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Edvin Murati
Personal information
Full name Edvin Sabri Murati[1]
Date of birth (1975-11-12) 12 November 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Tirana, Albania
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1989–1990 Partizani Tirana
1990–1994 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2000 Paris Saint-Germain 24 (1)
1995–1996Châteauroux (loan) 31 (0)
1996–1997Stade Briochin (loan) 1 (0)
1998–1999Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) 11 (0)
2000–2002 Lille 29 (1)
2002–2006 Iraklis 66 (6)
2006–2008 Panserraikos 25 (8)
Total 179 (15)
International career
1998–2006 Albania 42 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edvin Sabri Murati (born 12 November 1975) is an Albanian former professional footballer. He played for Panserraikos and Iraklis in Greece.[1] He played also in France,[2] Germany, and for the Albania national team. In December 2018 he was honoured for his services to Albanian football, alongside Perlat Musta and Qamil Teliti.[3]

International career

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Murati made his debut for Albania in an August 1998 friendly match away against Cyprus and earned a total of 42 caps, scoring 4 goals.[4] His final international was an October 2006 European Championship qualification match against the Netherlands.[5] In the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, he scored a winning goal against UEFA Euro 2004 Champions Team Greece.

Personal life

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Edvin Murati holds Albanian and French nationalities.[6] He acquired French nationality by naturalization on 16 February 1998.[7]

Career statistics

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Albania national team
Year Apps Goals
1998 1 0
1999 4 0
2000 5 2
2001 4 0
2002 6 1
2003 8 0
2004 7 1
2005 5 0
2006 2 0
Total 42 4
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 February 2000 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta  Azerbaijan 1–0 1–0 2000 Malta International Football Tournament
2 2 September 2000 FinnAir Stadium, Helsinki, Finland  Finland 1-1 1-2 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 16 October 2002 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania   Switzerland 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
4 4 September 2004 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania  Greece 1-0 2-1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Edvin Murati at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Edvin Murati – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
  3. ^ Musta, Murati dhe Teliti (pas vdekjes) dekorohen me “Nderi i futbollit shqiptar” - Telegraf (in Albanian)
  4. ^ Hoxha, Florent (16 July 2009). "Albania – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  5. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Joueur".
  7. ^ "JORF n° 0040 du 17 février 1998 - Légifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Edvin Murati international goals". eu-football.info. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
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