Ronald Gërçaliu

Ronald Gërçaliu

220px Gërçaliu in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Ronald Gërçaliu
Date of birth	(1986-02-12) 12 February 1986
Place of birth	Tirana, Albania
Height
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	KF Tirana
Number	16
Youth career
1995–1997	KF Tirana
1998–2004	SK Sturm Graz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2005	Sturm Graz	46	(0)
2006	Red Bull Salzburg	2	(0)
2006	Sturm Graz	12	(0)
2007–2008	Austria Wien	43	(1)
2008–2009	Red Bull Salzburg	23	(0)
2009–2010	SC Wiener Neustadt	24	(0)
2010–2012	FC Ingolstadt 04	4	(0)
2012	ŁKS Łódź	12	(1)
2012–2014	Erzgebirge Aue	9	(0)
2014	Universitatea Cluj	8	(0)
2014-2015	SC Rheindorf Altach	12	(0)
2015-	Tirana	10	(0)
International career‡
2005–2009	Austria	14	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:23, 18 November 2013 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2008

Ronald Gërçaliu (German: Ronald Gercaliu, born 12 February 1986) is an Albanian-born Austrian footballer who plays for Tirana. Eligible to play for Albania, he chose to play for Austria after being called up by Hans Krankl in 2005.

Club career

Born in Tirana but moved to Austria in 1997, Gërçaliu came up through the ranks at Sturm Graz, becoming first-team mainstay in 2004–05 season and also played professionally for Salzburg and Austria Wien. In summer 2008 he rejoined Salzburg after only one and a half season at Austria Wien. On 28 June 2009, it was announced that Gërçaliu signed with SC Wiener Neustadt for the new season. After one season he left SC Wiener Neustadt and signed for German club FC Ingolstadt 04. On January 3, 2014 he signed a two-year contract with Universitatea Cluj, and in July 2015 he signed a contract with KF Tirana, the team of the city where he was born.

International career

He is of Albanian origin but chose to play for Austria after being called up by Hans Krankl in 2005 and then made his debut for Austria in an August 2005 friendly match against Scotland and was a participant at Euro 2008.

Honours

Austria Wien

• Austrian Cup: 2006–07

Red Bull Salzburg

• Austrian Bundesliga: 2008–09

External links

• Player profile at Austria Archiv (German)
• Ronald Gërçaliu at National-Football-Teams.com