Liridon Osmanaj

Liridon Osmanaj (born 4 January 1992) is a Slovenian footballer who plays for Black Stars Basel.[1] As a youngster he was a prolific goalscorer with Maribor's youth team and even attracted the interest of Chelsea, where he went on trial as a teenager.[2]

Liridon Osmanaj
Personal information
Full name Liridon Osmanaj
Date of birth (1992-01-04) 4 January 1992
Place of birth Maribor, Slovenia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Black Stars Basel
Youth career
0000–2011 Maribor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Maribor 0 (0)
2011–2013 Domžale 34 (5)
2013 Aluminij 8 (1)
2014 Partizani Tirana 13 (1)
2015 Widzew Łódź 9 (2)
2015–2017 Radomlje 25 (9)
2017 Al-Shamal
2017–2018 Nafta 1903 16 (0)
2018–2019 Concordia Basel
2019– Black Stars Basel
National team
2008 Slovenia U16 2 (0)
2010 Slovenia U19 2 (0)
2011–2012 Slovenia U20 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 September 2019

Club career

Osmanaj went on trial with Albanian Superliga club Partizani Tirana on 14 August 2014,[3] which proved to be a successful one as he was offered a contract with the club and he signed a week later.[4]

He played with Widzew Łódź in the Polish I liga.

On 10 January 2017, he joined Al-Shamal Sports Club in Qatar.[5]

References
  1. Soccerway profile
  2. Chelsea to take close look at Maribor striker Liridon Osmanaj
  3. "Duro: Maghales drejt largimit, Liridon Osmanaj sot nis provën". Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
  4. Partizani, prezantohen Fazliu e Osmanaj Archived 2014-10-09 at Archive.today
  5. Peter Dominko (10 January 2017). "Osmanaj združil moči z nekdanjim trenerjem Zavrča in Kopra" [Osmanaj joined former Zavrc and Koper manager in Qatar] (in Slovenian). SNPortal.si. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
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