- Erjon Bogdani
Football player infobox
playername = Erjon Bogdani
fullname = Erjon Bogdani
height = height|m=1.91
nickname = Er-Bomber
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|4|14
cityofbirth =Tirana
countryofbirth =Albania
currentclub = Chievo
clubnumber = 23
position =Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1994-1998
1998-1999
2000-2005
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2007
2007-present
2008
clubs = PartizaniGenclerbirligi
Zagreb
Reggina
→ Salernitana (loan)
→ Verona (loan)
Siena Chievo → Livorno (loan)
caps(goals) = 69 (21)
11 (1)
25 0(8)
67 (11)
38 0(8)
38 (17)
49 (13)
19 0(5)
28 0(2)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Albania
nationalcaps(goals) = 47 (9)
pcupdate =17 May ,2008
ntupdate = 14 September, 2008Erijon Bogdani (born
14 April 1977 inTirana ) is anAlbania n footballstriker .Erjon plays forA.S. Livorno Calcio , in ItalianSerie A and the Albanian national team.Career
Bogdani was recruited from a basketball team to the soccer team of the same club by Luka Shaqiri at 14 years of age [cite web|title=EuroStar Success Stories| work=eurostarcamps.com¶ |url=http://www.eurostarcamps.com/success.php | accessdate=October 30 | accessyear=2007]
He started his professional career at Partizani of
Albanian Superliga . He then move to 1. HNL club Zagreb.Reggina
In January 2000, he joined Reggina and made his Serie A debut on
6 February againstBologna F.C. 1909 . InReggio 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-scorerGionatha Spinesi of Arezzo; 2 goals behindDiego Milito of Genoa, Tavano of Empoli.iena
In summer 2005, he is back to Serie A, but for
A.C. Siena for around 1.6 million €. He played for the club in 1½ season, before joined Chievo in January 2007 for their emergency signing for a fee believed to be in the region of 4.5 million €.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 toSeria B with Livorno. [cite web|title=Tactical Formation|work=Football-Lineups.com¶
url=http://www.football-lineups.com/wiki/_match3287.php | accessdate=January 18 | accessyear=2007]International career
He has made 44 appearances for
Albania and has scored 8 goals in the processCareer Stats
Honours and awards
;Partizani
*Albanian Cup : 1997;Zagreb
*Croatian Champions: 1999;Reggina
*Serie A Promotion (as 3rd place): 2002References
External links
*it icon [http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/statistiche/2008_nw/giocatori/54454.shtml Profile at La Gazzetta]
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