Erton Fejzullahu

Erton Fejzullahu
Fejzullahu with Djurgårdens IF in 2013
Personal information
Full name Erton Fejzullahu
Date of birth (1988-06-09) 9 June 1988
Place of birth Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Kalmar FF
Number 44
Youth career
2000–2005 Högadals IS
2005–2007 Copenhagen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Copenhagen 0 (0)
2007 → Mjällby AIF (loan) 22 (5)
2008–2009 Mjällby AIF 35 (16)
2009–2012 NEC Nijmegen 37 (3)
2011 → Randers FC (loan) 7 (0)
2011–2012 → Mjällby AIF (loan) 21 (6)
2012–2014 Djurgårdens IF 53 (23)
2014 → Beijing Guoan (loan) 14 (7)
2015 Beijing Guoan 17 (5)
2016–2017 Dalian Transcendence 7 (1)
2017 Sarpsborg 08 12 (2)
2017– Kalmar FF 16 (1)
National team‡
2005 Sweden U17 2 (0)
2009–2010 Sweden U21 7 (7)
2013–2014 Sweden 5 (3)
2015– Kosovo 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:16, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 September 2017

Erton Fejzullahu (born 9 April 1988) is an Kosovo Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swedish club Kalmar FF and Kosovo national team. He also holds Swedish citizenship and has represented the Swedish national team.

Early life

Fejzullahu was born in Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia. He came to Sweden as a three year old and grew up in the town of Karlshamn.[1] He holds Kosovan,[a] Albanian and Swedish passports.

Club career

Youth career

Fejzullahu began his career with fifth-tier team Högadals IS, before moving to Danish side FC Copenhagen in 2005.[2]

Mjällby AIF

On January 2007. Fejzullahu returned to Sweden to sign with Mjällby AIF, who played in the second tier Superettan at that time and therefore was the highest level club near his hometown.[3] There Fejzullahu adjusted to first team football and eventually had a big breakthrough in the 2009 Superettan, where he scored 13 goals in 14 games during the first half of the season and played a key role in eliminating two Allsvenskan teams in the Svenska Cupen.[4]

NEC Nijmegen

On 17 July 2009, Eredivisie club NEC Nijmegen signed Fejzullahu on a four-year contract.[5] He started well and was a regular starter during his first year with the Dutch club. In his second year he found playing time harder to come by and was loaned out for a short period to Danish club Randers FC.[6] He then went on a second loan back home to Mjällby for the second half of the 2011 Allsvenskan season. At first he struggled while playing for his old club. Fejzullahu later stated that this was caused by bad form and him lacking both mentally and physically at the time.[7] He stayed with Mjällby for the first half of the following season too and there he finally started showing improved form, scoring six goals in 15 games. As the loan ended in summer 2012 Mjällby wanted to sign him permanently but could not afford it.[8]

Djurgårdens IF

Djurgårdens IF instead bought him from the Dutch club for a reported sum of ten million SEK.[9] On 31 July 2012, Fejzullahu signed a contract which made him a Djurgårdens IF player until summer 2016.

Beijing Guoan

On 30 July 2014. Fejzullahu made his debut for Beijing Guoan, as a loan player with a performance of two goals and an assist. On 1 January 2015, he signed a contract with Beijing Guoan after the expiry of the contract as loan player from Djurgårdens IF.

Dalian Transcendence

On 25 January 2016. Fejzullahu moved to China League One side Dalian Transcendence.[10]

Sarpsborg 08

On 28 March 2017. Fejzullahu signed to Eliteserien side Sarpsborg 08 and he signed a contract to end of 2017 Eliteserien.[11][12] On 2 April 2017, he made his debut in a 3–1 home win against Sogndal after coming on as a substitute at 78th minute in place of Jonas Lindberg.

Kalmar

On 21 July 2017. Fejzullahu signed to Allsvenskan side Kalmar.[13] On 23 July 2017, he made his debut in a 2–0 home win against AFC Eskilstuna after being named in the starting line-up.

International career

In December 2012. He was selected for the first time ever to join the Sweden, on a three-game tour in January 2013.[14] On 23 January 2013. Fejzullahu made his debut for the senior team and scoring the equalizing goal in a 1–1 draw against North Korea in the King's Cup. After full-time was played, the standing was 1–1, and Sweden won on penalty-shootout. Through this victory Sweden also became unofficial world champions.

In December 2014. Fejzullahu expressed to the media that he expected to be part of the Albania, since he was an ethnic Albanian and Sweden had ignored him. He was in contact with the Albanian Football Association and was expected to be called up by Albania's coach, Gianni de Biasi.[15]

On 7 October 2015. Fejzullahu received a call-up from Kosovo for the friendly match against Equatorial Guinea[16] and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up.

International goals

Sweden

Scores and goals list Sweden's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.23 January 2013700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang MaiNorth Korea North Korea1–11–12013 King's Cup
2.17 January 2014Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu DhabiMoldova Moldova1–12–1Friendly
3.2–1

Career statistics

As of match played 8 April 2018[17]
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Denmark League Danish Cup Europe Total
2006–07F.C. CopenhagenDanish Superliga00——00
Sweden League Svenska Cupen Europe Total
2007Mjällby AIFSuperettan22500—225
200823600—236
2009121033—1513
Netherlands League KNVB Cup Europe Total
2009–10NECEredivisie29331—324
2010–118010—90
Denmark League Danish Cup Europe Total
2010–11Randers FCDanish Superliga7010—80
Sweden League Svenska Cupen Europe Total
2011Mjällby AIFAllsvenskan6000—60
201215600—156
2012Djurgårdens IFAllsvenskan13712—149
201327775—3412
201413921—1510
China League FA Cup Asia Total
2014Beijing GuoanChinese Super League14711—158
20151752160256
2016Dalian TranscendenceChina League One7100—71
Norway League Cupen Europe Total
2017Sarpsborg 08Eliteserien12224—146
Sweden League Svenska Cupen Europe Total
2017KalmarAllsvenskan14100—141
201820000020
Total Netherlands 3734100404
Sweden 1475113110016062
Denmark 70100080
China 381332604715
Norway 1222400146
Career total 2416923180026487

Honours

International

Notes and references

Notes

a. ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received formal recognition as an independent state from 113 out of 193 United Nations member states.

References

  1. ↑ "Erton – Dif:s egen Zlatan" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. 25 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Fejzullahu klar för FCK". Sydöstran (in Swedish). 2005.
  3. ↑ "Ertons stora dag". Sydöstran (in Swedish). January 2007.
  4. ↑ "Fejzullahu till Djurgården" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 31 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Spits Erton Fejzullahu voor 4 jaar naar N.E.C." (in Dutch). NEC Nijmegen. 17 July 2009.
  6. ↑ "Mjällby jagar Erton Fejzullahu" (in Swedish). Expressen. 31 August 2011.
  7. ↑ "Erton Fejzullahu ska sänka sitt favoritlag" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 1 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "Dödläge mellan NEC Nijmegen och Mjällby om Erton Fejzullahu". Fotbolltransfers.com (in Swedish). 18 July 2012.
  9. ↑ "Dif köper loss Erton för tio miljoner" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 31 July 2012.
  10. ↑ "大连超越官方宣布费祖拉乌加盟 签约三年穿10号". sports.sohu.com (in Chinese). 25 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Erton Fejzullahu er klar for Sarpsborg 08" (in Norwegian). Sarpsborg 08 FF. 28 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "Svensk spissprofil klar for Sarpsborg 08" (in Norwegian). Sarpsborg 08 FF. 28 March 2017.
  13. ↑ "Erton Fejzullahu klar för Kalmar FF!" (in Swedish). Kalmar FF. 21 July 2017.
  14. ↑ "Erton: "Riktiga landslaget är nästa mål"". FotbollDirekt (in Swedish). 6 December 2012.
  15. ↑ "Fejzullahu i zhgënjyer, kërkon Shqipërinë" (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 14 December 2014.
  16. ↑ "Kosova publikon listën e lojtarëve kundër Guinesë" (in Albanian). Gazeta Express. 7 October 2015.
  17. ↑ Erton Fejzullahu at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 April 2018.

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