Alen Sherri

Alen Sherri (born 15 December 1997 in Shkodër) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Albanian club Vllaznia Shkodër in the Albanian Superliga and the Albania national under-21 football team.

Alen Sherri
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-12-15) 15 December 1997
Place of birth Shkodër, Albania
Height 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Vllaznia Shkodër
Number 31
Youth career
2012–2015 Vllaznia Shkodër
2016 → Savona (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Vllaznia Shkodër 67 (0)
2016– Vllaznia Shkodër B 8 (0)
2016 → Savona (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2015–2016 Albania U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2015

Club career

Early career

Sherri started his youth career at KF Vllaznia Shkodër academy in 2012.[1][2] In the 2013–14 season he won the U-17 Championship with Vllaznia Shkodër U-17.[3]

Vllaznia Shkodër

He made his professional debut on 12 April 2015 against Tirana playing the full 90-minutes match where Tirana won 2–1 by overturning the score with a twice by Gentian Muça in the 61st and 76th minutes, following a Red card to Vllaznia's defender Elvin Beqiri in the 57th minute.[4]

During the 2014–15 season Sherri became the second choice behind Erind Selimaj and ahead of Italian guardian Gianmarco Campironi during the first half and Zamir Vjerdha during the second-half. He featured in 17 league matches playing 7 full 90-minutes matches. In the 2015–16 season he became third choice following arrival of Montenegros Andrija Dragojević. He featured in 32 games playing 3.[5]

In October 2015 he had a trial at Italian giants A.S. Roma.[6]

Loan at Savona

Following arrival of Montenegrin goalkeeper Jasmin Agović in August 2016, coach of Vllaznia Shkodër Armando Cungu decided to send Sherri on a loan at Serie D relegated side Savona F.B.C..[7]

International career

Sherri received his first call up to the Albania under-21 national team by the head coach Skënder Gega on 8 June 2015 for the Friendly matches against Kazakhstan & Sweden on 12 & 16 June 2015.[8] He was called up for the second time at Albania U21 by a new appointed coach Redi Jupi to participate in the Antalya Cup developed in Antalya, Turkey against Saudi Arabia U23 on 22 January 2016, Bahrain U23 on 24 January, Azerbaijan U21 on 26 January, Kosovo U21 on 28 January and Ukraine U21 on 30 January.[9]

Sherri was called by coach Redi Jupi to participate with Albania U21 in the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4 matches against Greece U21 and Hungary U21 on 24 & 28 March 2016 respectively.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of 22 December 2017 [11][1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe[lower-alpha 1] Other[lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vllaznia Shkodër 2013–14 Albanian Superliga 0000——00
2014–15 7000——70
2015–16 3020——50
2016–17 00———00
2017–18 6030——90
Total 16050——210
Vllaznia Shkodër B2015–16 Albanian Third Division 30———30
2016–17 Albanian Second Division 30———30
2017–18 Albanian First Division 20———20
Total 80———80
Savona2016–17Serie D —————
Career total 24050——290
  1. Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  2. Including other competitions, such as Albanian Supercup

References
  1. "Alen Sherri profile" (in Albanian). FSHF.org. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. "Alen Sherri profile" (in Albanian). Vllaznia.al. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. Paulin Ndoja dhe “persekutimi” i futbollistëve të rinj në Shqipëri Panorama Sport
  4. "Tirana vs. Vllaznia Shkodër - 12 April 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  5. "Alen Sherri matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  6. Sherri kthehet te Vllaznia, pret përgjigjen e Romës Telesport
  7. Alen Sherri tradhtoi Vllazninë, përfundon në Lega Pro Archived 2016-10-10 at the Wayback Machine Newsport.al
  8. "Skënder Gega zbardh listën e U21" [Skënder Gega bleaches the U21 list] (in Albanian). SportPress.al. 8 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-08. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  9. "Shpresat, pjesëmarrëse në "Antalia Cup"" [The hopes, participating in "Antalya Cup"] (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  10. "Shpresat, gati dy ndeshje zyrtare" [The hopes, ready two official games] (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  11. Alen Sherri at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
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