Lorik Cana

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Lorik Cana

Full name	Lorik Cana
Date of birth	July 27, 1983 (1983-07-27) (age 24)
Place of birth	Pristina, Yugoslavia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Marseille
Number	19
Youth clubs
2000-2002	Lausanne Sports PSG
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2005 2005-	PSG Marseille	69 (2) 95 (4)
National team
2003-	Albania	24 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Lorik Cana (born on 27 July 1983 in Pristina, Yugoslavia – now Kosovo^[1]) is an Albanian footballer. A midfielder, 1.86m tall and weighing 86kg, he plays for the Albania national football team and Olympique de Marseille of France at club level.

He holds Albanian, French and Swiss citizenship.

1 Biography
2 Career achievements
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Lorik Cana was born in Kosovo, but left as a child to escape the war when he moved to Switzerland. His father, Agim Cana, also a famous Albanian footballer of so-called "Golden Generation" of KF Prishtina during the 1980s, inspired him and as a young boy he joined the Lausanne Sports in Switzerland. He then worked up the ranks in the team until year 2000 when he was spotted and signed by Paris Saint-Germain. He finally broke into the first team of PSG in 2003 when during the 2003-2004 season he played 32 games, scored one goal, won the Coupe de France, and finished second in the French Division 1 league. This success was repeated the next season when he also played 32 games for the Paris team, scoring one goal. However, at the beginning of the 2005-2006 season the coach of PSG changed, and this prompted Cana to move to the south of France and join Olympique de Marseille. Since joining Olympique he has cemented his place in the starting eleven, and scored the winning goal in the first match between his new club (Olympique de Marseille) and his former club (Paris Saint-Germain). He has been the team captain of his club since the departure of the former captain Habib Beye to Newcastle United during summer 2007.

[edit] Career achievements

Winner of the Coupe de France 2004 with Paris SG.
Vice-Champion of France D1 2004 with Paris SG.
Runner-up of Coupe de France in 2006 and 2007 with Olympique de Marseille.
Albanian National Football Team A. First selection with Albanian National Team A: 11 June 2003, Switzerland - Albania, qualification match for Euro 2004.
Albanian football player of the year 2003-2004.
2006 Futbolli.Com Albanian Player of the Year.