Ledian Memushaj

Ledian Memushaj

Memushaj with Pescara in 2016.
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-12-07) 7 December 1986
Place of birth Vlorë, Albania
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Pescara
Number 8
Youth career
2003–2006 Sarzanese
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2008 Sarzanese 84 (10)
2008–2009 Valle d'Aosta 34 (3)
2009–2010 Paganese 28 (1)
2010–2011 Chievo Verona 0 (0)
2011 → Portogruaro (loan) 15 (2)
2011–2012 Carpi 31 (8)
2012–2015 Lecce 29 (3)
2013–2014 → Carpi (loan) 33 (8)
2014–2015 → Pescara (loan) 30 (6)
2015– Pescara 66 (12)
National team‡
2010– Albania 24 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:58, 29 May 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2017

Ledian Memushaj (born 7 December 1986) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Pescara and the Albanian national team.[1]

Club career

Early career

Memushaj started his career as a 17-year-old in Italy for Sarzanese.[2] The club finished second in Eccellenza Liguria in 2006 to gain promotion to Serie D. In summer 2008, he moved to fellow Serie D side Valle d'Aosta where he played 34 games and scored 3 goals.[3] Then on 10 September 2009 he was signed by Paganese in the Lega Pro Prima Divisione[4] after a trail and solved the bureaucratic issue.[5]

Chievo and Portogruaro (loan)

On 21 June 2010, he was signed by Serie A side Chievo Verona on free transfer.[6] He was loaned out to Portogruaro on 29 January 2011. He became the best of his team in their Serie B campaign making an impact to their offensive game and receiving high ratings.[7]

Lecce

He left Carpi and continued again in Italy cause on 27 July 2012, he moved to Serie B side Lecce on a three-year contract.[8] However, before he even kicked a ball for his new club, they were relegated to the Lega Pro Prima Divisione after their subsequent expulsion from the Serie B for their part in the Calcio Scommesse scandal.

Memushaj scored his first goal for Lecce on 3 September 2012 in a 3–2 victory against Cremonese. He scored the 3rd goal of the match for his team in the 31st minute with a kick from out 20-metters.[9] On 23 September 2012, Memushaj scored the third goal in the 1–3 away victory of Lecce against Treviso and with this victory Lecce got ranked in the top of the 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione League table.[10]

Loan to Carpi

On 27 July 2013 Carpi announced to have signed Memushaj on loan from Lecce for the 2013–14 season of the Serie B. This transfer happened a few after Carpi signed the fellow Albania national team player, Edgar Çani and also it was the second time for Memushaj to sign for Carpi.[11]

He scored his first goal for Carpi after loan on 28 September 2013 in the 0–1 away victory against Reggina in the last moments in the 90'+3 minute.[12] On 26 October 2013 Memushaj scored a goal against Latina from the penalty spot in the start of the second-half, to give his team the 1–1 draw.[13] On 21 December 2013 Memushaj scored from the penalty spot in the 72nd minute, to give his team the minimal 1–0 victory against Palermo. This victory made opponent Palermo to descending from first place in the possession of Empoli.[14] Memushaj seems to have taken his team on his side arm and each week is crucial to the game and his goals. On 26 December 2013 he scored a goal for the next day in the Italian Serie B opening the way for victory Capri in the away match against Virtus Lanciano, when they were found at a disadvantage in the 8th minute, but not delivered and immediately found with Memushaj the equalizer in the 22nd minute, an goal which successed by his team-mates which later recorded two other times, achieving an important victory in the away from home, approaching more and more to the play-off zone to send in Serie A, being only three points away.[15] He started the 2014's year with a goal to continue his excellent form like the first half of the season. He scored in the 20th minute of the first half for the temporary advantage of Capri in the match played at home against Ternana on 25 January 2014, but Capri failed to provide a positive result as the match were being overthrown by Ternana. It was his fifth goal this season and despite this loss, Memushaj team weres only three points away from the play-off zone to promote in Serie A.[16][17]

On 6 May 2014 Memushaj got injured by torn right knee ligament in match against Pescara and after resonance in Italy, it was decided that he will be operated and was predicted to stay 6 months away from the field of play.[18]

In the 2013–14 season Memushaj played in total 33 Serie B matches in where he scored 8 goals and also in a single match for the 2013–14 Coppa Italia.

Return to Lecce

Carpi didn't accept the request of Lecce to buy Memushaj for a fee of 400.000 € and he returned to Lecce.[19]

Pescara

On 1 September 2014 Memushaj signed for the Serie B club Pescara an 1-year contract.[20]

Due to the injury suffered in May 2014 at Carpi, he missed out first 7 matches of the 2014–15 Serie B.[21] He made it his debut on 12 October 2014 by coming on as a substitute of the 87th minute for Gabriel Appelt Pires in the 8th match week between Crotone and Pescara, which finished in the 1–4 win for his team Pescara.[22] He was an unused substitute for the next week match on 17 October 2014 against Vicenza (1–1),[23] but a week after in the match against his previous team Carpi, Memushaj played as a starter and the match finished as a bad loss with the 0–5 result.[24] A week later Memushaj scored his first goal for Pescara in a 1–1 draw against Bari.[25] On 27 December 2015 Memushaj scored the winning goal in the game against U.S. Latina Calcio, but was subsequently sent off the pitch after having kicked a microphone on the sidelines in connection with his goal celebration.[26]

International career

1 call-up & appearance for each year from 2010–2013

Memushaj received his first call-up from Albania national football team's coach Josip Kuže for friendly-match against Macedonia on 17 November 2010 [27] and made it first debut by coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute in place of Klodian Duro.[28]

He was called up also for the next match in a row, another friendly against Slovenia on 9 February 2011 by same coach Josip Kuže.[29] Memushaj played against Slovenia as a substitute in the 81st minute in place of Hamdi Salihi.[30]

Then after a long time without any call-up, he received it by a new coach of Albania Gianni De Biasi, for the friendly match against Moldova on 15 August 2012.[31] In this match which finished in a goalless draw, Memushaj was included in the starting line-up and got substituted off in the start of the second half for Odise Roshi.[32]

Again he didn't called up for a year, until friendly match against Belarus,[33] played on 15 November 2013 and finished in a goalless draw, where he came in as a substitute in the 71st minute in place of Valdet Rama.[34]

2014

Memushaj received another call up for second match in a row of Albania, a friendly against Malta on 5 March 2014.[35] Memushaj played 12 minutes in the match, coming on as a substitute in place of Ergys Kaçe in the 78th minute, as the match finished in the 2–0 victory with goals scored by Migjen Basha in the 26th minute and Alban Meha in 53rd minute.[36]

Coach Gianni De Biasi started considering him an important player for national team and declared that he will include him in the squad for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, which starts in September. But unfortunely Memushaj missed out the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying 3 first matches in September and October 2014, due to the injury that suffered at Carpi during the month May 2014, an injury which lasted longer for 6 months.

Soon as he was returned from the long injury, Memushaj was called up for the friendly matches against France and Italy on 14 & 18 November 2014.[37] Against France he played a full 90-minutes match, which finished in the 1–1 draw.[38] Then against Italy he played another full 90-minutes match and in the 38th minute, the Albanian striker Sokol Cikalleshi kicked the post and then the ball returned to Memushaj which kicked from outside the box but the ball passed close to the post.[39]

Euro 2016

On 21 May 2016, Memushaj was named in Albania's preliminary 27-man squad for UEFA Euro 2016,[40] and in Albania's final 23-man UEFA Euro 2016 squad on 31 May.[41]

Memushaj was an unused substitute against Switzerland in the opening match in 0–1 loss and then he played the full 90-minutes matches against hosts of France where they lost 2–0 and against Romania in an Albania's historical 1–0 win where Memushaj himself assisted the winning goal scored by Armando Sadiku.[42] Albania finished the group in the third position with three points and with a goal difference –2, and was ranked last in the third-placed teams, which eventually eliminated them.[43]

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Memushaj scored his first international goal on 11 June 2017 in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Israel. He scored the last goal in an Albania's 0–3 glorious away victory.[44]

Personal life

He and his family migrated to Italy in 1997 due to civil war in Albania.[2]

Career statistics

Club

As of 11:53, 29 May 2017 (UTC) [45][46][47]
Club Season League country League League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sarzanese 2003–04 Eccellenza Liguria 20———20
2004–05 292———292
2005–06 00———00
2006–07 Serie D 313———313
2007–08 225———225
Total 8410———8410
Valle d'Aosta 2008–09 Serie D 343———343
Total 343———343
Paganese 2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione 281——2[lower-alpha 1]0301
Total 281——20301
Chievo Verona 2010–11 Serie A —30——30
Total —30——30
Portogruaro 2010–11 Serie B 152———152
Total 152———152
Carpi 2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione 31821—4[lower-alpha 2]0379
Total 31821—40379
Lecce 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione 29320—3[lower-alpha 2]0343
Total 29320—30343
Carpi 2013–14 Serie B 33810——348
Total 33810——348
Pescara 2014–15 Serie B 30610—5[lower-alpha 2]1367
2015–16 301110—2[lower-alpha 2]03311
2016–17 Serie A 36120——381
Total 961840—7110719
Career total 35053121—14137655
  1. ↑ All appearance(s) in play-out
  2. 1 2 3 4 All appearance(s) in play-off

International

As of 11 June 2017 [46][48]
Albania national team
YearAppsGoals
201010
201110
201210
201310
201430
201550
201680
201741
Total241

International goals

As of 11 June 2017. Albania score listed first, score column indicates score after each Memushaj's goal.[48]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1 11 June 2017 Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, Israel 24  Israel 3–0 3–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [44]

References

  1. ↑ Lajme: Memushaj merr ftesen per ne Kombetare FutbolliShqiptar.net
  2. 1 2 Fation Shehu (26 June 2016). "Rrëfehet “Labi” Memushaj, nga gomonet, te shkëlqimi në Euro 2016" (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Ledjan Memushaj zyrtarisht lojtar i Paganezes AlbaniaSoccer
  4. ↑ "UFFICIALE: TESSERATO MEMUSHAJ" (in Italian). Paganese Calcio 1926. 10 September 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "TREDICI GOL NEL PRIMO TEST AMICHEVOLE" (in Italian). Paganese Calcio 1926. 18 July 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  6. ↑ "MERCATO: TESSERATO IL CENTROCAMPISTA MEMUSHAJ, SVINCOLATO DALLA PAGANESE" (in Italian). AC ChievoVerona. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  7. ↑ Serie B / Ledjan Memushaj vleresohet me note te larte AlbaniaSoccer
  8. ↑ "Zyrtare: Memushaj kalon te Lecce" (in Albanian). aSport.al. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Memushaj shënon golin e parë me Lecce-n (video)" (in Albanian). aSport.al. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "Memushaj shënon dhe çon në krye të tabeles Leccen" (in Albanian). Sport.al. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  11. ↑ Zyrtare: Memushaj i bashkohet Çanit, transferohet te FC Carpi aSport.al
  12. ↑ "Reggio Calabria vs. Carpi - 28 September 2013 - Soccerway". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  13. ↑ Memushaj shënon nga penalltia dhe i jep një pikë Carpit aSport.al
  14. ↑ Memushaj mposht Ujkanin dhe Palermon aSport.al
  15. ↑ Memushaj nuk ndalet, shënon përsëri aSport.al
  16. ↑ "Carpi vs. Ternana - 25 January 2014 - Soccerway". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  17. ↑ Memushaj e nis me gol vitin 2014 aSport.al
  18. ↑ Dëmtohet rëndë Memushaj, 6 muaj jashtë aSport.al
  19. ↑ "Karpi s’paguan kartonin, Memushaj kthehet te Leçe". Panorama Sport. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  20. ↑ Zyrtare: Ledian Memushaj te Pescara aSport.al
  21. ↑ "Summary - Serie B - Italy - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  22. ↑ "Crotone vs. Pescara - 12 October 2014 - Soccerway". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  23. ↑ "Vicenza vs. Pescara - 17 October 2014 - Soccerway". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  24. ↑ "Pescara vs. Carpi - 25 October 2014 - Soccerway". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  25. ↑ Memushaj dhe Vajushi, golat e kuqezinjve Panorama Sport
  26. ↑ "Serie B Pescara batte Latina con un gol di Memushaj". www.tuttosport.com. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  27. ↑ Ledian Memushaj, risia e kombëtares shqiptare këtë muaj ikub.al
  28. ↑ "Albania vs. FYR Macedonia - 17 November 2010". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  29. ↑ Kombetarja/ Publikohet lista e lojtareve per miqesoren me Sllovenine AlbaniaSoccer
  30. ↑ "Albania vs. Slovenia - 9 February 2011 - Soccerway". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  31. ↑ De Biasi publikon listen kundër Moldavisë me dy debutues aSport.al
  32. ↑ "Albania vs. Moldova - 15 August 2012 - Soccerway". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  33. ↑ Lista anti-Bjellorusi: De Biazi rikthen Memushajn, Sadikun e Mehën, Vajushi e Salihi jashtë aSport.al
  34. ↑ "Belarus vs. Albania - 15 November 2013 - Soccerway". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  35. ↑ Risia per Malten, Taulant Xhaka vishet kuqezi SuperSport
  36. ↑ "Albania vs. Malta - 5 March 2014 - Soccerway". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  37. ↑ "De Biazi: Të vazhdojmë punën e nisur". FSHF.org. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  38. ↑ "Griezmann earns France draw with Albania". UEFA.com. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  39. ↑ Një "Super" Berisha, por autogoli i jep fitoren Italisë aSport.al "Ishte Sokol Çikalleshi (min 38’) ai i cili pasi përfitoi nga një hutim i mbrojtes italiane goditi shtyllën, topi i devijuar u godit sërish nga Memushaj por kësaj here gjuajtja përfundoi jashtë. Ky rast bëri që stadiumi të ndizej i tëri."
  40. ↑ Fatjon Pandovski (21 May 2016). "De Biasi leaves out Albanian top scorer Salihi". UEFA. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  41. ↑ "De Biasi shpall listën zyrtare të Euro 2016". FSHF.org. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  42. ↑ UEFA EURO 2016 - Albania - Matches UEFA.com
  43. ↑ "Albania out of Euro 2016 after Portugal draw with Hungary". Fourfourtwo.com. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  44. 1 2 Israel football team lost to Albania 0:3, 11 June 2017 EU-football.info
  45. ↑ Ledian Memushaj at Soccerway
  46. 1 2 Ledian Memushaj at National-Football-Teams.com
  47. ↑ Ledian Memushaj – UEFA competition record
  48. 1 2 "Ledian Memushaj - national football team player". EU-Football.info. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
 Pescara captain
2016– 		Succeeded by
Incumbent

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