Alban Shabani

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Alban Shabani
Personal information
Full name Alban Shabani
Date of birth (2000-05-18) 18 May 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Podujevo, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Feronikeli
Number 23
Youth career
0000–2018 Llapi
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2020 Llapi 18 (0)
2020–2021 Skënderbeu Korçë 12 (0)
2021–2022 Feronikeli 17 (0)
2022 Drenica 4 (0)
2022–2023 Llapi 0 (0)
2022–2023Feronikeli (loan)
2023– Feronikeli 33 (0)
International career
2020 Kosovo U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2020

Alban Shabani (born 18 May 2000) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Feronikeli. [1]

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Club career

Skënderbeu Korçë

On 22 October 2020, Shabani signed a four-year contract with Kategoria Superiore club Skënderbeu Korçë and received squad number 6. [2] Ten days later, he made his debut with Skënderbeu Korçë in the 2020–21 Albanian Cup first round against Tomori after coming on as a substitute at 76th minute in place of Uerdi Mara. [3] Three days after debut, Shabani made his first Kategoria Superiore appearance after coming on as a substitute at 80th minute in place of Uerdi Mara in a 1–1 away draw against Teuta Durrës. [4]

International career

Under-19

On 2 October 2018, Shabani was named as part of the Kosovo U19 squad for 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifications, [5] he was an unused substitute in these matches.

Under-21

On 6 November 2020, Shabani received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Albania U21 and Turkey U21. [6] Seven days later, he made his debut with Kosovo U21 in the match against Albania U21 after coming on as a substitute at 76th minute in place of Arton Zekaj. [7]

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References

  1. Alban Shabani at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Alban Shabani transferohet te Skënderbeu" [Alban Shabani is transferred to Skënderbeu]. Lajmi.net (in Albanian). 22 October 2020.
  3. "Skënderbeu Korçë vs. Tomori Berat 1–0". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  4. "Teuta Durrës vs. Skënderbeu Korçë 1–1". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  5. "Kombëtarja U-19 grumbullohet më 5 tetor për ndeshjet kualifikuese" [National U19 team gathering with 5 October for qualifying matches] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 2 October 2018. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  6. "Prekazi publikon listën e futbollistëve për dy ndeshjet e nëntorit" [Prekazi publishes the list of players for the two November matches] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 6 November 2020.
  7. "Kosovo U21 vs. Albania U21 0–1". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 November 2020.