Xhulian Rrudho

Xhulian Rrudho
Personal information
Date of birth	9 September 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Divjakë, Albania
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	KF Tirana
Youth career
1999–2004	AC Careni Pieve di Soligo[citation needed]
2004–2005	Gemeaz San Polo[citation needed]
2005	Ancona
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2007	Ancona
2007	Chievo
2007–2008	Sansovino
2008	→ Scafatese (loan)
2008–2009	Partizani
2009–2010	Tirana
International career‡
2007	Albania U-21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2008; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of N/A

Xhulian Rrudho (pronounced [ˈdʒuljan ˈruðɔ]; born 9 September 1987 in Lushnjë) is an Albanian former footballer who last played for KF Tirana.

Club career

After moving to Italy as a child, he started his professional career with Italian Serie C1/B team Ancona. On 31 January 2007 he agreed a permanent move to Serie A club Chievo.

On 3 March 2007 he played his first (and only) Serie A match for Chievo against AC Milan^[1] In the 2007 summer market he was farmed to Tuscan Serie C2 team Sansovino in co-ownership deal, where he spent the first half of the 2007–08 season along with goalkeeper Antonino Saviano, defenders Leonardo Moracci (loan), Marcus N'Ze, midfielders Maycol Andriani and Luca Spinetti. On 31 January 2008 he left Sansovino and agreed to move to Scafatese, another Serie C2 team, in a loan deal.^[2]

In July 2008 he returned to his native Albania, joining Partizani Tirana. In January 2009 he moved to KF Tirana, another top flight Albanian club, but he sued the club in October 2011 citing the club still owed him money.^[3] As his football career had been derailed, he finished his professional career at only 23.

Legal issues

In February 2013 he was arrested in Ancona for drug trade^[4] after a police investigation in Montacuto (Piedmont); his house was full of materials used for packing the drugs.^[5]

References

^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
^ "UFFICIALE: l'albanese Rrudho alla Scafatese" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
^ Xhulian Rrudho padit Tiranën, do 3.5 mln lekë - Panorama (in Albanian)
^ Skandali, arrestohet ish-lojtari i U-21 të Shqipërisë, Rrudho, me 1.5 kg kokainë - Panorama (in Albanian)
^ Carbonetti, Fabrizio. "Ex calciatore della Monteluponese arrestato per spaccio di stupefacenti: Xhulian Rrudho". Il Cittadino di Recanati (in Italian). Retrieved 18 February 2018.

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[1] "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved 12 March 2007.

[2] "UFFICIALE: l'albanese Rrudho alla Scafatese" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2008.

[3] Xhulian Rrudho padit Tiranën, do 3.5 mln lekë - Panorama (in Albanian)

[4] Skandali, arrestohet ish-lojtari i U-21 të Shqipërisë, Rrudho, me 1.5 kg kokainë - Panorama (in Albanian)

[5] Carbonetti, Fabrizio. "Ex calciatore della Monteluponese arrestato per spaccio di stupefacenti: Xhulian Rrudho". Il Cittadino di Recanati (in Italian). Retrieved 18 February 2018.

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