Artim Šakiri

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Personal information
Artim Šakiri
Full name	Artim Šakiri
Date of birth	September 23, 1973 (1973-09-23) (age 34)
Place of birth	Struga, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	180cm
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FK Shkendija 79
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996–2000 1997–1998 1999–2000 2000–2001 2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2005 2005–2006 2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008–	FK Vardar →Halmstads BK (loan) →Tennis Borussia Berlin (loan) HIT Gorica NK Korotan Malatyaspor PFC CSKA Sofia West Bromwich Albion AaB FC Inter FC Vaduz FK Shkendija 79 KS Besa Kavajë	? (?) 43 (8) 14 (0) 19 (3) 2 (2) 23 (3) 20 (5) 28 (1) 15 (2) 5 (3) ? (?)
National team²
1996–	FYR Macedonia	73 (15)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 10, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of December 10, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Artim Šakiri or Artim Sakiri (Macedonian: Артим Шакири) (born September 23, 1973 in Struga, SFR Yugoslavia), is a football midfielder from the present-day Republic of Macedonia, who currently plays for KS Besa Kavajë in Albania. Šakiri has been capped 67 times for FYR Macedonia national football team, a national record. He is a member of the Albanian minority.^[1]

In 1997 he moved from Vardar to Swedish side Halmstads BK, a team that won the Swedish premier league Allsvenskan the same year. Fredrik Ljungberg was the big star of the team at that time.

In 2002, he scored a goal directly from a corner kick against England. In 2003, he moved from Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia to West Bromwich Albion in England. He made his debut in a 4-1 defeat away at local rivals Walsall. In his first home league match for Albion, Šakiri scored a spectacular long-range goal, helping his team to a 4-1 win over Burnley F.C..^[2] It was, however, his only goal for the club. He made 30 appearances during 2003-04, but the next season he only played three games and left the club. He was set to move to Burnley F.C., but the move fell through as his work permit wasn't renewed.^[3] Instead, Šakiri went to AaB in Denmark. He was released by AaB in 2006. In autumn 2006 Šakiri signed for Finnish club FC Inter. He made five Veikkausliiga appearances and scored three times, but his contract was not renewed. In 2007 he signed for FC Vaduz.