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Elizabeta Ejupi
Ejupi (left) playing for Charlton Athletic in 2018
Personal information
Full name Elizabeta Ejupi
Date of birth (1994-04-21) 21 April 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Albania
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 London City Lionesses
Number 7
Youth career
2005–2010 Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Charlton Athletic 8 (0)
2013–2016 Nottingham Forest 29 (5)
2016–2017 Notts County 3 (0)
2017–2018 Aston Villa 15 (0)
2018–2019 Charlton Athletic 15 (10)
2019– London City Lionesses 6 (4)
International career‡
2009 England U15
2011– Albania 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 June 2018

Elizabeta "Liz" Ejupi (born 21 April 1994) is an Albanian footballer who plays as a midfielder for London City Lionesses in the FA Women's Championship and represents the Albanian national team.[1] She previously played for Charlton Athletic and Nottingham Forest of the FA Women's Premier League. She was a bronze medalist in the London Youth Games.[1]

International

In 2009, Ejupi was capped by England at under-15 level in a match against Germany.

In November 2011, Ejupi received her first senior international call-up for Albania aged 17. She made her debut in the nation's second ever international match, starting in a 4–1 friendly win away to Macedonia.[2][3]

Personal life

Aged 3, Ejupi, along with her parents and brother, was displaced when fleeing the Kosovo War and settled as a refugee in London.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "11. Elizabeta Ejupi". Charlton Women Official. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Charlton Athletic Women's Official Site". www.cafcwomen.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Charlton Athletic Women's Official Site". cafcwomen.net.
  4. ^ Whyatt, Katie (13 October 2018). "'There were massacres, killings - we left to survive': Refugee Elizabeta Ejupi on fleeing Kosovo and new life in England". The Telegraph.


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