Ronald Gërçaliu

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Ronald Gërçaliu
Personal information
Gërçaliu in 2009
Full name	Ronald Gërçaliu
Date of birth	(1986-02-12) 12 February 1986
Place of birth	Tirana, Albania
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Universitatea Cluj
Number	5
Youth career
1995–1997	Partizani Tirana
1998–2004	SK Sturm Graz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2004–2005	Sturm Graz	46	(0)
2006	Red Bull Salzburg	2	(0)
2006	Sturm Graz	12	(0)
2007–2008	Austria Wien	43	(1)
2008–2009	Red Bull Salzburg	23	(0)
2009–2010	SC Wiener Neustadt	24	(0)
2010–2012	FC Ingolstadt 04	0	(0)
2012	ŁKS Łódź	12	(1)
2012–2014	Erzgebirge Aue	9	(0)
2014–	Universitatea Cluj	0	(0)
National team^‡
2005–2009	Austria	14	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:23, 18 November 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2008

Ronald Gërçaliu (German: Ronald Gercaliu, born 12 February 1986) is an Albanian-born Austrian footballer who plays for Universitatea Cluj. Eligible to play for Albania, he chose to play for Austria after being called up by Hans Krankl in 2005.^[1]

Club career

Born in Tirana but moved to Austria in 1997, Gërçaliu came up through the ranks at Sturm Graz, becoming first-team mainstay in 2004–05 season and also played professionally for Salzburg and Austria Wien. In summer 2008 he rejoined Salzburg after only one and a half season at Austria Wien. On 28 June 2009, it was announced that Gërçaliu signed with SC Wiener Neustadt for the new season. After one season he left SC Wiener Neustadt and signed for German club FC Ingolstadt 04. On January 3, 2014 he signed a 2 years contract with Universitatea Cluj.

International career

He is of Albanian origin but chose to play for Austria after being called up by Hans Krankl in 2005 and then made his debut for Austria in an August 2005 friendly match against Scotland and was a participant at Euro 2008.

Honours

Austria Wien

Austrian Cup: 2006–07 Austrian Cup

References

↑ "Gercaliu, Ronald" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 14 August 2010.

External links

Player profile at Austria Archiv (German)
Ronald Gërçaliu at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e Austria squad – UEFA Euro 2008

1 Manninger 2 Standfest 3 Stranzl 4 Pogatetz 5 Fuchs 6 Aufhauser 7 Vastić 8 Leitgeb 9 Linz 10 Ivanschitz 11 Korkmaz 12 Gërçaliu 13 Katzer 14 Garics 15 Prödl 16 Patocka 17 Hiden 18 Kienast 19 Säumel 20 Harnik 21 Macho 22 Hoffer 23 Özcan Coach: Hickersberger

v t e FC Universitatea Cluj – current squad

1 Niculescu 2 Ciupe 4 Szilágyi 5 Bucșa‎ 6 Popa 7 Târnăcop 10 Cristocea 11 Odiaka 12 Ţicrea 15 Săndulescu 16 van Doten 17 Takács 20 Borza 21 Dolha 22 Ninu 23 Prescură 24 Rațiu 26 Dedu 27 Kovács 29 Mutu 30 Turcu FW Boutadjine Head coach: Teja

Persondata
Name	Gërçaliu, Roland
Alternative names
Short description	Association footballer
Date of birth	12 February 1986
Place of birth	Tirana, Albania
Date of death
Place of death

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