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Danel Sinani

Danel Sinani (Serbian Cyrillic: Данел Синани; born 5 April 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli. Born in Belgrade to parents of Gorani descent,[4] he plays for the Luxembourg national team.

Club career

In Luxembourg

Sinani played club football in Luxembourg for Racing FC Union Luxembourg before joining F91 Dudelange in 2017.[5] With the latter, he won two Luxembourg National Division titles and the Luxembourg Cup.[6] In November 2018, he scored the first ever goal for a Luxembourgish club in the group stage of a major European competition against Olympiacos.[6] In 2019, Sinani was given the Luxembourg Footballer of the Year award. It was his first award of the trophy, known as the Wanderpokal Challenge Guy Greffrath (Challenge Guy Greffrath Challenge Cup).[7] In the summer of 2019, Sinani was offered a move to R.E. Virton, who play in the Belgian league, but he refused the deal.[8] Later in the year, he scored two goals in a Europa League match against five time Europa League winners Sevilla.[6][9] As of 2020, he has scored 13 goals in UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches.[6] Sinani has scored 14 goals in 16 appearances in the 2019–20 Luxembourg National Division,[10] nine goals in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, and 24 goals in 30 matches in all competitions.[11]

Norwich City

In April 2020, he signed for Norwich City for the 2020–21 season.[12] His contract is until 2023,[10] and he is the first Luxembourgish Norwich City player.[13]

In August 2020, Sinani was loaned to Belgian club Waasland-Beveren for the season.[14]

On 28 July 2021, he joined Huddersfield Town on a season-long loan. As part of the loan agreement with Norwich, Huddersfield have the option to sign him permanently at the end of the season.[15] Sinani made his EFL Championship debut as a late substitute in the 1–1 draw against Derby County at Pride Park on 6 August 2021.[16] He made his full home debut against Everton in the EFL Cup on 24 August 2021 when Huddersfield lost 2–1.[17]

Upon his return to Norwich he scored his first goal for the club in an EFL Cup win over Birmingham City on 9 August 2022.[18] He then scored his first league goal for the club in his next appearance, a 2–1 victory over former club Huddersfield Town at Carrow Road.[19]

On 31 January 2023, the last day of the 2022–23 winter transfer window, Sinani joined Championship side Wigan Athletic on loan until the end of the season.[20]

Sinani was released by Norwich City at the end of the 2022–23 season.[21]

FC St. Pauli

On 4 July 2023, Sinani signed for Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli on a free transfer.[22]

International career

Sinani made his international debut for Luxembourg in 2017.[5] Kosovo approached Sinani about representing them internationally, as his parents are from Dragash. Sinani refused the meeting to discuss it, as he sees Luxembourg as his home.[23] Sinani scored three goals for Luxembourg during their 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D campaign.[6]

Personal life

Sinani was born in Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia to ethnic Gorani parents from Dragash. He moved to Luxembourg along with his family at the age of 5.[24]

He is the younger brother of Dejvid Sinani.[25]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 November 2023[26]
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup, Belgian Cup, DFB Pokal
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League and 12 and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League and 11 and nine goals in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearances in Belgian First Division A Promotion-Relegation play-off
  7. ^ Appearances in EFL Championship Promotion play-offs

International

As of match played 9 June 2024[5]

Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.

Honours

Dudelange

FC St. Pauli

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Norwich City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 47. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. ^ UEFA.com. "Danel Sinani - Luxembourg - UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Danel Sinani". Norwich City F.C. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  4. ^ JA SAM BEOGRAĐANIN, NISAM ALBANAC! JESAM SINANI, ALI SA ALBANIJOM NEMAM NIŠTA! Najbolji igrač Luksemburga odjavio tzv. Kosovo (FOTO)
  5. ^ a b c Danel Sinani at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ^ a b c d e "Factfile: Danel Sinani". Norwich City F.C. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Danel Sinani ist Fußballer des Jahres". wort.lu (in German). 27 September 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  8. ^ Mollereau, Julien (3 April 2020). "Mon contrat ? J'ai tout simplement signé et tout renvoyé par la poste". Le Quotidien (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Europa League: Sinani rettet die F91-Ehre gegen Sevilla". Tageblatt (in German). 7 November 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Norwich sign Danel Sinani from F91 Dudelange after placing staff on furlough". ESPN. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Daniel Sinani: Luxembourg international striker agrees Norwich transfer". Sky Sports. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Norwich sign Luxembourg forward Danel Sinani". BBC Sport. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Norwich City complete signing of Danel Sinani". The Pink'un. 10 April 2020. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Sinani and Sitti complete loan switches to Belgian side Waasland-Beveren". Norwich City F.C. 22 September 2020. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Loan: Danel Sinani joins from Norwich City". www.htafc.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Covid-hit Terriers fight back at Derby". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Ten-man Everton edge past Huddersfield". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  18. ^ "Norwich 2-2 Birmingham". BBC. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  19. ^ "Norwich City 2-1 Huddersfield Town: Canaries earn first win of the season". Sky Sports. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  20. ^ "Wigan Athletic: Arsenal's Omar Rekik and Norwich City's Danel Sinani join on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  21. ^ "Club confirms players that will depart this summer". www.canaries.co.uk. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  22. ^ "DER FC ST. PAULI VERPFLICHTET DANEL SINANI" [FC ST. PAULI SIGNS DANEL SINANI]. www.fcstpauli.com (in German). 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  23. ^ CVETKOVIĆ, Ivan (10 September 2019). "Srbiju večeras napada Beograđanin Danel Sinani!". sportske.net (in Bosnian). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  24. ^ "Historia e Danel Sinanit, djalit nga Sharri që nuk është… shqiptar" [The history of Danel Sinani, the boy from Sharr who is not an… Albanian] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  25. ^ "Dejvid Sinani - Der offensive Mittelfeldspieler im Schatten des kleinen Bruders". tageblatt.lu.
  26. ^ Danel Sinani at Soccerway