Valdan Nimani

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Valdan Nimani
Personal information
Full name Valdan Nimani
Date of birth (1987-03-05) 5 March 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Shkodër, Albania
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Veleçiku Koplik
Number 14
Youth career
0000–2007 Vllaznia Shkodër
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2010 Laçi 46 (8)
2010–2011 Vllaznia 26 (0)
2012–2016 Laçi 104 (15)
2016–2017 Kamza 14 (1)
2017–2019 Tërbuni Pukë 22 (2)
2019 Veleçiku Koplik 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:30, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Valdan Nimani (born 5 March 1987) is an Albanian football player who plays as a forward. [1] [2]

Contents

Club career

Early career

Nimani started his professional career with Laçi in the 2008–09 season, where he aided the club to return in Albanian Superliga with 5 goals in 17 appearances. Nimani made his Albanian Superliga debut in the opening match against Skënderbeu Korçë on 23 August 2009, where he scored the first goal of the match in a 4–3 losing effort. [3]

Vllaznia Shkodër

On 25 July 2010, Nimani agreed personal terms and signed a contract with his boyhood club Vllaznia Shkodër. [4] He made his Vllaznia Shkodër on 22 August in the opening league match of 2010–11 season against Bylis Ballsh at home, he played full-90 minutes in a 3–2 win. [5]

In the last days of 2011, Nimani was released from the club along with two other players. [6]

Laçi

On 9 January 2012, Nimani officially returned to Laçi after one-and-a-half season with Vllaznia Shkodër, taking the squad number 19 for the second part of 2011–12 season. [7]

2012–13 season

Nimani started his fifth season with the club on 25 August 2012 in the 1–1 home draw against Besa Kavajë, where he played in the entire match. [8] He scored his first goal of the season on 26 September in the first leg of 2012–13 Albanian Cup first round against Adriatiku Mamurras, netting the third and final goal of the 3–0 away win. [9]

2013–14 season

Nimani played his first match of the season on 1 September 2013 against Tirana at Qemal Stafa Stadium in team's first league match of the season, playing in the entire match that finished in a goalless draw. [10]

On 15 March 2014, during the match against Bylis Ballsh which ended in a goalless draw but was awarded to Laçi with a 3–0 win, Nimani suffered a flaw rib which kept him out for two weeks. [11]

2014–15 season

Nimani started the new season on 3 July 2014 in the first leg of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round against the Slovenian side Rudar Velenje, where he played full-90 minutes in a 1–1 away draw. [12] [13] The returning leg ended in the same results, but Laçi managed to qualify thanks to penalty shootouts; Nimani played for 82 minutes. [14] [15] In the next qualifying round, Laçi faced Zorya Luhansk who defeated Nimani's side 3–0 in the first leg at Laçi Stadium. In the second leg, Laçi was defeated again but this time 2–1, with Nimani scoring his side only goal, becoming the club's all-time top goalscorer in European competitions. [16]

Nimani started the domestic season by playing full-90 minutes in team's opening Albanian Superliga match against Partizani Tirana, which finished in a 1–1 draw. [17]

2015–16 season

As 2014–15 Albanian Cup winners, Laçi gained the right to enter the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round where Nimani's side was going to face Inter Baku. [18] In the first leg at home on 2 July, Nimani played only 34 minutes as a substitute with Laçi who didn't earn more than a 1–1 draw. [19] In the second match, Nimani played as a starter for 82 minutes, failing to find the net with the match finishing in a goalless draw, which resulted fatal for the team who was eliminated thanks to away goal rule. [20]

On 27 February of the following year, in the final moments of the goalless draw away against Vllaznia Shkodër, [21] Nimani was involved in an incident with Vllaznia Shkodër's Erdenis Gurishta, hitting him in the head with his right boot, leaving the defender in the ground unconscious. Gurishta was immediately transported in the nearest hospital in Shkodër, and after hours of fear and anxiety, Gurishta's condition was finally stabilized. [22] [23]

Career statistics

As of 15 April 2016 [24] [25]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinental [a] Other [b] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Laçi 2008–09 Albanian First Division 17511——186
2009–10 Albanian Superliga 29310——303
2010–11 ——21—21
Total4682121—5010
Vllaznia Shkodër 2010–11 Albanian Superliga 20020——220
2011–12 604020—120
Total2606020—340
Laçi 2011–12 Albanian Superliga 6160——121
2012–13 215135——3410
2013–14 243212110295
2014–15 3125141—404
2015–16 224622010316
Total10415329822014326
Career total1762340101232022736
  1. ↑ Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Including other competitions, such as Albanian Supercup

Honours

Laçi [24]

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  3. ↑ "Skënderbeu Korçë vs. Laçi 4 – 3". Soccerway. 23 August 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Kel Naraçi (25 July 2010). "Lëvizjet/Valdano Nimani zyrtarisht lojtar i Vllaznisë" (in Albanian). Albania Soccer. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Vllaznia Shkodër vs. Bylis Ballsh 3 – 2". Soccerway. 22 August 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
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  9. ↑ "Mamurrasi vs. Laçi 0 – 3". Soccerway. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
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  12. ↑ "Rudar vs. Laçi 1 – 1". Soccerway. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
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