Herolind Shala

Herolind Shala (born 1 February 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Norwegian club Vålerenga and the Kosovo national team. He previously played for Albania national football team and Norway national under-21 football team.

Herolind Shala
Shala with Sparta Prague in July 2016
Personal information
Full name Herolind Shala
Date of birth (1992-02-01) 1 February 1992
Place of birth Porsgrunn, Norway
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Vålerenga
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2007 Tollnes
2007–2011 Notodden
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Notodden 50 (30)
2011–2014 Odd 90 (20)
2015–2017 Sparta Prague 3 (0)
2015–2016 → Slovan Liberec (loan) 23 (6)
2016–2017 → Kasımpaşa (loan) 10 (1)
2017–2018 Lyngby 20 (2)
2018 Start 14 (3)
2019– Vålerenga 31 (7)
National team‡
2009 Norway U17 2 (0)
2012 Norway U21 1 (0)
2013–2014 Albania U21 7 (2)
2014–2016 Albania 6 (0)
2016– Kosovo 17 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 January 2020

Early life

Shala was born in Porsgrunn, Norway from Kosovo Albanian parents from Glogovac.

Club career

Sparta Prague

On 11 January 2015, Shala joined Czech First League side Sparta Prague.[1] On 23 February 2015, he made his debut in a 4–1 home win against Příbram after being named in the starting line-up.

Lyngby

On 30 August 2017, Shala joined Danish Superliga side Lyngby.[2][3] On 19 November 2017, he made his debut in a 1–3 home defeat against Randers after coming on as a substitute at 69th minute in place of Martin Ørnskov.

Start

On 4 August 2018, Shala joined with the newly promoted team of Eliteserien side Start, on a season-long contract.[4] On 6 August 2018, he made his debut in a 4–1 away defeat against Brann after coming on as a substitute at 70th minute in place of Tobias Christensen.

Vålerenga

On 11 February 2019, Shala joined Eliteserien side Vålerenga, on a two-year contract.[5]

International

Albania

Under-21
Shala with Albania U21 in March 2014

In May 2013. When he was called up for both the Norwegian and the Albanian under-21 team, he withdrew from the Norwegian squad as he wanted to represent Albania instead.[6] On 11 July 2013, he made his debut for the Albanian U-21 team against Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 by playing full 90-minutes.[7]

On 5 March 2014, he was called up for the closing match of the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 qualification against Austria.[8] He played as a starter and scored the last goal for his side in the 57th minute, where the match finished in an away 1–3 victory with other goals scored by Enis Gavazaj and Vasil Shkurti.[9] [10]

Senior

On 7 September 2014, Shala received his first senior national team call-up by the Albania national football team coach Gianni De Biasi for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Portugal.[11] On 14 November 2014, he made his debut for senior team in the "Group I" Friendly Match against the Euro 2016 hosts, France, by coming on as a substitute in the 76th minute.[12] In the other match against Italy, he played once again as a substitute at this time in the 71st minute.[13]

Kosovo

On 30 August 2016, Shala received a call-up from Kosovo for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Finland.[14] On 6 October 2016, he made his debut with Kosovo in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Croatia after coming on as a substitute at 77th minute in place of Arbër Zeneli.

Career statistics

Club
As of 12 August 2020[15]
Club Season League Cup Europe[lower-alpha 1] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Odd 2011 Tippeligaen 4000—40
2012 26330—293
2013 30830—338
2014 30965—3614
Total 9020125—10225
Sparta Prague 2014–15 Czech First League 3010—40
Total 3010—40
Slovan Liberec (loan) 2015–16 Czech First League 2364091—367
Kasımpaşa (loan) 2016–17 Süper Lig 10172—173
Total 33711291—5310
Lyngby 2017–18 Danish Superliga 15210—162
Total 15210—162
Start 2018 Eliteserien 14311—154
Total 14311—154
Vålerenga 2019 Eliteserien 21610—226
2020 10100—101
Total 31710—327
Career total 1863927891—22249
  1. Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

International
As of 18 November 2019[16][17]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Albania
201420
201520
201620
Total60
Kosovo
201630
201710
201890
201930
Total160

Honours

Club

Odd

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References
  1. "Zyrtare: Shala firmos me Spartën e Pragës". aSport (in Albanian). 11 January 2015. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Záložník Shala přestoupil ze Sparty do dánského Lyngby". Blesk (in Czech). 30 August 2017.
  4. "Shala klar for Start" [Shala ready for Start] (in Norwegian). IK Start. 4 August 2018.
  5. "Shala klar for Vålerenga" [Herolind Shala ready for Vålerenga] (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Fotball. 11 February 2019.
  6. "Shala vraket Norge". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 23 May 2013. Archived from the original on 26 June 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  7. Bosnia-Herzegovina U21 vs. Albania U21 - 11 June 2013 - Soccerway
  8. Gega shpall listën për ndeshjen e fundit në eliminatore Archived 27 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine aSport.al
  9. Austria U21 vs. Albania U21 - 5 March 2014 Soccerway
  10. "Season ends in Norway, Herolind Shala in the lineup of the year". Oculus News.
  11. De Biazi flet për ndeshjen me Portugalinë Archived 13 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine - FSHF.org "Në fund trajneri i Kombëtares së Shqipërisë publikoi edhe listën me 24 lojtarë të grumbulluar për këtë takim. Ata janë: 24. Herolind Shala"
  12. France vs. Albania - 14 November 2014 - Soccerway
  13. Italy football team defeated Albania 1:0, 18 November 2014 EU-football.info
  14. "Bunjaki publikoi listën e lojtarëve për ndeshjen me Finlandën" (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 30 August 2016.
  15. "Herolind Shala". Soccerway.
  16. Herolind Shala at National-Football-Teams.com
  17. Herolind Shala - national football team player EU-football.info
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