Sadri Gjonbalaj

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Sadri Gjonbalaj
Full name	Sadri Gjonbalaj
Date of birth
Place of birth
Playing position	Forward
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988 1989 1990 1990-1991 1995	Albany Capitals New Jersey Eagles Washington Diplomats Chicago Power (indoor) New York Centaurs	09 (2) 20 (4)
National team²
1986-1993	United States	05 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 7 December 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Sadri Gjonbalaj is a former U.S. soccer forward who earned five caps with the U.S. national team.

[edit] Professional career

Gjonbalaj had an itinerate career spanning the late 1980s and early 1990s as he jumped from one team to another. In 1988, he was with the Albany Capitals of the American Soccer League. In 1989 he was with the New Jersey Eagles of the ASL. Then in 1990, he moved to the Washington Diplomats of the ASL successor league, the American Professional Soccer League. That winter, he played for the Chicago Power of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). He played nine games and scored two goals as the Power won the NPSL championship.^[1] In 1995, he was with the New York Centaurs of the A-League where he scored four goals in twenty games.^[2]

[edit] National team

Gjonbalaj also earned five caps with the U.S. national team.^[3] His first appearance came in a February 5, 1986 scoreless tie with Canada when he came on for Brent Goulet. His next cap did not come until a June 12, 1987 loss to South Korea. He had to wait three more years for his third cap which came in a September 14, 1993 win over Jamaica. Gjonbalaj scored the U.S. goal in the 1-0 victory. It was another two years before Gjonbalaj appeared for the U.S. again, this time on March 23, 1993 in a tie with El Salvador. His last cap came two days later on March 25, 1993.