Jurgen Vatnikaj
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Jurgen Vatnikaj | ||
| Date of birth | 8 August 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Tiranë, Albania | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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Partizani Tirana | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2011 | Partizani Tirana | ||
| 2011–2012 | KF Tirana | ||
| 2013–2014 | Partizani Tirana | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014– | Partizani Tirana | 11 | (1) |
| 2014– | Partizani Tirana B | 6 | (3) |
| 2015-2016 | → Tërbuni (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 2009 | Albania U15 | 2 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Albania U17 | 7 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Albania U19 | 2[1][2] | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jurgen Vatnikaj (born 8 August 1995 in Tiranë) is an Albanian professional footballer who currently plays for Partizani Tirana in the Albanian Superliga.
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Career
Early career
Vatnikaj joined his hometown club Partizani Tirana at the age of 10 in 2005 where he progressed through the club's youth teams before joining local rivals KF Tirana in 2011, where he initially played for the club's under-17 side. After one season with the under-17s, he was promoted to the under-19s at KF Tirana but he left the club in January 2013 and returned to Partizani Tirana, where he also played for the club's under-19s side. He made his professional debut on the last day of the 2013–14 Albanian Superliga against KF Lushnja on 10 May 2014, where he came on as a 64th-minute substitute and scored the last goal of the game on the 89th minute in the 4–2 away win for Partizani Tirana.[3]
With the arrivals of Sebino Plaku, Xhevahir Sukaj and Emanuele Morini, Vatnikaj found his chances limited at Partizani so he joined newly promoted Albanian Superliga side KF Tërbuni Pukë on loan ahead of the 2015–16 season.[4]
International career
Youth teams
Vatnikaj was a member of the Albania U15s team under Sulejman Demollari in 2009, where he was part of the squad that played qualifying games in Switzerland for the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics that were held in Singapore. In total he earned 2 caps and scored one goal, which came against Liechtenstein on 17 October 2009.[5][6]
He was then called up to the Albania U17s Džemal Mustedanagić in 2011 ahead of the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifiers held in Tallinn, Estonia in October 2011. He made his debut for the national under-17s side in the first qualifying game against Slovakia, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute for Frans Ymeralilaj, who had scored both goals in Albania's 2–1 win.[7] He was an unused substitute in the side's next game against Germany which ended in a 1–0 loss for Albania,[8] but he did come on in the second half of the side's final qualifier against Estonia which ended in a 1–1 draw and secured Albania a place in the elite round of the European Championship for the first time in 9 seasons.[9][10] In preparation for the elite round, Vatnikaj was called up to the squad once again in February 2012, where he was a second-half substitute in both of the first two friendly games that were both played against Slovenia, with the scores being a 1–0 loss and a 1–1 draw, respectively.[11][12] He started the next friendly against Bulgaria and was substituted off in the second half in a game that Albania won 2–0.[13] In the elite round Albania failed to qualify for the tournament as they lost to both the Netherlands and Serbia, 4–0 and 3–0 respectively.
Career statistics
- As of 16 August 2015[14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Partizani Tirana | 2013–14 | Albanian Superliga | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2014–15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| KF Tërbuni Pukë | 2015–16 | Albanian Superliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | |||
References
- ↑ Shkëlqen Shqipëria U-19, tris ndaj moldavëve në Lushnjë
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External links
- Profile at Football Database
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