Mërgim Vojvoda

Mërgim Vojvoda (born 1 February 1995) is a Kosovo Albanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Belgian club Standard Liege and the Kosovo national football team.

Mërgim Vojvoda
Vojvoda with Mouscron in 2018
Personal information
Full name Mërgim Vojvoda
Date of birth (1995-02-01) 1 February 1995
Place of birth Srbica, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Standard Liège
Number 27
Youth career
2003–2009 JS Pierreuse
2009–2010 CSJ Grivegnée
2010–2011 MVV Maastricht
2011–2014 Standard Liège
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Standard Liège II 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Sint-Truidense (loan) 4 (0)
2015–2016 → Carl Zeiss Jena (loan) 24 (0)
2016–2019 Mouscron 76 (1)
2019– Standard Liège 26 (1)
National team‡
2014–2016 Albania U21 7 (0)
2017– Kosovo 24 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:31, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 January 2020

Club career

Early career

Vojvoda is a product of youth team systems of the different Belgian and Dutch sides such as JS Pierreuse, CSJ Grivegnée and MVV Maastricht. In 2011 at the age of 16, he joined with youth team of Standard Liège.

Loan at Sint-Truiden

On 8 November 2014, Vojvoda made his debut for Sint-Truiden in the 15th game week of the 2014–15 Belgian Second Division against Roeselare after coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute in place of Pierre Baherlé. The match finished as a 0–1 away victory with the goal scored by Hilaire Momi in the 81st minute.[1]

Loan at Carl Zeiss Jena

Mouscron

On 24 June 2016, Vojvoda joined Royal Excel Mouscron on a free transfer. As part of the deal, Standard Liège secured a sell-on clause guaranteeing them 25% of the profits of a future transfer.[2] He made it his first professional debut with Mouscron on 30 July 2016 playing as a starter against Anderlecht.[3]

Standard Liège

On 27 May 2019, Vojvoda completed a transfer to Belgian First Division A side Standard Liège by signing for the next four seasons and receiving squad number 27.[4]

International career

Albania

Under-21

He expressed his desire to play for Albania at international level.[5] He was invited for the first time by the Albania national under-21 football team coach Skënder Gega for the Friendly match on 6 August 2014 against Qatar in Scotland,[6] but didn't appeared due to visa problem.[7]

In October 2014, he was included in the list of players which called up by national coach Skënder Gega for the friendly match against Romania U21 on 8 October.[8] In the match against Romania U21, Vojvoda played as a starter and the match finished in the 3–1 loss.[9] Vojvoda was again called up to Albania U21, this time to participate in the international friendly tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 12–18 November 2014.[10]

On 27 March 2015, Vojvoda received the Albanian citizenship to be eligible for playing with Albania U21 in competitive tournaments.[11]

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Vojvoda was called up for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification opening match against Liechtenstein U21 on 28 March 2015.[12] He made his competitive debut for Albania U21 against Liechtenstein U21 on 28 March 2015 playing the full 90-minutes match helping his side to win 0–2.[13]

Kosovo

On 8 September 2016, Vojvoda decided to leave the Albania U21 in order to play for Kosovo in the future. He said that he was open for them and that he was ready to accept if there is an invitation sent to him from the Football Federation of Kosovo,[14] On 7 November 2016, he received the call-up in a match against Turkey.[15] On 10 November 2016, FIFA gave permission for Vojvoda to play for Kosovo.[16] On 11 June 2017. Vojvoda made his debut for Kosovo in a 4–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Turkey.[17]

Career statistics

Club
As of 15 August 2020[18][19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other[lower-alpha 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Standard Liège II 2013–14 unknown 0000——00
Sint-Truidense (loan) 2014–15 Belgian Second Division 4000——40
Carl Zeiss Jena (loan) 2015–16 Regionalliga Nordost 24020—10270
Mouscron 2016–17 Belgian First Division A 21010—91311
2017–18 26020—50320
2018–19 29120—80391
Total 76150—2211032
Standard Liège 2019–20 Belgian First Division A 251203000301
2020–21 1000—0010
Total 261203000311
Career total 130290302311653
  1. Including other competitions, such as Thuringian Cup

International
As of 7 September 2019[20]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Kosovo
201600
201760
201870
201951
Total181

International goals

Scores and results table. Kosovo's goal tally first.

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 September 2019Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo Czech Republic2–12–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Honours

Club

Sint-Truidense

Carl Zeiss Jena

References
  1. "SV Roeselare vs. Sint-Truiden", Soccerway, 8 November 2014
  2. Vojvoda e bën hapin e madh, kalon në Mouscron Telegrafi
  3. "Mouscron-Péruwelz vs. Anderlecht" Soccerway, 30 July 2016
  4. "Mergim Vojvoda revient chez les Rouches" [Mergim Vojvoda returns to the Rouches] (in French). Standard Liège. 27 May 2019.
  5. Zyrtare, Mërgim Vojvoda do luajë për kuqezinjtë Panorama Sport "Në moshë të re kam qenë pjesë e Belgjikës, mirëpo dëshira ime ka qenë që të luaj për Kombëtaren shqiptare në mënyrë që ta përfaqësoj flamurin dhe shtetin shqiptar, ka thënë Mërgim Vojvoda për kosovaren "Arena".
  6. Miqësorja, U-21: Gega fton Mërgim Vojvodën Panorama Sport
  7. Zyrtare: Mërgim Vojvoda luan për Shqipërinë aSport.al "Ky i fundit ishte ftuar nga trajneri Skënder Gega edhe në muajin gusht për ndeshjen miqësore me Katarin. "Jam ftuar edhe në gusht, por për shkak të problemit me vizën, nuk kam mundur që të shkoj në atë kohë. Federata më ka kuptuar", shtoi ai"
  8. Miqësorja me Rumaninë, Gega publikon listën e U-21 Archived 20 November 2014 at Archive.today
  9. Shpresat munden në Rumani, dështon "armata" e Gegës Archived 17 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  10. Shpresat, turne miqesor ne Dubai Archived 22 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
  11. "Edhe një futbollist nga Kosova bëhet me pasaportë të Shqipërisë", Gazeta Olle
  12. "Shpresat nisin kualifikimet kundër Lihtenshtajnit" Archived 17 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, aSport.al
  13. "Liechtenstein U21 vs. Albania U21", Soccerway, 28 March 2015
  14. "Zyrtare: Largohet edhe një futbollist nga Kombëtarja Shqiptare për t'iu bashkuar Kosovës". sovrani.info (in Albanian). 8 September 2016. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  15. "Bunjaki publikoi listën e futbollistëve për ndeshjen kundër Turqisë" (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 7 November 2016.
  16. "FIFA i jep leje Mërgim Vojvodës" (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 10 November 2016.
    - "ZYRTARE: FIFA i jep leje talentit kosovar të luajë kundër Turqisë". syri.net (in Albanian). 20 November 2016.
  17. https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300361570/index.html
  18. "Mërgim Vojvoda » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  19. "Mërgim Vojvoda". Soccerway.
  20. "Mërgim Vojvoda". EU-football.info.
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