Herolind Shala
Personal information | |||||||||||
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Full name | Herolind Xhavit Shala | ||||||||||
Date of birth | 1 February 1992 | ||||||||||
Place of birth | Porsgrunn, Norway | ||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | Slovan Liberec | ||||||||||
Number | 9 | ||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||
–2010 | Notodden | ||||||||||
2008 | → Tollnes (loan) | ||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
2008–2011 | Notodden | 15 | (9) | ||||||||
2008 | → Tollnes (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||
2011–2014 | Odd | 90 | (20) | ||||||||
2015– | Sparta Prague | 3 | (0) | ||||||||
2015– | → Slovan Liberec (loan) | 18 | (4) | ||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||
2009 | Norway U17 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||
2012 | Norway U21 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||
2013–2014 | Albania U21 | 7 | (2) | ||||||||
2014– | Albania | 3 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 March 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2015 |
Herolind Xhavit Shala (born 1 February 1992) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slovan Liberec, on loan from Sparta Prague and the Albania national team.
Career
Early career
He was born in Porsgrunn to Albanian Parents from Kosovo.[1] Shala has previously played for Tollnes and Notodden.[2]
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Sparta Prague
On 11 January 2015 Shala joined AC Sparta Prague of the Czech Republic, signing a 3-year and half contract.[3] He made his debut on 23 February 2015, starting in the 4–1 win against Příbram before being substituted off for Václav Kadlec in the 54th minute..[4]
International
Norway youth-levels
He has represented Norway at under-17 and under-21 level.[5]
Albania
Being of Albanian descent from Kosovo, on 4 June 2013 Shala received the Albanian citizenship among Albania senior side Agon Mehmeti and fellow Albania U21 players Haxhi Neziraj, Valentin Gjokaj & Amir Rrahmani.[6]
Albania under-21
When he was called up for both the Norwegian and the Albanian under-21 team in May 2013, he withdrew from the Norwegian squad as he wanted to represent Albania instead.[7] On 11 July 2013 he made his debut for the Albanian U-21 team against Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 by playing full 90-minutes.[8]
Albania senior team
He received his first senior national team call-up by the Albania national football team coach Gianni De Biasi for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Portugal on 7 September 2014.[9]
He made his debut for senior team on 14 November 2014 in the "Group I" Friendly Match against the Euro 2016 hosts, France, by coming on as a substitute in the 76th minute in place of Ermir Lenjani.[10] In the other match against Italy Shala played once again as a substitute at this time in the 71st minute in place of Amir Abrashi.[11]
Career statistics
Club
Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
2008 | Notodden | Norwegian First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | |
Tollnes | 3. Divisjon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
2009 | Notodden | Norwegian First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | |
2010 | 2. Divisjon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | ||
2011 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | 12 | 10 | |||
Total | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | ||
Odd | Tippeligaen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | ||
2012 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | 28 | 3 | |||
2013 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | - | 32 | 8 | |||
2014 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 4 | - | 35 | 13 | |||
Total | 90 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 24 | ||
2014–15 | Sparta Prague | Czech First League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
2015–16 | Slovan Liberec | Czech First League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Total | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||
Career Total | 110 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 125 | 35 |
International
Albania national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2014 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 0 |
Honours
Club
- Odd
- Norwegian Cup runner-up: 2014
References
- ^ "Drakt nr 18 - Herolind Shala" (in Norwegian). Odd Grenland. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- ^ "Herolind Shala". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- ^ Zyrtare : Shala firmos me Spartën e Pragë aSport.al
- ^ Sparta Praha vs. Příbram - 23 February 2015 - Soccerway
- ^ "Herolind Shala's profil". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- ^ Ekskluzive: Agon Mehmeti dhe 4 lojtarë të shpresave marrin shtetësi shqiptare aSport.al
- ^ "Shala vraket Norge" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Norwegian News Agency. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ^ Bosnia-Herzegovina U21 vs. Albania U21 - 11 June 2013 - Soccerway
- ^ De Biazi flet për ndeshjen me Portugalinë - FSHF.org "Në fund trajneri i Kombëtares së Shqipërisë publikoi edhe listën me 24 lojtarë të grumbulluar për këtë takim. Ata janë: 24. Herolind Shala"
- ^ France vs. Albania - 14 November 2014 - Soccerway
- ^ Italy football team defeated Albania 1:0, 18 November 2014 EU-football.info
- ^ Herolind Shala at Soccerway
- ^ a b Herolind Shala at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Herolind Shala - national football team player EU-football.info
External links
- Herolind Shala at Soccerway
- Herolind Shala at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1992 births
- Living people
- People from Porsgrunn
- Norwegian footballers
- Albanian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Association football forwards
- Tippeligaen players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Norwegian 2. Divisjon players
- Norwegian 3. Divisjon players
- Czech First League players
- AC Sparta Prague players
- Notodden FK players
- Tollnes BK players
- Odds BK players
- Albania under-21 international footballers
- Albania international footballers
- Norwegian people of Kosovan descent
- Norwegian people of Albanian descent
- Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic
- FC Slovan Liberec players
- Norwegian football midfielder stubs
- Albanian football biography stubs