Danel Sinani
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Danel Sinani | ||
| Date of birth | 5 April 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dudelange | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2012 | FC Differdange 03 | ||
| 2012–2014 | Racing FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Racing FC | 72 | (15) |
| 2017– | Dudelange | 61 | (30) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Luxembourg U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015– | Luxembourg U21 | 11 | (1) |
| 2017– | Luxembourg | 21 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:08, 26 February 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2019 | |||
Danel Sinani (born 5 April 1997) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays club football for F91 Dudelange, as a midfielder. He has signed for Norwich City for the 2020–21 season.
Club career
Sinani has played club football for Racing FC Union Luxembourg and F91 Dudelange.[1][2] He was one two Luxembourg National Division with Dudelange.[3] In November 2018, he scored against Olympiacos F.C. the first ever goal for a Luxembourgish club in the group stage of a major European competition.[3] In the summer of 2019, Sinani was offered a move to R.E. Virton, who play in the Belgian league, but Sinani refused the deal.[4] Later in the year, he scored two goals in a Europa League match against five time Europa League winners Sevilla.[3][5] As of 2020, he has scored 13 goals in UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches.[3] Sinani has scored 14 goals in 16 appearances in the 2019–20 Luxembourg National Division,[6] nine goals in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, and 24 goals in 30 matches in all competitions.[7]
In April 2020, he signed for Norwich City for the 2020–21 season.[8] His start date is dependent on the resumption of the 2019–20 Premier League due to the coronavirus pandemic,[9] and his contract is until 2023.[6] He is set to become the first Luxembourgish Norwich City player.[9]
International career
He made his international debut for Luxembourg in 2017.[1] Kosovo approached Sinani about representing them internationally, as his parents are from Dragaš. Sinani refused the meeting to discuss it, as he sees Luxembourg as his home.[10] Sinani scored three goals for Luxembourg during their 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D campaign.[3]
Awards
In 2019, Sinani was given the Luxembourg Footballer of the Year award. It was his first award of the trophy, known as the Wanderpokal Challenge Guy Greffrath (Challenge Guy Greffrath challenge cup).[11]
Personal life
Sinani was born in Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia to ethnic Gorani parents from Dragaš. He moved to Luxembourg along with his family at the age of 5.[12]
International goals
- Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.[1]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 September 2018 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |  Moldova |
3–0 | 4–0 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D |
| 2 | 11 September 2018 | San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino |  San Marino |
3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 3 | 15 October 2018 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | San Marino |
2–0 | 3–0 |
References
- ^ a b c Danel Sinani at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Danel Sinani at Soccerway
- ^ a b c d e "Factfile: Danel Sinani". Norwich City F.C. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ Mollereau, Julien (3 April 2020). "Mon contrat ? J'ai tout simplement signé et tout renvoyé par la poste". Le Quotidien (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Europa League: Sinani rettet die F91-Ehre gegen Sevilla". Tageblatt (in German). 7 November 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Norwich sign Danel Sinani from F91 Dudelange after placing staff on furlough". ESPN. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Daniel Sinani: Luxembourg international striker agrees Norwich transfer". Sky Sports. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Norwich sign Luxembourg forward Danel Sinani". BBC Sport. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Norwich City complete signing of Danel Sinani". The Pink'un. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ CVETKOVIĆ, Ivan (10 September 2019). "Srbiju večeras napada Beograđanin Danel Sinani!". sportske.net (in Tibetan). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Danel Sinani ist Fußballer des Jahres". wort.lu. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Historia e Danel Sinanit, djalit nga Sharri që nuk është… shqiptar" [The history of Danel Sinani, the boy from Sharr who is not an… Albanian] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.