Erjon Bogdani

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Erjon Bogdani
Personal information
Full name Erjon Bogdani
Date of birth April 14, 1977 (1977-04-14) (age 31)
Place of birth    Tirana, Albania
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club A.S. Livorno Calcio
Number 81
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1994-1998
1998-1999
2000-2005
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2007-
2007-present
Partizani
Genclerbirligi
Dinamo Zagreb
Reggina
Salernitana (loan)
Verona (loan)
Siena
Chievo
Livorno (loan)
69 (21)
11 (1)
25 0(8)
67 (11)
38 0(8)
38 (17)
49 (13)
19 0(5)
27 0(2)   
National team2
Albania 44 (8)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 17 May 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of N/A.
* Appearances (Goals)

Erijon Bogdani (born 14 April 1977 in Tirana) is an Albanian football striker .Erjon plays for A.S. Livorno Calcio, in Italian Serie A and the Albanian national team.

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[edit] Career

Bogdani was recruited from a basketball team to the soccer team of the same club by Luka Shaqiri at 14 years of age[1]

He started his professional career at Partizani of Albanian Superliga. He then move to 1. HNL club Dinamo Zagreb.

[edit] Reggina

In January 2000, he joined Reggina and made his Serie A debut on 6 February against Bologna F.C. 1909. In Reggio Calabria, except 2001-02 season at Serie B, he played 37 Serie A games, and 4 goals. In 2003-04 season, he was loaned at Salernitana of Serie B. In 2004-05 season, Bogdani was the team top-scorer of Verona at Serie B; 3 goals behind top-scorer Gionatha Spinesi of Arezzo; 2 goals behind Diego Milito of Genoa, Tavano of Empoli.

[edit] Siena

In summer 2005, he is back to Serie A, but for A.C. Siena. He played for the club in 1½ season, before joined Chievo in January 2007 for their emergency signing.

[edit] Chievo

In Chievo,he made his Serie A debut for the club on January 14, 2007 against Catania. He scored 5 in 19 games, but failed to avoid relegation.

He was loaned out to A.S. Livorno Calcio at the start of the 2007-08 Serie A season but since then hasn't had a season to remember after suffering relegation to Seria B with Livorno. [2]

[edit] International career

He has made 44 appearances for Albania and has scored 8 goals in the process

[edit] Honours and awards

Partizani
Dinamo Zagreb
Reggina
  • Serie A Promotion (as 3rd place): 2002

[edit] References

  1. ^ EuroStar Success Stories. eurostarcamps.com¶. Retrieved on Oct 30, 2007.
  2. ^ Tactical Formation. Football-Lineups.com¶. Retrieved on January 18, 2007.

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