Valmir Sulejmani

Valmir Sulejmani
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996
Place of birth Großburgwedel, Burgwedel, Germany[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Hannover 96 II
Number 10
Youth career
2005–2013 Hannover 96
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Hannover 96 II 77 (8)
2014–2016 Hannover 96 11 (0)
2015 → 1. FC Union Berlin (loan) 6 (0)
2015 → 1. FC Union Berlin II (loan) 1 (0)
National team‡
2012–2013 Germany U17 5 (0)
2014–2015 Albania U21 0 (0)
2015– Kosovo 3 (0)
2017– Kosovo U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 May 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 June 2017

Valmir Sulejmani (born 1 February 1996) is an Kosovo Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for German club Hannover 96 II and the Kosovo national team. Sulejmani previously represented Germany and Albania at youth international level.

Club career

Hannover 96

Youth career

He started his youth career at Hannover 96's academy at age nine. He played for Hannover U-19 youth team for the 2012–13 season in the Under 19 Bundesliga and made it seven appearances and scored one goal against Holstein Kiel U-19 team on 12 May 2013, match finished in the victory 5–2.[2] He started the 2013–14 season on 11 August 2013, playing against Rot-Weiss Erfurt U-19 in the loss 3–1.[3] He managed to score 2 goals that season, were first came a week later after the opening season match, on 18 August 2013 against St. Pauli U-19 finished in the victory 4–2 [4] and the season second goal on 1 September 2013 against Hamburg U-19, were the match finished in the victory 4–1.[5] Sulejmani finished playing the 2013–14 season with total of 6 appearances and 2 goals scored, as he gained entry with Hannover 96 II mading his debut on 19 October 2013 against Victoria Hamburg playing as a starter in the match finished in an away victory 0–2.[6]

First team

Sulejmani played on 26 October 2013 in the destruction 9–2 victory of Hannover 96 II against Werder Bremen II[7] before he gained entry at the first Hannover 96 team, as he called up for the match against Werder Bremen on 3 November 2013, where he was an unused substitute for the entire match.[8] He made it his first debut for Hannover 96 at age 17, on 14 December 2013 in the match against Nürnberg, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute in place of Artur Sobiech were the match finished in the draw 3–3, also coming from behind 3–0 were Sulejmani assisted the second Hannover's goal scored by Mame Diouf in 87th minute.[9] In the next fixture match against Freiburg on 21 December 2013, Sulejmani included in the starting line up, playing a full first-half of the match and substituted off for second half by Artur Sobiech, as the match finished in the loss 2-1.[10]

Loan to Union Berlin

On 29 January 2015, Sulejmani was loaned to the 2. Bundesliga side Union Berlin until the end of the 2014–15 season. He was hired as a replacement for long-time injured Maximilian Thiel and rejoined with head coach Norbert Düwel, who had been assistant coach at Hannover 96 before.[11]

International

Germany U17

Between 2012 and 2013. Sulejmani has played five matches for the Germany U17.[12]

Albania U21

Sulejmani declared to the Albanian sports media that he has been in contact with FSHF and although he has played for Germany's youth teams, he could play for Albania in the future, given his Albanian background.[13] On the other hand, Albania's coach, Gianni de Biasi, declared that Sulejmani is in his plans.[14]

On 1 August 2014 the Albania national under-21 football team's coach Skënder Gega declared that he has invited Sulejmani to join the Albania national U21 team for the friendly match on 6 August 2014 against Qatar U-20.[15] Two days later on 3 August 2014 media reported that his club Hannover didn't gave him the permission to go with the Albania U-21, but Sulejmani himself declared that he would be part of the team in the future matches.[16] On October 1, 2014 Sulejmani received another call-up from Albania under-21 for the friendly match against Romania U21,[17] but declined the invitation.

Kosovo

On 7 October 2015. Sulejmani received a call-up from Kosovo for a friendly match against Equatorial Guinea[18] and making his debut after coming on as a substitute at 57th minute in place of Mërgim Brahimi.

Kosovo under-21

On 5 June 2017. Sulejmani received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for a 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Norway U21[19] and making his debut after being named in the starting line-up.

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 March 2015 [20]
Season Club League country League League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2013–14 Hannover 96 II Regionalliga 100----100
Hannover 96 Bundesliga 50----50
Total Hannover 96 50000050
2014–15 Hannover 96 II Regionalliga 160----160
Total Hannover 96 II 2600000260
Union Berlin 2. Bundesliga 2000--20
Total 20000020
Career total 3300000330

References

  1. ↑ "Player's Profile: Valmir Sulejmani" (in German). Hannover 96. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Hannover 96 U19 vs. Holstein Kiel U19 - 12 May 2013 - Soccerway". Int.soccerway.com. 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  3. ↑ "Rot-Weiß Erfurt U19 vs. Hannover 96 U19 - 11 August 2013 - Soccerway". Int.soccerway.com. 2013-08-11. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  4. ↑ "Hannover 96 U19 vs. St. Pauli U19 - 18 August 2013 - Soccerway". Int.soccerway.com. 2013-08-18. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  5. ↑ "Hannover 96 U19 vs. Hamburger SV U19 - 1 September 2013 - Soccerway". Int.soccerway.com. 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  6. ↑ "Victoria Hamburg vs. Hannover 96 II - 19 October 2013 - Soccerway". Int.soccerway.com. 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  7. ↑ "Hannover 96 II vs. Werder Bremen II - 26 October 2013 - Soccerway". Int.soccerway.com. 2013-10-26. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  8. ↑ "Werder Bremen vs. Hannover 96 - 3 November 2013 - Soccerway". Int.soccerway.com. 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  9. ↑ "Hannover 96 vs. Nürnberg - 14 December 2013 - Soccerway". Soccerway. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  10. ↑ "Freiburg vs. Hannover 96 - 21 December 2013 - Soccerway". Int.soccerway.com. 2013-12-21. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  11. ↑ "1. FC Union Berlin leiht Valmir Sulejmani von Hannover 96 aus" [1. FC Union Berlin loans Valmir Sulejmani from Hannover 96] (in German). 1. FC Union Berlin. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "U 17-Junioren: Valmir Sulejmani" [U 17-juniors: Valmir Sulejmani] (in German). DFB. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  13. ↑ Asport (November 6, 2013). "17-vjeçari Sulejmani : Krenar të luaj në klubin e Altin Lalës. Kombëtarja? Kurrë mos thuaj kurrë". Asport. Retrieved 28 January 2014. Është e vërtetë që kam pasur kontakt me Federatën Shqiptare të Futbollit, respektivisht me Jetmir Salihun (red. përfaqësues i FSHF-së në Kosovë). Por në atë kohë unë kisha ftesë nga Kombetarja Gjermane, ftesë të cilën s’mund ta refuzoja. Ama kjo nuk do të thotë që unë një ditë të mos bëhem pjesë e Shqipërisë, pasi nuk mund të harroj origjinën time.
  14. ↑ Gazeta Start (August 1, 2013). "De Biazi: Valmir Sulejmani është në planet e mia". Retrieved 28 January 2014. Sulejmani? Po, e njoh shumë mirë. E kam ndjekur prej kohësh, madje e kam parë me kujdes në takimin me Fraiburgun. Nuk ka dyshime që është futbollist shumë interesant dhe në planet e mia. Nuk diskutohet që ai mund të luajë me ekipin U-21, por edhe më shumë, mund të jetë një alternativë e mirë për Ekipin A.
  15. ↑ "Gega "vesh" kuq e zi Sylejmanin e Paqaraden". aSport.al. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  16. ↑ "Hannoveri e ndalon Sylejmanin ti bashkohet Shqipërisë për ndeshjen me Katarin". aSport.al. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  17. ↑ "U-21 ben gati miqesoren kunder Rumanise". Fshf.org. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  18. ↑ "Bunjaku bënë publike listën e futbollistëve për ndeshjen kundër Guinesë Ekuatoriale". Botapress (in Albanian). 7 October 2015.
  19. ↑ "Kombëtarja U21 filloi përgatitjet për sfidën me Norvegjinë" (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 5 June 2017.
  20. ↑ Valmir Sulejmani at Soccerway

Valmir Sulejmani at Soccerway

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