Artim Šakiri

Artim Šakiri (Macedonian: Артим Шаќири, Albanian: Artim Shaqiri; born 23 September 1973) is a retired football midfielder from North Macedonia,[1] who last played for Qarabağ FK in Azerbaijan in 2009. While managing FK Kukësi in 2014, Šakiri was ranked as the best manager of the Kategoria Superiore and the second best manager of Albanian origin in the world.[2]

Artim Šakiri
Personal information
Full name Artim Šakiri
Date of birth (1973-09-23) 23 September 1973
Place of birth Livada, Struga, SR Macedonia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Dinamo Livadа
Karaorman
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1994 Karaorman
1994–2000 Vardar 87 (21)
1997–1998 → Halmstad (loan) 43 (8)
2000 → TeBe Berlin (loan) 14 (0)
2000–2001 FC HIT 19 (3)
2000–2001 Korotan 2 (2)
2001–2002 Malatyaspor 23 (3)
2002–2003 CSKA Sofia 20 (5)
2003–2005 West Bromwich Albion 28 (1)
2005–2006 AaB Aalborg 12 (3)
2006 Inter Turku 5 (3)
2007 FC Vaduz 10 (0)
2007 Shkëndija 25 (7)
2008 Besa 8 (1)
2008–2009 Qarabağ 22 (7)
Total 318 (64)
National team
1996–2006 Macedonia 73 (15)
Teams managed
2012–2013 Shkëndija
2014–2015 Kukësi
2019 Flamurtari
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

Šakiri was born to an Albanian family in Livada (Macedonian: Ливада), a village near Struga.[3] In his youth, he played football for his village squad (FK Dinamo Livada).[4]

Club career

In 1997, he moved from Vardar to Swedish side Halmstads BK, a team that won the Swedish premier league Allsvenskan the same year. He played alongside developing star Freddie Ljungberg.

In 2003, he moved from Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia to West Bromwich Albion in England. He made his debut in a 4–1 defeat away at local rivals Walsall. In his first home league match for Albion, Šakiri scored a spectacular long-range goal, helping his team to a 4–1 win over Burnley.[5] It was, however, his only goal for the club. He made 30 appearances during 2003–04, but the next season he only played three games and left the club. He was set to move to Burnley, but the move fell through as his work permit wasn't renewed.[6] Instead, Šakiri went to AaB in Denmark. He was released by AaB in 2006. In Autumn 2006, Šakiri signed for Finnish club FC Inter. He made five Veikkausliiga appearances and scored three times, but his contract was not renewed. In 2007, he signed for FC Vaduz. At the beginning of the season 2008 he has signed for Azerbaijani side Qarabağ FK.

Career statistics

[7]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
1992–93FK Karaorman2. MFL--
1993–941. MFL--
1994–95FK Vardar233-00
1995–962610-40
1996–97132-40
1997Halmstad (loan)Allsvenskan194-194
1998244-21265
1998–99FK Vardar1. MFL72--
1999–200092-10102
1999–2000Tennis Borussia Berlin (loan)2. Bundesliga140--140
2000–01FK Vardar1. MFL82--
2000–01Gorica1. SNL143-00143
2001–0250-2070
Korotan Prevalje22--22
2001–02[8]MalatyasporSüper Lig233--233
2002–03CSKA SofiaA PFG205-31236
2003–04West Bromwich Albion[9]Championship2511040-301
2004–05Premier League300000-30
2005–06AaBSuperligaen123--123
2006Inter TurkuVeikkausliiga53-53
2006–07FC VaduzChallenge League100-00100
2007–08Shkëndija1. MFL--
2007–08Besa KavajëAlbanian Superliga81-0081
2008–09[10]QarabağAPL227--227
Career total 22340104016224542

International career

Šakiri made his debut for Macedonia in a May 1996 friendly match against Bulgaria, coming on as a second half substitute for Sašo Miloševski, and has been capped 73 times, scoring 15 goals.[11] He has been captain of the team for many of those years. In 2002, during UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying, he scored a goal directly from a corner kick against England.[12]

His final international was a November 2006 European Championship qualification match against Russia.[13]

International goals

[14]

Honours
FK Vardar[4]
Halmstad
CSKA Sofia[4]
Qarabağ[4]

References
  1. "Euro Qualifying Preview FYR Macedonia – Croatia". Goal.com. 17 November 2007. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2008.
  2. "Hasi e Shaqiri trajnerët më të mirë shqiptar". alsat-m.tv (in Albanian). 22 December 2014. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  3. "Shaqiri: E ardhmja ime në Angli" (in Albanian). Portalb. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. "Artim Shakjiri". macedonianfootball.com. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  5. "West Brom 4–1 Burnley". BBC Sport. 16 August 2003. Retrieved 8 August 2007.
  6. "Burnley fail in bid to net Sakiri". BBC Sport. 11 August 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2007.
  7. Artim Šakiri at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. "ARTIM ŞAKIRI". tff.org. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  9. "Games played by Artim Sakiri in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  10. "2008/09 Stats" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  11. Artim Shakiri - International Appearances - RSSSF
  12. "Macedonia hold ragged England". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 16 October 2002. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  13. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  14. "Artim Shakjiri". macedonianfootball.com. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Toni Micevski		 Macedonia captain
2002–2005		 Succeeded by
Goce Sedloski
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