Orges Shehi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 team | Skënderbeu Korçë | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1994 | Teuta Durrës | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1994–2004 | Teuta Durrës | 168 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | → Bylis Ballsh (loan) | 29 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Vllaznia Shkodër | 39 | (0) |
| 2005–2009 | Partizani Tirana | 121 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Besa Kavajë | 31 | (0) |
| 2010– | Skënderbeu Korçë | 134 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1993–1994 | Albania U16 | 5 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | Albania U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 1998, 2010– | Albania | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Orges Shehi (born 20 September 1977) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Albanian club Skënderbeu Korçë and the Albania national team.
Career
Teuta Durrës
Shehi started his career with Teuta Durrës and after good performances in the Albanian Superliga he also played for Albania U21.
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 KF Skënderbeu Korçë. He won 4 consecutive league titles (2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 & 2013-14).
His peak of career is presentation with the team in the 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.
In the 2014–15 season Shehi scored his first career goal. On 6 December 2014 during the match between Skënderbeu Korçë and his first team Teuta Durrës, Shehi took charge to kick a penalty himself in the 41st minute in where he scored.[2]
International career
Shehi capped for the first time in international level with the Albania national under-16 football team, mading his debut in the 1994 UEFA European Under-16 Championship against Liechtenstein in a 1–0 loss.[3]
Albania U21
He made it 7 appearances for the Albania national under-21 football team from years 1997–1999.
Albania senior team
He received his first call-up for Albania senior team by the coach Astrit Hafizi for the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying match against Georgia on 5 September 1998, where he was an unused substitute behind Foto Strakosha.[4]
He returned in national team after more than a decade, as he received the call up by coach Josip Kuže for a friendly match against Macedonia on 17 November 2010, this after an emergency for replacing Arjan Beqaj, which was injured.[5] Shehi was as a second choice behind number 1, Samir Ujkani and made it his first debut for Albania by coming on as a substitute in the start of the second-half in place of exactly Samir Ujkani and the match finished in the goaless draw, mading Shehi to debut with the clean sheet for an half-match.[6]
Later after a year, he was called up again on national team on 29 February 2012, for friendly match against Georgia, this time by a new coach Gianni De Biasi. Shehi made it his second appearance for Albania, coming on as a substitute in 89th minute and again in place of Samir Ujkani.[7]
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
In the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification he was called up regularly for the national team as a third choice goalkeeper, behind Etrit Berisha and Samir Ujkani.
After the end of the qualification tournament, Samir Ujkani left the Albania national team to play for the Kosovo national football team, which just had gained the right to play international friendlies against FIFA member associations and it will represent Kosovo in these friendlies starting from 5 March 2014 against Haiti national team.[8] This made it Shehi to became now as a second choise behind only Etrit Berisha and Albania remained with only these two goalkeepers as the coach Gianni De Biasi declared that he hasn't to find another goalkeepers as a third choise because having Etrit Berisha and Shehi I don't see any alarm.[9]
In the first match after the ending of the qualification tournament, against Belarus on 15 November 2014, Shehi played his 4th match for Albania, coming on as a substitute in place of Etrit Berisha in the 60th minute.[10]
During the spring 2014, Shehi played another two matches in March against Malta in a 2–0 victory,[11] and in a 3–0 victory against San Marino on 8 June, in both matches coming on as a substitute in place of Etrit Berisha in the second-half.[12]
UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
Shehi was called up for the opening match of another qualification campaign of Albania, the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying, for the match against Portugal on 7 September 2014.[13]
Career statistics
Club
| Season | Club | League country | League | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 1994–95 | Teuta Durrës | Albanian Superliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995–96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+ | 0 | 10+ | 0 | ||
| 1997–98 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | Bylis Ballsh | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Total Bylis Ballsh | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 1999–00 | Teuta Durrës | Albanian Superliga | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 2000–01 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Total Teuta Durrës | 168 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 175 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | Vllaznia Shkodër | Albanian Superliga | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 2005–06 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Partizani Tirana | Albanian Superliga | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 2006–07 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Total | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 123 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Besa Kavajë | Albanian Superliga | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League 2010-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Skënderbeu Korçë | Albanian Superliga | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
| Total | 134 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 178 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 522 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 582 | 1 | ||
International
- As of 8 June 2014
| Albania national team[15][16] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999–2009 | - | - |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | - | - |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | - | - |
| Total | 6 | 0 |
Albania's goal tally first.
| International appearances and goals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | 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 | ||||||
| 3 | 15 November | Akdeniz University Stadium, Antalya, Turkey |  Belarus |
0–0 | Friendly | 0 |
| 2014 | ||||||
| 4 | 5 March | Niko Dovana Stadium, Durresi, Albania |  Malta |
2–0 | Friendly | 0 |
Honours
- Teuta Durrës
- Albanian Cup (1): 1999-00
- Besa Kavajë
- Albanian Cup (1): 2009-10
- Skënderbeu Korçë
- Albanian Superliga (4): 2010-11 2011-12, 2012–13, 2013-14
- Albanian Cup (1): 2011-12
- Albanian Supercup (1): 2013
References
- ↑ Profile: Height
- ↑ Skënderbeu Korçë vs. Teuta Durrës - 6 December 2014 - Soccerway
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Orges Shehi – UEFA competition record
- ↑ Georgia vs. Albania - 5 September 1998 - Soccerway
- ↑ Demtohet Beqaj Orges Shehi ne Kombetare Lajme Shqiperia.com
- ↑ Albania and Macedonia national football teams played to a 0:0 draw, 17 November 2010 EU-Football.info
- ↑ Georgia vs. Albania - 29 February 2012 - Soccerway
- ↑ Largimi i parë, Ujkani le Shqipërinë për Kosovën - Albeu.com
- ↑ De Biazi: Kosovarë, silluni si Cana Panorama Sport "Reporter: Kush do të jetë portieri i tretë i Shqipërisë? Gianni de Biasi: Ende nuk e kam vendosur, por mendoj se ka ende kohë. Pastaj të mos harrojmë se kemi Berishën dhe Shehin, ndaj nuk shoh ndonjë alarm."
- ↑ Belarus vs. Albania - 15 November 2013 - Soccerway
- ↑ Albania vs. Malta - 5 March 2014 - Soccerway
- ↑ San Marino vs. Albania - 8 June 2014 - Soccerway
- ↑ De Biazi flet për ndeshjen me Portugalinë FSHF.org "Në fund trajneri i Kombëtares së Shqipërisë publikoi edhe listën me 24 lojtarë të grumbulluar për këtë takim. Ata janë: "
- ↑ Orges Shehi profile at Soccerway
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Orges Shehi at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ Orges Shehi - national football team player EU-Football.info
External links
- Partizani.net Profile
- Orges Shehi profile at Soccerway
- Profile at Soccer Association
- Profile at footballdatabase.eu
- Orges Shehi at National-Football-Teams.com
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