Franc Veliu
Albanian footballer
Franc Veliu (born 11 November 1988 in Vlorë) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays mainly as a defender for Kosovan club Gjilani and the Albania national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Franc Veliu | ||
| Date of birth | 11 November 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Vlorë, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Gjilani | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2006 | Flamurtari | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2015 | Flamurtari | 210 | (14) |
| 2015–2016 | Kukësi | 8 | (0) |
| 2016 | Partizani | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | Flamurtari | 66 | (3) |
| 2019– | Gjilani | 47 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2009 | Albania U21 | 8 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 | Albania | 7 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 January 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 December 2014 | |||
Career statistics
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change| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental[nb 1] | Other[nb 2] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Flamurtari Vlorë | League | Albanian Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
| 2006–07 | Flamurtari Vlorë | Albanian Superliga | 8 | 1 | ? | ? | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2008–08 | 24 | 2 | ? | ? | — | — | 24 | 2 | ||||
| 2008–09 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 3 | — | — | 36 | 5 | ||||
| 2009–10 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
| 2010–11 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 24 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 40 | 6 | |||
| 2012–13 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 4 | |||
| 2013–14 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Total | Flamurtari Vlorë | 210 | 14 | 40 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 263 | 24 | |
| Kukësi | League | Albanian Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
| 2015–16 | Kukësi | Albanian Superliga | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | Kukësi | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 218 | 14 | 44 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 275 | 24 | ||
- ↑ Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Including other competitions, such as Albanian Supercup
International
change| Albania national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 |
Honours
changeClub
change- Flamurtari Vlorë[1]
Individual
change- Albanian Superliga Player of the Month: November 2010[7]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Albania - F. Veliu - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ↑ "Football : Franc Veliu". Football DataBase. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ↑ "Franc Veliu Football Statistics". WhoScored.com. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ↑ "Profile of Franc Veliu at Scoresway.com". Scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ↑ "Franc Veliu - national football team player". EU-Football.info. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ↑ Franc Veliu | National Football Teams 31 December 2014
- ↑ "Franc Veliu i Flamurtarit lojtari i muajit nentor" [Flamurtari's Franc Veliu player of the month november] (in Albanian). Arkiva e Lajmeve. 12 December 2010. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.