Taulant Seferi

Taulant Fatmir Seferi (Macedonian: Тауљант Сулејманов, (born 15 November 1996) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Swiss club Neuchâtel Xamax FCS on loan from Young Boys and the Albania national under-21 team.

Taulant Seferi
Personal information
Full name Taulant Fatmir Seferi
Date of birth (1996-11-15) 15 November 1996
Place of birth Kumanovo, Republic of Macedonia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Left winger
Club information
Current team
 Neuchâtel Xamax
(on loan from Young Boys)
Number 17
Youth career
2002–2011 Milano Kumanovo
2011–2013 Rabotnichki
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Rabotnički 31 (6)
2015–2016 Young Boys II 14 (6)
2015– Young Boys 8 (0)
2018 → FC Wohlen (loan) 8 (3)
2018–2019 → Winterthur (loan) 31 (10)
2019– → Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) 14 (1)
National team‡
2009 Macedonia U15 9 (7)
2011–2012 Macedonia U17 3 (2)
2012–2013 Macedonia U18 5 (3)
2013 Macedonia U19 10 (4)
2014–2016 Macedonia U21 2 (1)
2014 Macedonia 2 (0)
2017–2018 Albania U21 12 (0)
2019– Albania 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:12, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2019

Club career

Early career

Seferi started his youth career at his hometown club FK Milano Kumanovo. Then in 2011 he moved at FK Rabotnički.[1]

Rabotnički

He made his first debut with FK Rabotnički on 5 October 2013 against Bregalnica Štip at age of 16 years, 10 months and 20 days by coming on as a substitute in the 90'+1 minute in place of Krste Velkoski.[2] He scored his first goal on 23 November 2013 against Shkëndija Tetovo where he came in as a substitute in the 61st minute in place of Demir Imeri and scored in the 81st minute the last goal of the match which finished in the 5–0 victory.[3] He finished his first season at Rabotnički with 16 appearances and 3 goals. Then he played 12 matches in the 2014–15 season.

Young Boys

In 2015 Seferi moved in Switzerland joining BSC Young Boys. Initially he played one match with the under-21 team in 1. Liga Classic. Then he debuted with the first team on 14 February 2015 against Grasshopper coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute in place of Renato Steffen.[4] Five days later he made it his UEFA debut playing in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League - Round of 32 match against Everton coming on as a substitute once again in place of Renato Steffen in the 79th minute.[5] He became a regular member of the first team under coach Uli Forte participating in every team's match. In March 2015 he suffered a hard knee injury which made him have a knee-operation. The injury kept him out of play for 1 year and half. He returned to the pitch in October 2016 playing with the under-21 team. He returned to the first team on 5 February 2017 playing against Sion as an 88th-minute substitute in place of Thorsten Schick.[6]

On 10 July 2019, Seferi was loaned out to Neuchâtel Xamax FCS for the rest of the season.[7]

International career

Seferi played his first international game with the senior national team on 26 May 2014 in and against Cameroon (2–0), after he came on as a substitute for Besart Abdurahimi in the 57th minute of that game. He also entered in the Macedonian football history as the youngest debutant. Prior to that, the youngest to debut for Macedonia was Goran Pandev. Before Seferi, Pandev held that mark at 17 years, 10 months and 11 days during the friendly match against Turkey on 6 June 2001.[8]

Albania U21

In January 2017 media reported that the Albania national under-21 football team new appointed coach Alban Bushi had convinced Seferi to dress "Red & Black".[9] In a press conference later, coach Alban Bushi declared that had invited Seferi for a gathering stage at the same month but Seferi wasn't permitted by club due to a preparation stage, but however in addition, the Albanian Football Association were proceeding to give Seferi the Albanian passport to make him eligible for Albania U21 in the competitive tournament 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.[10] On 18 March 2017 he was re-invited again at under-21 national side for a double Friendly match against Moldova U21 on 25 & 27 March 2017.[11] Two days later he received the Albanian citizenship by president Bujar Nishani among Elvir Maloku & Çlirim Shabani, to become eligible to play for Albania in competitive matches.[12] He made his debut for Albania under-21 against Moldova on 25 March playing as a starter in a goalless draw.[13] In other match against the same opponent two days later, Seferi played once more as a starter in a 2–0 victory.[14]

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Seferi was called up for the Friendly match against France U21 on 5 June 2017 and the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification opening match against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017.[15] He played against France U21 as a first-half substitute for Endri Çekiçi as Albania was defeated 3–0.[16] On 8 June 2017 Seferi received the go ahead from FIFA to be eligible to play for Albania U21 in competitive matches.[17] He made his competitive debut for Albania U21 against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017 playing the full 90-minutes match in a goalless draw.[18]

Career statistics

Club
As of 11:05, 3 June 2017 (UTC) [19][20][21]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe[lower-alpha 1] Other[lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rabotnički2013–14Macedonian First League 16341——204
2014–15 1201020—150
Total 283512000354
Young Boys II2014–15Swiss 1. Liga (football) 10———10
2015–16 10———10
2016–17 126———126
Total 146000000146
Young Boys2014–15Swiss Super League 10—10—20
2015–16 Injured for the entire season
2016–17 7000——70
Total 8000100090
Career total 5095130005810
  1. Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  2. Including other competitions, such as Albanian Supercup

International
As of 30 May 2014 [20][22]
Macedonia national team
YearAppsGoals
201420
Total20

Honours
Rabotnički
  • Macedonian First League (1): 2013–14
  • Macedonian Cup (1): 2013–14
Young Boys

Notes
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    References
    1. Taulant Seferi - Kaderliste BSC Young Boys
    2. Rabotnički vs. Bregalnica Štip - 5 October 2013 Soccerway
    3. Rabotnički vs. Shkendija - 23 November 2013 Soccerway
    4. Young Boys vs. Grasshopper - 14 February 2015 Soccerway
    5. UEFA Europa League 2014/15 - History - Young Boys-Everton UEFA.com
    6. Young Boys vs. Sion - 5 February 2017 Soccerway
    7. L'attaquant Taulant Seferi est prêté à Xamax, arcinfo.ch, 10 July 2019
    8. "Cameroon v Macedonia national team, 26 May 2014". eu-football.info. Retrieved 13 Jun 2014.
    9. Bushi e nis me vrull, bind Taulant Seferin për te Kombëtarja U-21 Panorama Sport
    10. Bushi: Hedhim bazën e të ardhmes kuqezi SuperSport Albania
    11. "Kombëtarja U-21, pak risi në miqësoret ndaj Moldavisë" [Under-21 national team, less innovation against Moldova] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
    12. "Dekret për dhënie të shtetësisë shqiptare nr. 10090" (in Albanian). President.al. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
    13. "Shqiperia U21 - Moldavia U21, perfundon ne barazim" [Albania U21 - Moldova U21, finishes in the draw] (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
    14. "Shpresat fitojne me Moldavine" [The hopes win against Moldova] (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
    15. Alban Bushi shpall listën e U21 për Francën dhe Estoninë Archived 2017-07-05 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
    16. "U21, Shqipëria mundet nga Franca" [U21, Albania was defeated by France] (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
    17. FIFA jep OK-in, Taulant Seferi do të luajë për Shqipërinë Panorama Sport
    18. Under-21 - Albania-Estonia UEFA.com
    19. Taulant Seferi at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
    20. Taulant Seferi at National-Football-Teams.com
    21. Taulant Seferi – UEFA competition record
    22. Tauljant Sulejmanov - national football team player EU-football.info
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