Edvin Murati

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Edvin Murati
Personal information
Full name Edvin Sabri Murati [1]
Date of birth (1975-11-12) 12 November 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Tirana, Albania
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1989–1990 Partizani Tirana
1990–1994 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–2000 Paris Saint-Germain 24 (1)
1995–1996Châteauroux (loan) 31 (0)
1996–1997Stade Briochin (loan) 1 (0)
1998–1999Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) 11 (0)
2000–2002 Lille 29 (1)
2002–2006 Iraklis 66 (6)
2006–2008 Panserraikos 25 (8)
Total179(15)
International career
1998–2006 Albania 42 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edvin Sabri Murati (born 12 November 1975) is an Albanian former professional footballer. He played for Panserraikos and Iraklis in Greece. [1] He played also in France, [2] Germany, and for the Albania national team. In December 2018 he was honoured for his services to Albanian football, alongside Perlat Musta and Qamil Teliti. [3]

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International career

Murati made his debut for Albania in an August 1998 friendly match away against Cyprus and earned a total of 42 caps, scoring 4 goals. [4] His final international was an October 2006 European Championship qualification match against the Netherlands. [5] In the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, he scored a winning goal against UEFA Euro 2004 Champions Team Greece.

Personal life

Edvin Murati holds Albanian and French nationalities. [6] He acquired French nationality by naturalization on 16 February 1998. [7]

Career statistics

Albania national team
YearAppsGoals
199810
199940
200052
200140
200261
200380
200471
200550
200620
Total424
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
18 February 2000 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 1–01–0 2000 Malta International Football Tournament
22 September 2000 FinnAir Stadium, Helsinki, Finland Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1-11-2 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
316 October 2002 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1–11–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
44 September 2004 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1-02-1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Edvin Murati at WorldFootball.net
  2. Edvin Murati – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
  3. Musta, Murati dhe Teliti (pas vdekjes) dekorohen me “Nderi i futbollit shqiptar” - Telegraf (in Albanian)
  4. Hoxha, Florent (16 July 2009). "Albania – Record International Players". RSSSF . Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  5. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  6. "Joueur".
  7. "JORF n° 0040 du 17 février 1998 - Légifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  8. "Edvin Murati international goals". eu-football.info. Retrieved 28 October 2023.