Nazmi Gripshi (born 5 July 1997) is an Albanian professional

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who plays as an

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for Kosovar club Ballkani in the Kosovo Superleague.

Club career

Teuta Durrës

Gripshi came up through the

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youth academy and made his senior league debut for the club on 9 May 2015 in a 3–2 away loss to Kukësi. He was subbed on in the 78th minute for Resul Kastrati. He scored his first senior goal on 19 September 2015 in the 3–1 league win over bottom side Tërbuni Pukë, netting the third in injury time with a counter-attack.

Skënderbeu Korçë

On 29 January 2017, Gripshi completed a move to fellow

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side

Skënderbeu Korçë , reign = 28 November 1443 – 17 January 1468 , predecessor = Gjon Kastrioti , successor = Gjon Kastrioti II , spouse = Donika Arianiti , issue = Gjon Kastrioti II , royal house = Kastrioti , father ...

for a fee of €60,000. He was presented two days later where he penned a four-year contract. He made his league debut for the club on 6 February 2017 in a 1–0 away win over

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, entering in the final minutes in place of

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which finished in a 2–2 draw at home. In the 2017–18 season, Gripshi made 15 appearances between league and cup with Skënderbeu Korçë completing the

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for the first time in history. In July 2018, ahead of the 2018–19 season, Gripshi changed his squad number from 97 to 10, which was vacated for two years following the retirement of club legend

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. On 24 August 2019, in Skënderbeu's opening match of the 2019–20 season against

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, Gripshi scored the only goal of the match in the 95th minute in a 1–0 home win in Albanian Superliga.

International career

During a gathering of the

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for a double

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against Moldova U21 on 25 & 27 March 2017,

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left the under-21 side to join Albania senior team and following that, coach

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called up Gripshi as a replacement to participate in the second match against Moldova U21 on 27 March 2017. Gripshi played in the match as a second-half substitute. He received his first call up for the Albania under-20 side by coach

for the double

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against Azerbaijan U-21 on 21 & 26 January 2018.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

;Skënderbeu Korçë *

: 2017–18 *

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: 2017–18

References

External links

FSHF profile
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Nazmi Gripshi - Instagram
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gripshi, Nazmi 1997 births Living people Footballers from Durrës Albanian footballers Association football midfielders Albania youth international footballers Albania under-21 international footballers KF Teuta Durrës players KF Skënderbeu Korçë players Kategoria e Dytë players Kategoria Superiore players