Erfan Zeneli (born 28 December 1986) is a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

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 ...

Kosovar Albanian The Albanians of Kosovo ( sq, Shqiptarët e Kosovës, ), also commonly called Kosovo Albanians, Kosovar/Kosovan Albanians or Kosovars/Kosovans, constitute the largest ethnic group in Kosovo. Kosovo Albanians belong to the ethnic Albanian sub-gr ...

descent who currently plays for SexyPöxyt as a striker or

left winger A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. Besides Finland, he has played in Israel and Kazakhstan.

Career

Club

In February 2016, Zeneli went on trial with

Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( kk, Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, ''Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy''), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League, is the top division of football in Kazakhstan ...

side

FC Shakhter Karagandy Football Club Shakhter ( kk, "Шахтер" футбол клубы, Shakhter fýtbol klýby), commonly referred to as FC Shakhter Karagandy ( kk, Қарағанды/Qarağandı ;Russian: Караганда/Karaganda), is a professional footba ...

. On 17 June 2016, Zeneli had his contract with Shakhter Karagandy terminated by mutual consent, going on to season a contract with

FC Inter Turku Football Club International Turku, commonly referred to as Inter Turku and colloquially known as Inter, is a professional football club based in Turku, Finland, that competes in the Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish Football. Founded in 1 ...

for the rest of the

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season on 19 July 2016.

International

In April 2012 Zeneli declared to the media that he would welcome a convocation to be part of the

Albania national football team The Albania national football team ( sq, Kombëtarja e futbollit të Shqipërisë) represents Albania in men's international football, and is governed by the Albanian Football Association, the governing body for football in Albania. Albania co ...

and has been since in contact with coach

Gianni de Biasi Giovanni "Gianni" De Biasi (, sq, Xhovani "Xhani" De Biazi), born 16 June 1956 is an Italian football coach and former player. He holds dual Italian and Albanian citizenship. De Biasi was the first coach of the Albania national team to lead t ...

. He decided to play for

Finland national football team The Finland national football team ( fi, Suomen jalkapallomaajoukkue, sv, Finlands fotbollslandslag) represents Finland in men's international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland, the governing body ...

Honours

;Individual *

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga (; sv, Tipsligan) is the premier division of Finnish football, the highest tier of the Finnish football league structure, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkau ...

Midfielder of the year 2013

References

External links

Profile
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HJK.fi

Stats
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Veikkausliiga.com
* 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Vushtrri Kosovan emigrants to Finland Men's association football wingers Kosovan footballers Finnish footballers Finland men's under-21 international footballers Finland men's international footballers Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Klubi 04 players Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players FC Shakhter Karagandy players FC Inter Turku players Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players Rovaniemen Palloseura players AC Kajaani players FC Viikingit players Veikkausliiga players Ykkönen players Israeli Premier League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Finnish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Israel Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Finnish people of Albanian descent Finnish people of Yugoslav descent {{Finland-footy-forward-stub