Ilaz Zylfiu

Ilaz Zylfiu
Personal information
Full name Ilaz Zylfiu
Date of birth (1998-03-27) 27 March 1998[1]
Place of birth Miratovac, FR Yugoslavia[2]
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[3]
Playing position Second striker[3]
Club information
Current team
 Flamurtari
Youth career
2008–2015 Lugina
2015–2017 Radnik Surdulica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Radnik Surdulica 1 (0)
2017 → Pukovac (loan) 6 (0)
2017–2018 → Ozren Sokobanja (loan) 29 (6)
2018– Flamurtari 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 August 2018

Ilaz Zylfiu (Serbian Cyrillic: Илаз Зилфиу; born 27 March 1998) is a Serbian footballer of Albanian descent who plays as a second striker for Kosovan club Flamurtari.[1]

Club career

Radnik Surdulica

Born in Miratovac, a small town in the municipality of Preševo as a member of Albanian ethnic group,[2] Zylfiu started playing football at the age of 10.[4] He was playing with football club Lugina, based in Aliđerce,[3] until he joined Radnik Surdulica as a youngester.[2] After almost two years with youth team, Zylfiu signed an one-year scholarship contract with Radnik in February 2017.[5] He was also loaned on dual registration to the Serbian League East side Pukovac,[6] making six appearances until the end of the 2016–17 campaign.[7]

In summer 2017, Zylfiu joined the first team of Radnik Surdulica under coach Simo Krunić,[8] but moved on new loan deal to Ozren Sokobanja shortly after.[9] He scored his premier goal for the first season victory of Ozren over Timok on 16 September 2017.[3] After the whole first-half season in the third-ranked league, a loan deal was terminated and Zylfiu returned to Radnik ending of November same year.[10]

On 29 November 2017. Zylfiu made his official debut for Radnik Surdulica, replacing Miloš Stanković in 69 minute of the Serbian SuperLiga match against Red Star Belgrade.[11] He has been reported as the first Albanian footballer in the club history since finding in 1926.[12] In February 2018, Zylfiu signed his first four-your professional contract with Radnik,[13] after which he extended his loan deal to Ozren until the end of 2017–18 campaign.[14]

Returning from loan deal in summer 2018, Zylfiu started new season prepairing under coach Mladen Dodić,[15] but after being excluded from the 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga player list, Zylfiu mutually terminated the contract and left Radnik as a free agent on the last day of July same year, along with teammate Krsta Đorđević.[16]

Playing style

Zulfiu is a 1.67 m high attacker, who usually plays as a second striker or attacking midfielder.[3] He is characterized by speed and lucidity, affirmed as a goalscorer in the Serbian League East.[17] He has also promoted himself as a free kick taker, scoring in a match against Jedinstvo Paraćin.[18][19] He is often compared with Fadil Vokrri, a former Kosovo Albanian football forward.[3][9][17]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 August 2018[20]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Radnik Surdulica 2016–17[7] Serbian SuperLiga 0000—00
2017–18[21] 1000—10
Total 1000—10
Pukovac (loan) 2016–17[7] Serbian League East 6000—60
Ozren Sokobanja (loan) 2017–18[7] 29600—296
Total 35600—356
Flamurtari 2018–19 Football Superleague of Kosovo 0000—00
Total 0000—00
Career total 36600—366

References

  1. 1 2 "Zulfiji Iljasa". FK Radnik Surdulica official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Islami, Agon (16 December 2017). "Albanac u elitnom fudbalu Srbije nakon tri decenije" [Albanian in the elite football of Serbia after three decades] (in Serbian). Al Jazeera Balkans. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "НОВИ ФАДИЉ ВОКРИ: Први Албанац у Суперлиги Србије од деведесетих" [NEW FADIL VOKRRI: The first Albanian in the Serbian SuperLiga since the 1990s] (in Serbian). Večernje novosti. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Iljasa Zulfiu iz Preševa, prvi Albanac u dresu surduličkog Radnika" [Iljasa Zulfiu from Preševo, the first Albanian in Radnik Surdulica] (in Serbian). bujanovacke.co.rs. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  5. ↑ ""FUDBAL" 8/17, page 473" (PDF). Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 17 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Pukovac napada "Cariće" supertalentovanim Iljasom Zulfijom" [Pukovac is attacking "Emperors" by supertalent Iljasa Zulfiu] (in Serbian). koprijanradio.com. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Zulfiu, Iljasa". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Први Албанац у редовима тима из Сурдулице: Радник моја будућност" [The first Albanian in the team from Surdulica: Radnik is my future] (in Serbian). Sportski žurnal. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Iljasa Zulfiu, futbollisti preshevar qe po konsiderohet Fadil Vokrri i ri" [Iljasa Zulfiu, a footballer who is being considered as successor of Fadil Vokrri] (in Albanian). presheva.com. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  10. ↑ ""FUDBAL" 48/17, page 2187" (PDF). Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 27 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "Crvena zvezda - Radnik 5:0" (in Serbian). mozzartsport.com. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  12. ↑ "Futbollisti i pare preshevar qe luan ne ekipin "Radnik" te Surdulices" [The first footballer from Preševo in the team of Radnik Surdulica] (in Albanian). presheva.com. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  13. ↑ ""FUDBAL" 7/18, page 376" (PDF). Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 17 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  14. ↑ ""FUDBAL" 8/18, page 501" (PDF). Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 11 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  15. ↑ Jovanović, M. (27 June 2018). "Leskovčanin Stanković ponovo u Radniku" [Stanković from Leskovac returned to Radnik] (in Serbian). juznevesti.com. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  16. ↑ ""FUDBAL" 31/18, page 983" (PDF). Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 31 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  17. 1 2 "Da li imamo novog Vokrija? Brzonogi Albanac igra u Superligi i sanja dres južnih komšija!" [Do we have a new Vokrri? A brilliant Albanian plays in the SuperLiga and dreams of a southern neighbors jersey!] (in Serbian). espreso.rs. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  18. ↑ "ФК Озрен - ФК Јединство Параћин" [FK Ozren - FK Jedinstvo Paraćin]. YouTube (in Serbian). 26 September 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  19. ↑ "Српска лига Исток: Синђелић и Трајал наставили трку, Дунав славио у гостима" [Serbian League East: Sindjelić and Trajal continued the race, Dunav celebrated away] (in Serbian). Sportski žurnal. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  20. ↑ Ilaz Zylfiu at Soccerway
  21. ↑ "Zulfiu, Iljasa 2017–18 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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