Celtic | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2015 | Halmstads BK | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2017 | Halmstads BK | 58 | (12) |
2017–2020 | West Ham United | 0 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Málaga (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → IFK Norrköping (loan) | 29 | (6) |
2020–2021 | IFK Norrköping | 36 | (7) |
2021–2022 | Rubin Kazan | 20 | (1) |
2022 | → Djurgårdens IF (loan) | 11 | (2) |
2022– | Celtic | 26 | (5) |
2023–2024 | → Stoke City (loan) | 19 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2014–2016 | Sweden U17 | 19 | (2) |
2016–2017 | Sweden U19 | 5 | (0) |
2017– | Montenegro | 33 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:15, 13 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:59, 17 June 2023 (UTC) |
Sead Hakšabanović (Montenegrin: Сеад Хакшабановић, ; Albanian: Sead Hakaj. Born 4 May 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Celtic.
He made his professional debut with Halmstads BK and trained in their youth system. Born in Sweden, he played for that country as a youth international but represents Montenegro at senior level, making his debut in 2017.
Hakšabanović represented Halmstads BK as a youth. He made his debut in Allsvenskan on 9 April 2015, coming on as a late substitute for Junes Barny in a 3–0 home loss against IFK Norrköping; at the age of only 15, he became the youngest-ever footballer to debut for Halmstad.
In August 2015 Hakšabanović spent a week on trial with Manchester United. He has also been on trials for Liverpool, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Manchester City.
After spending his first senior season with only ten appearances and no goals, Hakšabanović scored his first goal on 4 April 2016, netting his team's only in a 2–1 away loss against IK Sirius Fotboll.
In August 2017, Hakšabanović signed a five-year contract for West Ham United in a £2.7 million transfer from Halmstad. He made his debut for West Ham on 19 September, playing 63 minutes in a 3–0 home victory against Bolton Wanderers in the EFL Cup.
Loan to MálagaOn 6 August 2018, Hakšabanović joined Spanish Segunda División side Málaga CF on loan for one season. On 17 November 2018, he made his debut in a 2–0 win against Gimnàstic de Tarragona. In December 2018, West Ham director Mario Husillos expressed dissatisfaction with Hakšabanović's playing time at Málaga.
Loan to IFK NorrköpingIn January 2019, he joined IFK Norrköping on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season. On 2 November 2019, he scored a goal and made an assist in a 2–2 tie against 2019 Allsvenskan champions Djurgårdens IF.
In June 2020, Hakšabanović completed a transfer for an undisclosed fee to IFK Norrköping. During his time in IFK Norrköping he made 36 appearances, in which he produced 7 goals and 16 assists.
On 27 May 2021, Hakšabanović moved to Russian club Rubin Kazan, in a transfer that IFK Norrköping described as their biggest sale ever. Rubin signed a 5-year contract with him and he was assigned shirt number 99.
Following the temporary suspension of his contract with Rubin Kazan, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Hakšabanović joined Djurgården until 30 June 2022.
On 25 August 2022, Hakšabanović joined Scottish Premiership side Celtic on a five-year deal. Six days later, he would make his debut for the club as a late substitute for Daizen Maeda in a 4-1 away win against Ross County in the Scottish League Cup.
On 6 September 2022, Hakšabanović made his UEFA Champions League debut against Real Madrid at Celtic Park where he came on as a 82nd minute substitute for Jota in a 3-0 defeat. On 14 September 2022, he started the second group stage match of Celtic's 2022-23 Champions League campaign against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Stadion Wojska Polskiego, where Celtic drew with Shakhtar 1-1.
On 5 November 2022, Hakšabanović scored his first goal and brace for Celtic as they beat Dundee United 4-2 at home in the Scottish Premiership. His form would see him awarded with the Premiership Player of the Month for November.
Loan to Stoke CityOn 1 September 2023, Hakšabanović joined English EFL Championship side Stoke City on loan for the 2023–24 season. Hakšabanović made 21 appearances for Stoke, scoring once in a 3–2 win against Bristol City on 30 September 2024.
Despite being born in Sweden and having played in Sweden's youth selection, Hakšabanović opted to play for Montenegro, where his family is from. He made his international senior debut for the Montenegrin national team in a 4–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification victory over Armenia, on 10 June 2017. On 19 November 2019, he scored his first international goal in a 2–0 friendly win over Belarus.
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Halmstads BK | 2015 | Allsvenskan | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
2016 | Superettan | 30 | 8 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 36 | 8 | ||
2017 | Allsvenskan | 18 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 5 | |||
Total | 58 | 12 | 10 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 70 | 13 | |||
West Ham United U23 | 2017–18 | — | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
West Ham United | 2017–18 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
2018–19 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Málaga (loan) | 2018–19 | Segunda División | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
IFK Norrköping | 2019 | Allsvenskan | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | 5 | 2 | 37 | 8 | |
2020 | Allsvenskan | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 31 | 8 | |||
2021 | Allsvenskan | 7 | 0 | 4 | 5 | — | — | 11 | 5 | |||
Total | 65 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 79 | 21 | ||
Rubin Kazan | 2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | |
Djurgården (loan) | 2022 | Allsvenskan | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 2 | ||
Celtic | 2022–23 | Scottish Premiership | 26 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 5 |
2023–24 | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 27 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 5 | ||
Stoke City (loan) | 2023–24 | EFL Championship | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | |
Career total | 202 | 34 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 254 | 43 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Montenegro | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
2018 | 2 | 0 | |
2019 | 4 | 1 | |
2020 | 6 | 0 | |
2021 | 11 | 0 | |
2022 | 5 | 0 | |
2023 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 33 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 19 November 2019 | Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro | Belarus | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
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