Sadri Gjonbalaj

Infobox Football biography
playername= Sadri Gjonbalaj


fullname =
dateofbirth =
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth =
height =
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1988
1989
1990
1990-1991
1995
clubs = Albany Capitals
New Jersey Eagles
Washington Diplomats
Chicago Power "(indoor)"
New York Centaurs
caps(goals) =
09 (2)
20 (4)
nationalyears = 1986-1993
nationalteam = United States
nationalcaps(goals) = 05 (0)

Sadri Gjonbalaj is a former U.S. soccer forward who earned five caps with the U.S. national team.

Professional career

Gjonbalaj had an itinerate career spanning the late 1980s and early 1990s as he jumped from one team to another. In 1988, he was with the Albany Capitals of the American Soccer League. In 1989 he was with the New Jersey Eagles of the ASL. Then in 1990, he moved to the Washington Diplomats of the ASL successor league, the American Professional Soccer League. That winter, he played for the Chicago Power of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). He played nine games and scored two goals as the Power won the NPSL championship. [ [http://members.toast.net/pudgym30a/stats91.html 1990-91 Chicago POWER individual player statistics ] ] In 1995, he was with the New York Centaurs of the A-League where he scored four goals in twenty games. [ [http://goalseattle.com/gallery/1996SeattleSoundersMediaGuide/1996media_17 GOALSeattle.com Galleries :: 1996 Seattle Sounders Media Guide :: 1996media_17 ] ]

National team

Gjonbalaj also earned five caps with the U.S. national team. [ [http://www.soccerhall.org/Registry/MensNationalTeam_F-J.htm#G U.S. Men's National Team Player Registry: F - J ] ] His first appearance came in a February 5, 1986 scoreless tie with Canada when he came on for Brent Goulet. His next cap did not come until a June 12, 1987 loss to South Korea. He had to wait three more years for his third cap which came in a September 14, 1993 win over Jamaica. Gjonbalaj scored the U.S. goal in the 1-0 victory. It was another two years before Gjonbalaj appeared for the U.S. again, this time on March 23, 1993 in a tie with El Salvador. His last cap came two days later on March 25, 1993.

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