Erton Fejzullahu

Erton Fejzullahu

Fejzullahu playing for 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 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Dalian Transcendence
Number 10
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 37 (19)
2009–2012 NEC Nijmegen 29 (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– Dalian Transcendence 7 (1)
National team‡
2005 Sweden U17 2 (0)
2009–2010 Sweden U21 7 (7)
2013–2014 Sweden 5 (3)
2015– Kosovo 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 July 2015.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 January 2014

Erton Fejzullahu (born 9 April 1988) is a Swedish-Kosovar footballer who plays as striker. He currently plays for Dalian Transcendence in the China League One. He can also play as a winger, preferably to the left.

Personal life

Born in Kosovska Mitrovica, SR Serbia, back then within Yugoslavia, now in Kosovo, Fejzullahu 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. He has represented the Sweden national under-21 side. The Football Association of Albania previously called-up the striker, but Fejzullahu rejected the offer stating his desire to represent Sweden.[2]

Career

Youth career

Fejzullahu began his career with fifth tier team Högadals IS before moving to Danish side FC Copenhagen in 2005.[3]

Mjällby AIF

Fejzullahu returned to Sweden in January 2007 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.[4] 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.[5]

NEC Nijmegen

On 17 July 2009 Eredivisie club NEC Nijmegen signed Fejzullahu on a four-year contract.[6] He started out 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.[7] 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.[8] 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 the summer of 2012 Mjällby wanted to sign him permanently but could not afford it.[9]

Djurgårdens IF

Djurgårdens IF instead bought him from the Dutch club for a reported sum of ten million SEK.[10] On 31 July 2012 Fejzullahu signed a contract which makes him a Djurgårdens IF-player until the summer of 2016.

Beijing Guoan

Fejzullahu made his debut for Beijing Guoan on 30 July 2014 with an remarkable performance of two goals and an assist.

Dalian Transcendence

On 25 January 2016, Fejzullahu moved to China League One side Dalian Transcendence.[11]

International career

In December 2012 he was selected for the first time ever to join the Sweden national team on a three-game tour in January 2013.[12] Fejzullahu made his debut for the senior team on 23 January 2013, 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 national team, 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.[13]

However, he ended up accepting an invitation to join the Kosovo national team and most recently started for them against Equatorial Guinea in a friendly match on 10 October 2015.

International goals

Under-21

Scores and goals list Sweden's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 9 June 2009 Lahti Stadium, Lahti  Finland 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2. 12 August 2009 Viborg Stadion, Viborg  Denmark 2–0 4–2 Friendly
3. 15 November 2009 Swedbank Stadion, Malmö  Kazakhstan 1–0 5–1 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification
4. 2 –0
5. 3 –0
6. 5 –0
7. 2 March 2010 Estadio Municipal, Anadia  Portugal 1–0 2–0 Friendly

Senior team

Scores and goals list Sweden's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 23 January 2013 700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai North Korea North Korea 1–1 1–1 2013 King's Cup
2. 17 January 2014 Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Moldova Moldova 1–1 2–1 Friendly
3. 2–1

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Denmark League Danish Cup Europe Total
2006–07F.C. CopenhagenDanish Superliga00——00
Sweden League Svenska Cupen Europe Total
2007Mjällby AIFSuperettan22500—225
200823600—236
2009141333—1716
Netherlands League KNVB Cup Europe Total
2009–10NECEredivisie29341—334
Denmark League Danish Cup Europe Total
2010–11Randers FCDanish Superliga7010—80
Sweden League Svenska Cupen Europe Total
2011Mjällby AIFAllsvenskan6000—60
201215600—156
2012Djurgårdens IF Allsvenskan13712—149
201327775—3412
201413921—1510
China League FA Cup Asia Total
2014Beijing GuoanChinese Super League14711—158
20151752160256
2016Dalian TranscendenceChina League One7100-71
Total Netherlands 2934100334
Sweden 1335313110014664
Denmark 70100080
China 381332604715
Career total 1786319130019777

Honours

Country

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 recognition as an independent state from 110 out of 193 United Nations member states.

References:

  1. ↑ Erton – Dif:s egen Zlatan
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Sydöstran – Fejzullahu klar för FCK
  4. ↑ Sydöstran Ertons stora dag
  5. ↑ Fejzullahu till Djurgården
  6. ↑ Spits Erton Fejzullahu voor 4 jaar naar N.E.C.
  7. ↑ Mjällby jagar Erton Fejzullahu
  8. ↑ Erton Fejzullahu ska sänka sitt favoritlag
  9. ↑ Dödläge mellan NEC Nijmegen och Mjällby om Erton Fejzullahu
  10. ↑ ”Dif köper loss Erton för tio miljoner”
  11. ↑ 大连超越官方宣布费祖拉乌加盟 at sports.sohu.com 2016-01-25 Retrieved 2016-01-26
  12. ↑ Erton: ”Riktiga landslaget är nästa mål”
  13. ↑ Fejzullahu i zhgënjyer, kërkon Shqipërinë
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