| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 September 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Struga, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5.8 ft) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FK Karaorman | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1995–2000 | FK Vardar | 54 | (4) |
| 1997–1998 | → Halmstads BK (loan) | 43 | (8) |
| 1999–2000 | → Tennis Borussia Berlin (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | HIT Gorica | 19 | (3) |
| 2000–2001 | NK Korotan | 2 | (2) |
| 2001–2002 | Malatyaspor | 23 | (3) |
| 2002–2003 | PFC CSKA Sofia | 20 | (5) |
| 2003–2005 | West Bromwich Albion | 28 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | AaB Aalborg | 12 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | FC Inter Turku | 5 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | FC Vaduz | 10 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | KF Shkëndija | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | KS Besa Kavajë | 8 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | FK Karabakh | 30 | (9) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1996–2008 | Macedonia | 75 | (15) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of ?. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Artim Šakiri (Macedonian: Артим Шаќири, Albanian: Artim Shaqiri) (born 23 September 1973 in Struga, SFR Yugoslavia) is a football midfielder from the Republic of Macedonia of Albanian ethnicity,[1] who most recently played for FK Karabakh in Azerbijan.
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In 1997 he moved from Vardar to Swedish side Halmstads BK, a team that won the Swedish premier league Allsvenskan the same year. Playing alongside developing star Fredrik Ljungberg.
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. At the beginning of the season 2008 he has signed for Azeri side FK Karabakh.
Šakiri made his debut for Macedonia in a March 1996 friendly match against Malta, coming on as a late substitute for Sašo Miloševski, and has been capped 75 times. He has been captain of the team for many of those years. In 2002, he scored a goal directly from a corner kick against England.