Armir Grimaj

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Armir Grimaj
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-06-16) 16 June 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth Shkodër, Albania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Vllaznia Shkodër
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1998 Vllaznia 124 (0)
1998–1999 Ethnikos 2 (0)
1999–2000 Vllaznia 11 (0)
2000–2001 Dinamo Tirana 13 (0)
2001–2002 Partizani 2 (0)
2002–2004 Vllaznia 45 (0)
2004–2005 Partizani 0 (0)
2005–2011 Vllaznia 123 (0)
Total320(0)
International career
1998–2000 Albania 4 (0)
Managerial career
2012 Vllaznia
2015–2016 Vllaznia
2016– Albania (women)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Armir Grimaj (born 16 June 1974) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player who is the manager of Albania women's national team.

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Club career

Born in Shkodër, he played the majority of his career for hometown club Vllaznia and had a spell abroad with Ethnikos Piraeus in the Greek Super League [1]

International career

He made his debut for Albania in a February 1998 Malta Tournament match against Georgia and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a February 2000 Malta Tournament match against Andorra. [2]

International statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Albania 199820
200020
Total40

Managerial career

On 22 April 2016,he was put in charge of the national team of Albania for women . [3]

Personal life

Armir Grimaj born in 16 June 1974 is a Albanian famous football player. Grimaj is married to Flora Grimaj and they have four children: Morena, Marina, Griselda, and Grimaldi. Grima is also involved in business.

On 22 September 2018, Grimaj was arrested as part of a criminal group named "Bajri" with the accusation of match fixing his innocence was later discovered after 4 months. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander. "Greece 1998/99". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "Armir Grimaj – national football team player". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Armir Grimaj, trajneri i ri i kombëtares së femrave" [Armir Grimaj, the new coach of women's national team] (in Albanian). Top-Channel.tv. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Ish portieri i Vllaznisë, Armir Grimaj në listën e 11 të arrestuarve" [Ex-Vllaznia goalkeeper Armir Grimaj in the list of 11 arrested] (in Albanian). TV Klan. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.


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