Franc Veliu

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Franc Veliu
Personal information
Full name	Franc Veliu
Date of birth	(1988-11-11) 11 November 1988
Place of birth	Vlorë, Albania
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Flamurtari Vlorë
Number	11
Youth career
2003-2006	Flamurtari Vlorë
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2006-	Flamurtari Vlorë	168	(13)
National team^‡
2008-2009	Albania U-21	8	(0)
2009-	Albania	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 June 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 June 2011

Franc Veliu (born 11 November 1988 in Vlorë) is an Albanian football player who currentl plays for KS Flamurtari Vlorë in the Albanian Superliga. His natural position is left back but he has also played as a left midfielder and even as a central defender. He has only ever played for one club team at professional level and has only ever won one trophy in his career so far, the Albanian Cup in 2009 after winning in the final against KF Tirana.

Interest has been shown in the youngster by many British teams including Portsmouth, Aston Villa and Celtic.

Career

He made his debut for Flamurtari in 2006 and since then has cemented his place in his hometown club's first team. He has spent most of his career in the left back position but he has also played as a left midfielder and most recently as a central defender as well.

International career

Veliu was selected by Josip Kuže for a friendly against Argentina on 20 June 2011.^[1] He was in the starting line up on his debut in a game which ended in a 4-0 loss.^[2]^[3]

Honours

Flamurtari

Kupa e Shqipërisë (1): 2008-09

References

↑ Roger Gonzalez (2011-06-19). "Argentina vs Albania Preview". Goal.com. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
↑ "l'Argentina travolge l'Albania in un'amichevole di preparazione" (in Italian). Sport Live. 2011-06-21. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
↑ "Draugiškose rungtynėse Argentina sutriuškino Albaniją" (in Lithuanian). Sportas Delfi. 2011-06-21. Retrieved 2011-06-26.

External links

Franc Veliu at National-Football-Teams.com
Profile at Football Database

v t e Flamurtari Vlorë – current squad

1 Moçka 4 Shtubina 5 Brahja 6 Begaj 7 Progni 7 Liçaj 10 Shehaj 11 Veliu 14 Devolli 17 Lena 18 Bajevski 20 Kuqi 22 Xhafa 25 Ramadan 28 Sakaj 30 Spaho 33 Beqiri Çaushaj Manager: Magani

Persondata
Name	Veliu, Franc
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	11 November 1988
Place of birth	Prishtine, Kosove
Date of death
Place of death

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