Sead Hakšabanović (Montenegrin: Сеад Хакшабановић, [seːad hakʃabaːnoʋitɕ]; born 4 May 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Scottish club 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 with Rubin Kazan in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sead Hakšabanović[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1999-05-04) 4 May 1999 (age 23) | ||
Place of birth | Hyltebruk, Sweden[2] | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | |||
Club information | |||
Current team | Celtic | ||
Number | 9 | ||
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) | 3 | (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 | 9 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2014–2016 | Sweden U17 | 19 | (2) |
2016–2017 | Sweden U19 | 5 | (0) |
2017– | Montenegro | 29 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:59, 26 September 2022 (UTC) |
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.[4]
In August 2015 Hakšabanović spent a week on trial with Manchester United.[5] He has also been on trials for Liverpool, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Manchester City.[6]
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.[7] 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.
On 6 August 2018, Hakšabanović joined Spanish Segunda División side Málaga CF on loan for one season.[8] On 17 November 2018, he made his debut in a 2–0 win against Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[9] In December 2018, West Ham director Mario Husillos expressed dissatisfaction with Hakšabanović's playing time at Málaga.[10]
In January 2019, he joined IFK Norrköping on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season.[11] On 2 November 2019, he scored a goal and made an assist in a 2–2 tie against 2019 Allsvenskan champions Djurgårdens IF.[12]
In June 2020, Hakšabanović completed a transfer for an undisclosed fee to IFK Norrköping.[13] 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.[14] Rubin signed a 5-year contract with him and he was assigned shirt number 99.[15]
Following the temporary suspension of his contract with Rubin Kazan, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine,[16][17] Hakšabanović joined Djurgården until 30 June 2022.[18]
On 25 August 2022, Hakšabanović joined Celtic on a five-year deal.[19]
Although born in Sweden and having played in Sweden's youth selection, Hakšabanović opted to play for Montenegro, where his family is from.[20] 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.[21] On 19 November 2019, he scored his first international goal in a 2–0 friendly win over Belarus.[22][23]
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[24] | Allsvenskan | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
2016[24] | Superettan | 30 | 8 | 4 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 36 | 8 | ||
2017[24] | Allsvenskan | 18 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 5 | |||
Total | 58 | 12 | 10 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 70 | 13 | |||
West Ham United U23 | 2017–18[25] | — | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
West Ham United | 2017–18[25] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
2018–19[26] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2019–20[27] | 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[lower-alpha 3] | 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 | 72 | 21 | ||
Rubin Kazan | 2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | |
Djurgården | 2022 | Allsvenskan | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 2 | ||
Career total | 156 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 191 | 37 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Montenegro | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
2018 | 2 | 0 | |
2019 | 4 | 1 | |
2020 | 6 | 0 | |
2021 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 18 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 19 November 2019 | Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
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