Erfan Zeneli

Erfan Zeneli
Personal information
Full name Erfan Zeneli
Date of birth (1986-12-28) 28 December 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Vučitrn, SFR Yugoslavia
(present-day Kosovo)
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
SexyPöxyt
Youth career
1993–1997 RoPS
1998–2003 Jaro
2003–2005 HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2013 HJK 166 (32)
2009–2010Klubi 04 25 (8)
2014 Maccabi Petah Tikva 10 (1)
2014–2015 HJK 36 (11)
2016 Shakhter Karagandy 14 (0)
2016–2017 Inter Turku 15 (0)
2017 SJK 30 (4)
2018 RoPs 11 (1)
2019–2020 HJK 9 (0)
2020 AC Kajaani 12 (3)
2021 Viikingit 2 (0)
2022– SexyPöxyt 25 (3)
International career
2006–2008 Finland U21 10 (2)
2013–2015 Finland 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:15, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

Erfan Zeneli (born 28 December 1986) is a Finnish footballer of Kosovar Albanian descent who plays for SexyPöxyt as a striker or left winger.[1] Besides Finland, he has played in Israel and Kazakhstan.[2]

Club career

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In February 2016, Zeneli went on trial with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Shakhter Karagandy.[3]

On 17 June 2016, Zeneli had his contract with Shakhter Karagandy terminated by mutual consent,[4] going on to season a contract with FC Inter Turku for the rest of the 2016 season on 19 July 2016.[5]

International career

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In April 2012 Zeneli declared to the media that he would welcome a convocation to be part of the Albania national football team and has been since in contact with coach Gianni de Biasi. He decided to play in the Finland national football team.[6]

Career statistics

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As of 7 May 2024[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cups[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
HJK 2005 Veikkausliiga 5 1 5 1
2006 Veikkausliiga 23 2 1 0 2[b] 0 26 2
2007 Veikkausliiga 12 0 0 0 1[b] 0 13 0
2008 Veikkausliiga 21 0 2 2 23 2
2009 Veikkausliiga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 Veikkausliiga 18 4 2 1 3[c] 0 23 5
2011 Veikkausliiga 29 8 4 1 5[d] 2 38 11
2012 Veikkausliiga 24 1 9 2 3[d] 0 36 3
2013 Veikkausliiga 31 11 7 3 2[c] 0 40 14
Total 163 34 25 9 16 2 204 45
Klubi 04 (loan) 2009 Ykkönen 25 6 25 6
2010 Ykkönen 1 1 1 1
Total 26 7 0 0 0 0 26 7
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2013–14 Israeli Premier League 10 1 1 0 11 1
HJK 2014 Veikkausliiga 9 3 2 0 8[e] 0 19 3
2015 Veikkausliiga 27 8 7 3 6[d] 2 40 13
Total 36 11 9 3 14 2 49 16
Shakhter Karagandy 2016 Kazakhstan Premier League 14 0 1 0 15 0
Inter Turku 2016 Veikkausliiga 15 0 15 0
SJK 2017 Veikkausliiga 30 4 1 0 2[e] 0 33 4
RoPS 2018 Veikkausliiga 11 1 11 1
HJK 2019 Veikkausliiga 9 0 0 0 2[d] 0 11 0
AC Kajaani 2020 Ykkönen 12 3 12 3
Viikingit 2021 Kolmonen 2 0 2 0
SexyPöxyt 2022 Kolmonen 8 3 8 3
2023 Kakkonen 13 0 1 0 14 0
2024 Kakkonen 4 0 1 0 5 0
Total 25 3 2 0 0 0 27 3
Career total 353 64 39 12 34 4 426 80

Honours

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Individual

References

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  1. ^ Erfan Zeneli povaa HJK:n superlupaukselle hyvää kautta: ”Jos pelaat HJK:ssa tuon ikäisenä, sinun pitää olla tosi hyvä”, suomifutis.com, 2 January 2019
  2. ^ Ykkösen tähdet tutuiksi: Erfan Zeneli palloliitto.fi
  3. ^ "ШАХТЕР ПРОСМАТРИВАЕТ ИНОСТРАННЫХ ФУТБОЛИСТОВ". shahter.kz (in Russian). FC Shakhter Karagandy. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  4. ^ "ШАХТЕР ПОКИНУЛИ ЭРФАН ЗЕНЕЛИ И МОШТАГ ЯГУБИ". shahter.kz (in Russian). FC Shakhter Karagandy. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Erfan Zeneli loppukaudeksi Interiin". fcinter.fi (in Finnish). FC Inter Turku. 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  6. ^ Hasani, Valdet (19 April 2012). "De Biasi zbulon Zenelin në Youtube". Gazeta Express. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013.
  7. ^ Erfan Zeneli, Football Association of Finland
  8. ^ veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
  9. ^ "Veikkausliiga | Kauden 2013 pelipaikkojen parhaat nimetty". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  10. ^ Erfan Zenelistä syyskuun Kuukauden pelaaja Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  11. ^ HJK:n Erfan Zeneli Veikkausliigan syyskuun kuukauden pelaaja Archived 2014-10-04 at archive.today (in Finnish)
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