Orges Shehi
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Orges Shehi | ||
Date of birth | 20 September 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Durrës, Albania | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Skënderbeu Korçë | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1994-2004 | KS Teuta | 168 | (0) |
1998-1999 | → KS Bylis (loan) | 29 | (0) |
2004-2005 | KS Vllaznia | 39 | (0) |
2005-2009 | KF Partizani | 121 | (0) |
2009-2010 | KS Besa | 31 | (0) |
2010- | KS Skenderbeu | 98 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
1997-1999 | Albania U-21 | 7 | (0) |
2010- | Albania | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals). |
Orges Shehi (born 20 September 1977 in Durrës) is an Albanian professional footballer who is currently playing for Skenderbeu Korce in the Albanian Superliga.[2]
Career
Teuta Durrës
Shehi started his career with Teuta Durrës and after good performances in the Superliga he also played for Albania U-21.
Partizani Tiranë
He experienced the "second spring" of his career after joining Partizani Tiranë in 2005 becoming the captain in 2008.
Besa Kavajë
He left for KS Besa Kavajë in the summer of 2009. He was considered one of the best goalkeepers in the Albanian Superliga.
Skenderbeu Korce
On July 2010 he joined Skenderbeu Korce. He won 3 consecutive league titles (2010-11, 2011-12 & 2012-13). His peak of career is presentation with the team in UEFA Europa League 2013-14 Play-off round, where they played against Chornomorets Odesa (with two Albanian compatriots part of the team Elis Bakaj and Kristi Vangjeli). After final result 1–1 in both legs and extra-time, they lost by penalties 6-7 when Shehi made 2 amazing penalty saves and also scored a penalty kick himself.
International career
He received his first call-up for Albania on 17 November 2010 [3] by coach Josip Kuže for a friendly-match against Macedonia, after an emergency replacing Arjan Beqaj injured. Shehi was second-choise goalkeeper behind number 1 Samir Ujkani and didn't play a single minute that match. Later after a year, he was called again on national team in February 29, 2012, for friendly match against Georgia and make it his debut for Albania national football team by entering as a substitute in place of Samir Ujkani in 89th minute.[4] Then he was called up regularly for the national team as a 3rd-choise goalkeeper, behind Etrit Berisha and Samir Ujkani.
Caps and goals
Albania's goal tally first.
International appearances and goals | ||||||
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# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition | Goal |
2012 | ||||||
1 | 29 February | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia | Georgia | 1-2 | Friendly | 0 |
2 | 22 May | Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas, Madrid, Spain | Qatar | 2-1 | Friendly | 0 |
2013 | ||||||
10 | 15 November | Akdeniz University Stadium, Antalya, Turkey | Belarus | 0-0 | Friendly | 0 |
Honours
- Teuta Durrës
- Albanian Cup (1): 1999-00
- Albanian Supercup runner-up (1): 2001
- Besa Kavajë
- Albanian Cup (1): 2009-10
- Skënderbeu Korçë
- Albanian Superliga (3): 2010-11 2011-12, 2012–13
References
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