Hamdi Salihi
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Hamdi Salihi | |
| Date of birth | January 19, 1984 | |
| Place of birth | Shkodër, Albania | |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | SV Ried | |
| Number | 14 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| -2002 | KS Vllaznia Shkodër | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2002-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2007- |
KS Vllaznia Shkodër Panionios Athen SK Tirana SV Ried |
55 (30) 6 (0) 49 (47) 48 (18) |
| National team | ||
| 2006- | Albania | 6 (1) |
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Hamdi Salihi (born January 19, 1984 in Shkodër, Albania) nicknamed The Bomber is an Albanian football player. He plays as a striker for Albania national football team and for SV Ried of Austria at club level.
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[edit] KS Vllaznia Shkodër
Hamdi Salihi started his footballing career at KS Vllaznia Shkodër and then after an impressive season in Albania's top division he moved to Greece
[edit] Panionios
In 2004, Salihi moved to Panionios in Greece. After an uneventful season in Greece Salihi decided to move back to Albania.
[edit] SK Tirana
At the beginning of 2005/06 season he returned to Albania to play for SK Tirana where he had a very successful season winning the National Cup and the golden boot as the highest scorer of the league. He continued with KS Tirana for another half season, again being the highest scorer in the league before he left to play in the Austrian Bundesliga.
[edit] SV Ried
In the 2007 January transfer window Salihi joined SV Ried of the Austrian Bundesliga. He completed his first half season at SV Ried with 6 goals helping his club to become vice-champions of the Austrian Football Bundesliga. Salihi also scored 2 goals on the first round Uefa Cup qualifiers against Neftchi, one of which was scored on the second leg match in the 85th minute. Until the 85th minute the score was 2-0 for Neftchi and if the score was kept they were going to qualify for the second round on the away goals rule 3-3 as SV Ried had won 3-1 at home. Thanks to Hamdi Salihi's goal the overall score was 4-3 and SV Ried goes to the next round. In the 2007-2008 season he enjoyed a decent season at the club becoming the leagues joint 4th top scorer along with Carsten Jancker of SV Mattersburg with 12 league goals. Despite this SV Ried only finished 7th out of 10 in the league.
[edit] National Team
Hamdi Salihi is part of the Albania national football team, however he is yet to make it to the first team and currently with two caps has scored one goal. Hamdi Salihi scored his first goal for the Albanian National team in a 3-0 win over Malta on August 23, 2007. He was sent in the game on the 22nd minute replacing Erjon Bogdani. Only after 12 minutes played The Bomber takes advantage of a mistake made by the Maltese goalie and scores.
[edit] External links
- Hamdi Salihi Statistics UEFA.com
