Samir Ujkani

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Samir Ujkani
Personal information
Full name	Samir Ujkani
Date of birth	July 5, 1988 (1988-07-05) (age 19)
Place of birth	Vučitrn, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Palermo
Number	88
Youth clubs
	Anderlecht
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007-	Palermo	0 (0)
National team2
2007-	Albania U-21	2 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:00, 17 April 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 21:00, 17 April 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Samir Ujkani (born 5 July 1988 in Vučitrn, SFR Yugoslavia, now Kosovo) is an Albanian-Belgian football goalkeeper.

He was born in Resnik, a village which is now part of the municipality of Vučitrn, in central Kosovo.^[1][2] He then moved in Belgium, and played until June 2007 for the Anderlecht Under-19s, and made also ten appearances with their Reserves team. On June 2007 he agreed to sign a 5 year contract with Palermo of Serie A.^[2]

He played as unused bench in two UEFA Cup match for Palermo.

He received an Albanian passport on summer 2007 and is now part of the Albania national under-21 football team, and made his debut on June 1 in a European qualification match against Italy.

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v • d • e U.S. Città di Palermo – current squad 1 Agliardi • 3 Capuano • 4 Tedesco • 7 Cavani • 8 Migliaccio • 9 Çani • 10 Miccoli • 11 Amauri • 12 Fontana • 14 Guana • 16 Cassani • 17 Janković • 18 Carbonaro • 20 Caserta • 21 Biava • 22 Di Matteo • 23 Bresciano • 30 Simplício • 42 Balzaretti • 43 Barzagli • 53 Cossentino • 88 Ujkani • -- Nocerino • -- Liverani • -- Giovio • -- Amelia • -- Raggi • -- Túlio de Melo • Coach: Colantuono

Persondata
NAME	Ujkani, Samir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ujkani, Samir
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH	1988-7-5
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vučitrn, SFR Yugoslavia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH