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| position = [[Goalkeeper (football)|Goalkeeper]]
| position = [[Goalkeeper (football)|Goalkeeper]]

Revision as of 04:51, 20 July 2012

Samir Ujkani
Personal information
Full name Samir Ujkani
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Palermo
Number 1
Youth career
2001–2007 Ingelmunster
2006–2007 Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Palermo 1 (0)
2009–2012 Novara 86 (0)
2012– Palermo 0 (0)
International career‡
2007–2009 Albania U21 4 (0)
2008– Albania 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:25, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:40, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Samir Ujkani (born 5 July 1988) is an Albanian international football goalkeeper, playing for Palermo and the Albanian national team.

Early life

Ujkani was born in Resnik, a village near Vučitrn, SFR Yugoslavia. His family then moved to Belgium six years after his birth.[2]

Club career

Youth clubs

At the age of thirteen, Ujkani enrolled into Ingelmunster, spending six years there before moving to Anderlecht. The Anderlecht football academy has a reputation of producing talented goalkeepers such as Jean-Marie Pfaff, Michel Preud'homme and Jacky Munaron.[3] Ujkani played until June 2007 for the Anderlecht Under-19s, and made also ten appearances with their Reserves team.

On June 2007, he agreed to sign a 5 year contract with Palermo of Serie A.[2]

Palermo

Since then, he served as unused bench in two UEFA Cup matches for Palermo, and several Serie A matches as well. He was confirmed as third-choice goalkeeper for the rosanero's 2008–09 season campaign, and later promoted as second goalkeeper after the club chose to transfer-list veteran goalie Alberto Fontana.

On 26 April 2009, he made his professional debut with Palermo, replacing injured Marco Amelia during a Serie A game against Milan at San Siro.[4] On July 2009 he was loaned out to Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Novara to exchange with Giacomo Brichetto, also in order to gain first team experience.[5]

Novara

Ujkani immediately cemented his place as the first choice keeper. He is a pivotal and influential member of squad, promoting Novara from the Lega Pro Prima Divisione to the Serie B in the 2009–10 season. This event was significant as the club had returned to Serie B after 33 years.[6] This led Novara to ask for an extension to his loan, which was agreed by Palermo on July 2010.[7]

Ujkani helped Novara reach promotion to the Serie A after 55 years of absence.[8] On 31 January 2011 Palermo announced to have sold 50% of Ujkani's transfer rights to Novara along with Michel Morganella (both tagged for €1.5M),[9] as part of a bid involving striker Pablo Andrés González (€5M).[10]

Ujkani has been a crucial member of the squad in the Serie A, helping Novara beat Inter Milan home and away when Ujkani pulled off a point-blank save to deny Giampaolo Pazzini and held off Wesley Sneijder when he struck the free kick from a dangerous position.[11] He also helped Novara secure a draw against top club SSC Napoli[12]

From the 16th of October 2011, Ujkani sustained a broken nose and lost four teeth when he colided with team mate Michel Morganella against Bologna. Being one of the fan favourites, The mayor of Novara, Andrea Ballarè, visited Ujkani in hospital.[13] Ujkani returned on the 5th of December against Lazio.

Return to Palermo

On June 14, 2012, Palermo owner Maurizio Zamparini confirmed that Ujkani will be playing on Palermo for the 2012-13 Serie A season.[14][15] On 22 June 2012, Palermo announced from their website to have re-acquired the full transfer rights of Ujkani and fellow Novara player Michel Morganella.[16]

International career

Ujkani received an Albanian passport in summer 2007 and started playing for the Albania U21. He made his debut on 1 June in a European qualification match against Italy.

On 6 October 2008, he received his first senior call-up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification qualifying matches with Hungary and Portugal.[17] He made his full senior debut on June 10, 2009 in a 1–1 draw vs Georgia at Albania.

Career statistics

As of July 2012

Template:Football player statistics 1 |- |2008-09||Palermo||Serie A||1||0||0||0||||||1||0 |- |2009-10||rowspan="3"|Novara||Lega Pro||23||0||3||0||||||26||0 |- |2010-11||Serie B||39||0||1||0||||||40||0 |- |2011-12||Serie A||24||0||2||0||||||26||0 |- Template:Football player statistics 386||0||6||0||||||92||0 |- |2012-13||Palermo||Serie A||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |-

Template:Football player statistics 587||0||6||0||0||0||93||00 Template:Football player statistics end

References

  1. ^ "samir ujkani novara - Serie B". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Migliaccio e Ujkani i primi acquisti del Palermo". US Città di Palermo. 8 June 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
  3. ^ Jean-Paul Bonomi (6 FEB 2010). "Ujkani: "Novara? Città molto tranquilla, super-organizzata e… la società di calcio è fantastica!"". oknovara.it. Retrieved 4 March 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Esordio di Ujkani in Serie A". US Città di Palermo. 26 April 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
  5. ^ "NEWS: ARRIVA SAMIR UJKANI" (in Italian). Novara Calcio. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2009. [dead link]
  6. ^ "La storia" (in Italian). Novara Calcio. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  7. ^ "MOVIMENTI IN USCITA DEL PALERMO" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  8. ^ "Novara seal return to Serie A".
  9. ^ "Bilancio Palermo 2010/11: utile grazie a Cavani e Kjaer" (in Italian). ju29ro.com. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  10. ^ "ACQUISTATO PABLO ANDRES GONZALEZ" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  11. ^ AP (12 February 2012). "Inter Milan slip up against lowly Novara". Aljazeera. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  12. ^ "Match Report 1 -1 Novara v Napoli". transfermarkt. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  13. ^ "Il Sindaco in visita a Ujkani ricoverato al "Maggiore"" (in Italian). andreaballare. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  14. ^ "Zamparini e konfirmon: Ujkani portier i ri i Palermos" (in Albanian). asport. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  15. ^ "Samir Ujkani happy to be staying with Palermo". tribalfootball. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  16. ^ "MOVIMENTI DI MERCATO" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ "Albania: Ujkani convocato nazionale "A"" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 6 October 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.


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