- Anel Raskaj
Infobox Football biography
playername = Anel Raskaj
fullname = Anel Raskaj
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1989|08|19
cityofbirth = Lira
countryofbirth =SFR Yugoslavia
height = Height|m=1.80
position = Midfielder
currentclub =Halmstads BK
clubnumber = 21
youthyears = 2003-2006
youthclubs =Halmstads BK
years = 2007-
clubs =Halmstads BK
caps(goals) = 0025(0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =Anel Raskaj (born
August 19 ,1989 ) is aKosovar Albanian football player, who plays inmidfield forHalmstads BK .He started playing football in his native Lira,
Kosovo , and came toSweden at the age of 14. In Sweden he started his career withIF Leikin but after a few months moved to the youth team of local rivals Halmstads BK. Shortly after his 18th birthday in 2007 he played his first game for Halmstads BK againstKalmar FF [cite web|url=http://www.svenskafans.com/fotboll/artikel.asp?id=189985|title=Anel Raskaj debuterade|date=2007-09-03|accessdate=2008-07-31|publisher=SvenskaFans.com|language=Swedish] , (1-3).During the 2008 season he has mainly been used as a central midfielder, but have also played as a left winger after
Martin Fribrock left the club, he has shared the position withMarcus Olsson .On
1 october 2008, swedish U21 coachJörgen Lennartsson said in a articel inHallandsposten , that he couldnt call up Raskaj to the team since he couldnt become a swedish citizen until earliest spring2010 [cite web|url=http://www.hallandsposten.se/artikel.asp?oid=354724|title=Ingen Raskaj i Lennartssons trupp|date=2008-10-01|accessdate=2008-10-06|publisher=Hallandsposten.se|language=Swedish] .New Zidane
Halmstads BKs manager, Janne Andersson, compares him with former French international
Zinedine Zidane and Arsenal's talented midfielderCesc Fàbregas [cite web|url=http://www.svd.se/sportspel/nyheter/artikel_1029407.svd|title=Nye Zidane tar Djuric roll i HBK|date=2008-03-28|accessdate=2008-06-11|publisher=svd.se|language=Swedish] , claiming he has more talent than two earlier Halmstads BK players,Fredrik Ljungberg andNiclas Alexandersson .References
External links
* [http://www.hbk.se/extra/link/?module_instance=1&action=link_show&id=43&nav_id=71 HBK Profile] sv icon
* [http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t3allpl.aspx?p=287489&playerid=5252 Swedish FA Profile] sv icon
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiCUP6q0gII Youtube clip]
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