Ermir Lenjani
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ermir Lenjani | ||
| Date of birth | 5 August 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | FC St. Gallen | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005-2009 | FC Winterthur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2009-2013 | Winterthur | 96 | (7) |
| 2010-2011 | → Grasshopper (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2013- | St.Gallen | 23 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013- | Albania | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 February 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Ermir Lenjani (born 5 August 1989 in Prishtina) is an Albanian professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for FC St. Gallen in the Swiss Super League.
Career
Born in Prishtina, modern day Kosovo, Lenjani moved to Switzerland as a child where he joined the FC Winterthur academy as a teenager. He broke through into the first team during the 2009-10 season but was loaned out to Grasshopper Zürich for the first half of the 2010-11 season in order to gain experience. He returned to FC Winterthur and established himself as a first team player. He joined Swiss Super League side FC St. Gallen in January 2013.
International career
Lenjani first announced his desire to represent Albania internationally in January 2013, when he began the procedure to gain Albanian citizenship through his Albanian ethnicity. He was called up by Gianni De Biasi for a friendly against Armenia in August 2013 but did not feature in the game.[1][2] Lenjani received his Albanian citizenship on October 8, 2013.[3] He made his debut on 15 November 2013 in a friendly match against Belarus finished 0-0. [4]
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