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Hamdi Salihi
Personal information
Full name Hamdi Salihi
Date of birth (1984-01-19) 19 January 1984 (age 40)
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 D.C. United
Number 9
Youth career
-2002 KS Vllaznia Shkodër
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 KS Vllaznia Shkodër 55 (30)
2004–2005 Panionios Athens 6 (0)
2005–2006 KF Tirana 52 (42)
2007–2009 SV Ried 82 (34)
2009–2012 Rapid Wien 67 (36)
2012– D.C. United 2 (2)
International career‡
2007– Albania 37 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 February 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 December 2011

Hamdi Salihi (born 19 January 1984 in Shkodër, Albania) is an Albanian football player who currently plays for D.C. United in Major League Soccer. He also plays as a striker for Albania national football team. He first started his football career at his hometown club Vllaznia, where he was the number one goalscorer for the Albanian league. After impressing the Greek club of Panionios he signed for the Athens team but after playing only 6 games, Salihi returned to Albania where he signed for Tirana. In 2007 he joined the Austrian team of Ried, where he scored 37 goals in 2 years, then signed for Rapid Vienna.

Club career

KS Vllaznia Shkodër

Salihi started his footballing career at his home town club KS Vllaznia Shkodër. In the 2002–2003 Salihi featured for the club only two times in his first professional year. In 2003–2004 Salihi was given a chance to show his qualities as a young player which he managed to score 14 goals in 33 games. In his third season with the club he played just half of the season of 2004–2005 which he managed to score 16 goals in only 20 matches and then after an impressive season in Albania's top division he moved to Greece.

Panionios

In 2004, Salihi moved to Panionios in in the top division of Greece. The young Albanian striker only managed to play in 6 games, mostly coming on as a substitute in the last few minutes. After the season was over he decided to go back to his country to play for KF Tirana.

KF Tirana

Salihi moved back to Albania and played for KF Tirana starting from the 2005–2006 season. He had a very successful season winning the National Cup and the golden boot as the highest scorer of the Albanian Superliga. He continued with KS Tirana for another half season, again being the highest scorer in the league before he left to play in the Austrian Bundesliga. In his time with KF Tirana Salihi became known all over the world for his goalscoring abilities. He finished 8th in The IFFHS World's best Top Division Goal Scorer 2006. In one season with KF Tirana he managed to score 29 goals in 33 games altogether. Also Salihi play half of the season in 2006–2007 right before getting solded to SV Ried from KF Tirana which he managed to score 13 goals in 17 games.

SV Ried

In the 2007 January transfer window Salihi joined SV Ried of the Austrian Bundesliga. He completed his first half season at SV Ried with 6 goals, helping his club to become vice-champions of the Austrian Football Bundesliga. Salihi also scored 2 goals on the first round Uefa Cup qualifiers against Neftchi, one of which was scored on the second leg match in the 85th minute. Until the 85th minute the score was 2–0 for Neftchi and if the score was kept they were going to qualify for the second round on the away goals rule 3–3 as SV Ried had won 3–1 at home. Thanks to Salihi's goal the overall score was 4–3 and SV Ried safely went through to the next round.

In the 2007–08 season, Salihi enjoyed a decent season at the club, becoming the league's joint 4th top scorer along with Carsten Jancker of SV Mattersburg with 12 league goals. Despite this, SV Ried only finished 7th out of 10 in the league. In the 2008–09 season Salihi improved himself to 14 league goals at Ried, scoring one fourth of his team's goals. Ried placed fifth at the end of the season. On the 2009–2010 season Salihi play 6 games which he score twist for his club but couple weeks later he was solded to Rapid Wien.

Rapid Wien

On 31 August 2009 Salihi signed with Austrian giants SK Rapid Wien on a 3 years contract. On his first match with Rapid Salihi entered into the match in second half as a substitute and scored on the 83rd minute his first goal with Rapid. The goal drew the score with Salzburg, 2–2, and saved Rapid from a loss.

At the end of the season Salihi scored 17 goals, 2 of which were from the previous club SV Ried making him the 5th leading goalscorer behind two of his team mates Steffen Hofmann, who was in first, and Nikica Jelavić who was tied in third. At the end of the season Rapid Wien was in third place three points behind champions Red Bull Salzburg and two points behind Austria Wien. Rapid Wien qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round.

Salihi score his first goal of 2010–2011 season on August, 22, 2010 against SV Mattersburg in 2 – 0 win. On 25 September 2010 he score 2 goals and helped his team to win 3 – 2 against Kapfenberger SV. Salihi scored one goal for Rapid Vienna on November, 4, 2010 aginast CSKA Sofia in UEFA Europa League. On 11 November 2010, Salihi find the net 2 times against TSV Hartberg in Austrian Cup. The Bomber on 20 November 2010 against LASK Linz scored four goals in a 5 – 0 victory. One week later Salihi added one more goal against the previous champions Austria Vienna in a 1–0 win. His 9th and 10th goals of the season came against Innsbruck on 11 December 2010. Anther double came against his former club SV Ried on March 6, 2011, which ended 2-0 for Rapid. These were his first goals of 2011. One week later on March 13, 2011, he scored in the 72nd minute the only goal of the derby against Austria Vienna in a 1-0 win.

D.C. United

On 2 February 2012, Salihi signed with Major League Soccer side D.C. United as a designated player.[1] On February 25, 2012, he scored his first goal with D.C. United in a preseason match.

International career

Salihi scored his first goal for the Albanian National team in a 3–0 win over Malta on 23 August 2007. He was sent in the game on the 22nd minute replacing Erjon Bogdani. Only after 12 minutes played, The Bomber took advantage of a mistake made by the Maltese goalie and scored. Salihi scored the important 3–2 goal in a friendly for Albania B against AC Milan, The thriller match ended 3–3.

The second international goal of Salihi came in Sweden, when he scored for Albania in the last match of the FIFA 2010 World Cup Qualifiers. Albania lost 4–1. Neither Sweden nor Albania qualified for the FIFA 2010 World Cup.

Salihi has had overall 33 appearances with the National team, most of them as a substitute.

Career statistics

As of 10 January 2012[2][3]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vllaznia Shkodër 2002–03 2 0 1 0 0 0 - - 3 0
2003–04 33 14 3 2 2 0 - - 38 16
2004–05 20 16 2 1 4 2 - - 26 19
Total 55 30 6 3 6 2 - - 64 35
Panionios Athens 2004–05 6 0 1 1 0 0 - - 7 1
Total 6 0 1 1 0 0 - - 7 1
KF Tirana 2005–06 35 29 5 2 4 1 - - 44 32
2006–07 17 13 3 2 4 2 - - 24 17
Total 52 42 8 4 8 3 - - 68 49
SV Ried 2006–07 15 6 2 0 0 0 - - 17 6
2007–08 33 12 2 2 4 2 - - 39 16
2008–09 28 14 3 2 0 0 - - 31 16
2009–10 6 2 1 2 0 0 - - 7 4
Total 82 34 8 6 4 2 - - 94 42
Rapid Wien 2009–10 23 15 3 1 5 1 - - 31 17
2010–11 32 18 5 6 7 1 5 4 49 29
2011–12 12 3 3 8 - - - - 15 11
Total 67 36 11 15 12 2 5 4 95 57
Career total 262 142 34 29 30 9 5 4 331 184

National team statistics

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Honours

SV Ried

KF Tirana

Vllaznia

Individual

International goals

Updated to games played August 10, 2011.

# Date Venue Opponent Score Results Competition
1. 22 August 2007 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania  Malta 2–0 3–0 Win Friendly
2. 14 October 2009 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden  Sweden 1–4 1–4 Loss 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 25 May 2010 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro  Montenegro 1–0 1–0 Win Friendly
4. 2 June 2010 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania  Andorra 1–0 1–0 Win Friendly
5. 11 August 2010 Niko Dovana Stadium, Durres, Albania  Uzbekistan 1–0 1–0 Win Friendly
6. 7 September 2010 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania  Luxembourg 1–0 1–0 Win UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifying
7. 26 March 2011 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania  Belarus 1–0 1–0 Win UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifying
8. 10 August 2011 Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkoder, Albania  Montenegro 3–2 3–2 Win Friendly
9 11 October 2011 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania  Romania 1–0 1–1 Draw UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifying

External links

References

  1. ^ http://www.dcunited.com/press-release/2012/02/forward-hamdi-salihi-acquired-as-designated-player
  2. ^ Austrian Bundesliga Website. "List of goalscorers for 2011–2012" (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  3. ^ National Football Teams Database. "Hamdi Salihi". Retrieved 22 September 2011.

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