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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ezgjan Alioski
| image = Ukro-Maki (17).jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption = Alioski playing for [[Macedonia national football team|Macedonia]] in 2014
| fullname = Ezgjan Alioski
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|02|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Prilep]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]]
| height = {{convert|1.72|m|abbr=on}}
| position = [[Winger (association football)|Winger]]
| currentclub = [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]
| clubnumber = 10
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2010
| youthclubs1 = [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]]
| years1 = 2010–2013
| clubs1 = [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys B]]
| caps1 = 57
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 2013–2016
| clubs2 = [[FC Schaffhausen|Schaffhausen]]
| caps2 = 77
| goals2 = 4
| years3 = 2015–2016
| clubs3 = → [[FC Lugano|Lugano]] (loan)
| caps3 = 16
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 2016–2017
| clubs4 = [[FC Lugano|Lugano]]
| caps4 = 34
| goals4 = 16
| years5 = 2017–
| clubs5 = [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]
| caps5 = 20
| goals5 = 5
| nationalyears1 = 2010–2011
| nationalteam1 = [[Macedonia national under-19 football team|Macedonia U19]]
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2013–2014
| nationalteam2 = [[Macedonia national under-21 football team|Macedonia U21]]
| nationalcaps2 = 10
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2013–
| nationalteam3 = [[Macedonia national football team|Macedonia]]
| nationalcaps3 = 18
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| club-update = {{date|2017-12-20}}
| ntupdate = {{date|2017-11-11}}
}}
'''Ezgjan 'Gjanni' Alioski''' ({{lang-mk|Езѓан Алиоски<ref name="macedonianfootball.com">{{cite web | url = http://www.macedonianfootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7020:ezgjan-alioski&catid=22:national-team-players&Itemid=32 |title=Ezgjan Alioski |publisher=MacedonianFootball.com}}</ref>}}, {{lang-sq|Ezgjan Aliu}}) (born 12 February 1992) is a Macedonian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Winger (association football)|winger]] for [[Championship]] club [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] and the [[Macedonia national football team|Macedonia national team]]. He is commonly known as 'Gianni'.<ref name="RSI Sport">{{cite web|title="I'm the Gianni Alioski, one who lives the life"|url=https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezgjan_Alioski&prev=search|publisher=RSI Sport|language=English|date=27 February 2017}}</ref> Ezgjan is of [[Albanians in Macedonia|Albanian heritage]].<ref>{{YouTube|id=hoyDic6eIjY|title=Alioski – Intervista pas ndeshjes – shenuesin e golit per maqedonasin}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ocnal.com/2017/04/albanians-alioski-and-sadiku.html |title=Albanians Alioski and Sadiku unstoppable, fourth victory in a raw for Lugano |last= |first= |publisher=Oculus News |date=April 23, 2017 |website= |access-date=December 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tiranatimes.com/?p=133597 |title=Albania calls up new players for ‘derby’ qualifier with Macedonia |last= |first= |publisher=Tirana Times |date=August 28, 2017 |website= |access-date=December 28, 2017}}</ref>

A versatile player, left-footed he predominantly plays on the [[Winger (association football)|right wing]], and can also play as [[Forward (association football)|striker]], [[midfielder|attacking midfielder]] or as a [[left back]].

==Club career==
===Early career===
Alioski began his club career as a [[left back]] in the second team of [[BSC Young Boys]] where from 2010 to 2013 he scored four goals in 57 matches. In January 2013 he went to [[FC Schaffhausen]] on loan, later converting to a permanent transfer, scoring four goals in 77 matches.

===Lugano===
He joined [[FC Lugano]] on loan in January 2016 and made his debut on 13 February in a 2–1 loss against [[FC Thun]]. Despite signing him as a left back, then Lugano manager [[Zdeněk Zeman]] converted Alioski into an attacking [[Winger (association football)|right winger]] and [[Forward (association football)|striker]] towards the end of the 2015–16 season.<ref name="RSI Sport"/> He scored his first goal for the club on 11 May 2016 in a 4–0 win against [[FC Zurich]].

In June 2016, his move was made permanent. New manager [[Andrea Manzo]] continued to play Alioski in the attacking roles once the season started. He scored his first goal of the campaign in his second game on 30 July 2016, in a 2–1 win against [[BSC Young Boys]]. He scored seven goals in his first 10 games at the club. On 19 April 2017. Alioski scored a hat-trick for Lugano in a 4–2 victory against [[FC Sion]].

He continued to impress during his first season and helped guide Lugano to a third-place finish in the [[Swiss Super League]]. He scored 16 goals in 34 games for [[FC Lugano]] and was the third top goalscorer in the [[2016–17 Swiss Super League|Swiss Super League]] behind [[Seydou Doumbia]] (20) and [[Guillaume Hoarau]] (18).<ref>http://www.sfl.ch/fr/statistiques-archives/superleague/joueurs/classement-des-buteurs/</ref> He was also the third highest in the division in terms of his assists, after making 14 in his 34 games, behind [[Yoric Ravet]] (17) and [[Matteo Tosetti]] (15).<ref>http://www.sfl.ch/fr/statistiques-archives/superleague/joueurs/classement-des-passeurs/</ref>

===Leeds United===
Alioski joined English [[EFL Championship|Championship]] club [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] on 13 July 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=ALIOSKI BECOMES NUMBER NINE|url=https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/22061/alioski-becomes-number-nine|publisher=Leeds United|language=English|date=13 July 2017}}</ref> On 6 August 2017, he made his debut in the 3–2 victory against [[Bolton Wanderers]] and created the assist for teammate [[Chris Wood (footballer, born 1991)|Chris Wood]]'s goal.<ref>{{cite|url=https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/22152/report-bolton-wanderers-2-3-leeds-united|title=REPORT: BOLTON WANDERERS 2–3 LEEDS UNITED|website=Leeds United Official Site|date=6 August 2017}}</ref> After gaining another assist, he received the man of the match award against [[Sunderland A.F.C|Sunderland]] in a 2–0 win on 19 August.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sunderland vs Leeds|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/sland-vs-leeds/live/374665|work=Sky Sports|date=19 August 2017}}</ref> On 26 August, Alioski received the man of the match award and scored his first goal for Leeds in a 2–0 victory against [[Nottingham Forest]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/n-forest-vs-leeds/374677|title=Nottingham Forest 0–2 Leeds: Kemar Roofe and Ezgjan Alioski seal win|newspaper=Sky Sports|access-date=23 August 2017}}</ref> On 15 September, Alioski won the Championship Goal of the Month Award for August for his goal against Nottingham.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-winger-alioski-nets-august-goal-of-the-month-award-1-8754461|title=Winger Alioski nets August Goal of the Month award
|newspaper=Yorkshire Evening Post|access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref> In November 2017, Alioski scored in all of Leeds United's four games, and was awarded with the club's award for Player of the Month.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leedsunited.com/news/club-news/22686/louis-erard-ezgjan-alioski-named-player-of-the-month|title=LOUIS ERARD: EZGJAN ALIOSKI NAMED PLAYER OF THE MONTH|website=www.leedsunited.com|language=en|access-date=2017-12-20}}</ref>

==International career==
After representing [[Macedonia national football team|Macedonia]] at various youth levels, he made his debut for the senior side in 2013.

He scored his first international goal against [[Albania national football team|Albania]] on 5 September 2016 in a [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification]] match.

He mainly played for his national side in a [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|left wing-back]] position, before being converted to a more [[midfielder|attacking midfield]] position.

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{{updated|13 September 2017}}

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|[[League Cup]]
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals
!Apps!!Goals
!Apps!!Goals
!Apps!!Goals
!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[FC Schaffhausen]]
|[[2013–14 Swiss Challenge League|2013–14]]<ref name="EASW">{{Soccerway|198026|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|[[Swiss Challenge League|Challenge League]]
|26||2||1||0||~||~||~||~||27||2
|-
|[[2014–15 Swiss Challenge League|2014–15]]<ref name="EASW" />
|35||2||1||0||~||~||~||~||36||2
|-
|[[2015–16 Swiss Challenge League|2015–16]]<ref name="EASW" />
|16||0||1||0||~||~||~||~||17||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Schaffhausen total
!77!!4!!3!!0!!~!!~!!~!!~!!80!!4
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[FC Lugano]]
|[[2015–16 Swiss Super League|2015–16]]<ref name="EA15">{{soccerbase season|73047|2015|accessdate=22 July 2017}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|[[Swiss Super League|Super League]]
|16||3||2||0||~||~||~||~||18||3
|-
|[[2016–17 Swiss Super League|2016–17]]<ref name="EA16">{{soccerbase season|73047|2016|accessdate=22 July 2017}}</ref>
|34||16||1||0||~||~||~||~||35||16
|-
!colspan="2"|Lugano total
!50!!19!!3!!0!!~!!~!!~!!~!!53!!19
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{fb team Leeds United}}
|[[2017–18 Leeds United F.C. season|2017–18]]<ref name="EA17">{{soccerbase season|73047|2017|accessdate=22 July 2017}}</ref>
|[[EFL Championship|Championship]]
|6||1||0||0||2||0||0||0||8||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Leeds United total
!6!!1!!0!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!8!!1
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!133!!24!!6!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!141!!24
|}

{{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}

===International===
:''As of match played 5 September 2016. Macedonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Alioski goal.''<ref name=SW>{{Soccerway|egzijan-alilovski/198026}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
|-
!scope=col|No.
!scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date
!scope=col|Venue
!scope=col|Cap
!scope=col|Opponent
!scope=col|Score
!scope=col|Result
!scope=col|Competition
|-
!scope=row|1
|5 September 2016||[[Loro Boriçi Stadium]], [[Shkodër]], Albania||7||{{fb|Albania}}||1–1||1–2||[[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Individual'''
*[[EFL Championship]] Goal of the Month – August 2017

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.macedonianfootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7020:ezgjan-alioski&catid=22:national-team-players&Itemid=32 Profile at Macedonian Football] {{en icon}}
*{{NFT|53812<!-- /Ezgjan_Alioski -->}}
*{{Soccerway|egzijan-alilovski/198026}}

{{Leeds United F.C. squad}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alioski, Ezgjan}}
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[[Category:Macedonia international footballers]]
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[[Category:Association football defenders]]
[[Category:BSC Young Boys players]]
[[Category:FC Schaffhausen players]]
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Revision as of 15:21, 20 February 2018

Ezgjan Alioski
Alioski playing for Macedonia in 2014
Personal information
Full name Ezgjan Alioski
Date of birth (1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Prilep, Macedonia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Leeds United
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2010 Young Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Young Boys B 57 (4)
2013–2016 Schaffhausen 77 (4)
2015–2016 → Lugano (loan) 16 (3)
2016–2017 Lugano 34 (16)
2017– Leeds United 20 (5)
International career‡
2010–2011 Macedonia U19 6 (0)
2013–2014 Macedonia U21 10 (0)
2013– Macedonia 18 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2017

Ezgjan 'Gjanni' Alioski (Macedonian: Езѓан Алиоски[1], Albanian: Ezgjan Aliu) (born 12 February 1992) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Championship club Leeds United and the Macedonia national team. He is commonly known as 'Gianni'.[2] Ezgjan is of Albanian heritage.[3][4][5]

A versatile player, left-footed he predominantly plays on the right wing, and can also play as striker, attacking midfielder or as a left back.

Club career

Early career

Alioski began his club career as a left back in the second team of BSC Young Boys where from 2010 to 2013 he scored four goals in 57 matches. In January 2013 he went to FC Schaffhausen on loan, later converting to a permanent transfer, scoring four goals in 77 matches.

Lugano

He joined FC Lugano on loan in January 2016 and made his debut on 13 February in a 2–1 loss against FC Thun. Despite signing him as a left back, then Lugano manager Zdeněk Zeman converted Alioski into an attacking right winger and striker towards the end of the 2015–16 season.[2] He scored his first goal for the club on 11 May 2016 in a 4–0 win against FC Zurich.

In June 2016, his move was made permanent. New manager Andrea Manzo continued to play Alioski in the attacking roles once the season started. He scored his first goal of the campaign in his second game on 30 July 2016, in a 2–1 win against BSC Young Boys. He scored seven goals in his first 10 games at the club. On 19 April 2017. Alioski scored a hat-trick for Lugano in a 4–2 victory against FC Sion.

He continued to impress during his first season and helped guide Lugano to a third-place finish in the Swiss Super League. He scored 16 goals in 34 games for FC Lugano and was the third top goalscorer in the Swiss Super League behind Seydou Doumbia (20) and Guillaume Hoarau (18).[6] He was also the third highest in the division in terms of his assists, after making 14 in his 34 games, behind Yoric Ravet (17) and Matteo Tosetti (15).[7]

Leeds United

Alioski joined English Championship club Leeds United on 13 July 2017.[8] On 6 August 2017, he made his debut in the 3–2 victory against Bolton Wanderers and created the assist for teammate Chris Wood's goal.[9] After gaining another assist, he received the man of the match award against Sunderland in a 2–0 win on 19 August.[10] On 26 August, Alioski received the man of the match award and scored his first goal for Leeds in a 2–0 victory against Nottingham Forest.[11] On 15 September, Alioski won the Championship Goal of the Month Award for August for his goal against Nottingham.[12] In November 2017, Alioski scored in all of Leeds United's four games, and was awarded with the club's award for Player of the Month.[13]

International career

After representing Macedonia at various youth levels, he made his debut for the senior side in 2013.

He scored his first international goal against Albania on 5 September 2016 in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match.

He mainly played for his national side in a left wing-back position, before being converted to a more attacking midfield position.

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 September 2017
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Schaffhausen 2013–14[14] Challenge League 26 2 1 0 ~ ~ ~ ~ 27 2
2014–15[14] 35 2 1 0 ~ ~ ~ ~ 36 2
2015–16[14] 16 0 1 0 ~ ~ ~ ~ 17 0
Schaffhausen total 77 4 3 0 ~ ~ ~ ~ 80 4
FC Lugano 2015–16[15] Super League 16 3 2 0 ~ ~ ~ ~ 18 3
2016–17[16] 34 16 1 0 ~ ~ ~ ~ 35 16
Lugano total 50 19 3 0 ~ ~ ~ ~ 53 19
Template:Fb team Leeds United 2017–18[17] Championship 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 1
Leeds United total 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 1
Career total 133 24 6 0 2 0 0 0 141 24

International

As of match played 5 September 2016. Macedonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Alioski goal.[18]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 September 2016 Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër, Albania 7  Albania 1–1 1–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Ezgjan Alioski". MacedonianFootball.com.
  2. ^ a b ""I'm the Gianni Alioski, one who lives the life"". RSI Sport. 27 February 2017.
  3. ^ Alioski – Intervista pas ndeshjes – shenuesin e golit per maqedonasin on YouTube
  4. ^ "Albanians Alioski and Sadiku unstoppable, fourth victory in a raw for Lugano". Oculus News. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Albania calls up new players for 'derby' qualifier with Macedonia". Tirana Times. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  6. ^ http://www.sfl.ch/fr/statistiques-archives/superleague/joueurs/classement-des-buteurs/
  7. ^ http://www.sfl.ch/fr/statistiques-archives/superleague/joueurs/classement-des-passeurs/
  8. ^ "ALIOSKI BECOMES NUMBER NINE". Leeds United. 13 July 2017.
  9. ^ "REPORT: BOLTON WANDERERS 2–3 LEEDS UNITED", Leeds United Official Site, 6 August 2017
  10. ^ "Sunderland vs Leeds". Sky Sports. 19 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Nottingham Forest 0–2 Leeds: Kemar Roofe and Ezgjan Alioski seal win". Sky Sports. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Winger Alioski nets August Goal of the Month award". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  13. ^ "LOUIS ERARD: EZGJAN ALIOSKI NAMED PLAYER OF THE MONTH". www.leedsunited.com. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  14. ^ a b c Ezgjan Alioski at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  15. ^ "Games played by Ezgjan Alioski in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  16. ^ "Games played by Ezgjan Alioski in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  17. ^ "Games played by Ezgjan Alioski in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  18. ^ Ezgjan Alioski at Soccerway
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