Eraldo Çinari (born 11 October 1996) is an

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

n professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ...

for North Macedonia club Shkendija .

Club career

Çinari made his debut for the Vllaznia on 7 December 2014 against

Elbasani Elbasan ( ; sq-definite, Elbasani ) is the fourth most populous city of Albania and seat of Elbasan County and Elbasan Municipality. It lies to the north of the river Shkumbin between the Skanderbeg Mountains and the Myzeqe Plain in central A ...

in a 4–1 away win at the age of 18, and he has been a first team member ever since. He made his 100th Kategoria Superiore appearance on 15 April 2018 in the 2–0 loss to fellow relegation strugglers

Teuta Teuta (Illyrian languages, Illyrian: *''Teutana'', 'mistress of the people, queen'; grc, Τεύτα; lat, Teuta) was the queen regent of the Ardiaei tribe in Illyria, who reigned approximately from 231 BC to 228/227 BC. Following the death ...

. In June 2021, Çinari joined Samsunspor in the TFF 1. League, signing a three-year deal.

International career

On 24 March 2018, Çinari received his first call-up to the Albania under-21 squad as a replacement of

Keidi Bare Keidi Bare (born 28 August 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Espanyol. Club career Apolonia Born in Fier, Bare started his youth career for Olimpic CF in January 2010 and after 2 and a half ...

for the

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification The 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-21 football competition that determined the 11 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Italy in the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tour ...

match versus

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

. He started the match three days later and played full-90 minutes as Albania lost 4–1 at

Štadión pod Dubňom Štadión pod Dubňom is an all-seater football stadium situated in Žilina, Slovakia, which is the home of MŠK Žilina. It is named after the hill ''Dubeň'', adjacent to which it is located, and the name of the stadium literally means "Stadi ...

, decreasing their chances to qualify.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

Profile
at Football.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Cinari, Eraldo 1996 births Living people Footballers from Shkodër Albanian men's footballers Albanian expatriate men's footballers Albania men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards KF Vllaznia Shkodër players FK Partizani Tirana players Samsunspor footballers KF Shkëndija players TFF First League players Kategoria Superiore players Macedonian First Football League players Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Albanian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia