Sadat Anaku

Kampala Capital City Authority

Anaku played in his native Uganda for Kampala Capital City Authority. He was the 2018–19 Juniors League top scorer with 31 goals. He was subsequently promoted to the senior squad after making himself the all-time top scorer of the Juniors League with 84 goals in three seasons. He played in the 2019 final of the Kagame Interclub Cup, which ended in a 1–0 victory over Azam. He set himself a target of 15 goals for the 2020–21 season. However, a licensing issue prevented him from playing in some matches. Head coach Mike Mutebi said that Anaku would be his first-choice striker in the Uganda Premier League after recovering from a hamstring injury.

Dundee United

On 20 August 2022, Anaku signed a two-year contract with Scottish Premiership club Dundee United, following a successful trial. Craig Levein said the following month that Anaku's pace would combine well with Steven Fletcher to solve the team's attacking problems which had cost manager Jack Ross his job. His successor, Liam Fox, said that he was happy with Anaku's progress in the first half of the 2022–23 season. Jim Goodwin, who followed Fox as the manager in March, said that Anaku was "very raw" and needed a lot of coaching to utilise his pace and positivity effectively. However, he suffered an Achilles injury in April 2023 and was ruled out for the rest of the calendar year. He did not feature in the 2023–24 season and was one of eleven players released from Tannadice at…

In September 2021, Anaku represented a Ugandan select team on a regional tour, and in February 2022 he represented a Ugandan select team in an exhibition match in Spain. He was called up to the Ugandan senior national team by manager Milutin Sredojevic in March 2023.

As of match played 9 April 2023

Kampala Capital City Authority

Kagame Interclub Cup: 2019