Arber Zeneli

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Arber Zeneli
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Personal information
Full name Arber Zeneli
Date of birth (1995-02-25) 25 February 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Säter, Sweden
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 SC Heerenveen
Number 13
Youth career
0000 Hälsinggårdens AIK
2007–2013 IF Elfsborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 IF Elfsborg 46 (11)
2016– SC Heerenveen 17 (4)
International career‡
2010–2012 Sweden U17 7 (1)
2012–2014 Sweden U19 17 (5)
2014– Sweden U21 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2016

Arber Zeneli (born 25 February 1995 in Falun) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Dutch Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen as a winger.[1]

Personal life

Zeneli was born in Säter, but grew up in Falun, before moving to Borås with his family when he was 11 years old.[2][3] He is of Albanian descent.[4] He has named his father as his greatest role model in life.[5]

Club career

IF Elfsborg

Zeneli started playing football for Hälsinggården, but left as a 12-year-old for Elfsborg's youth academy. In 2011, Zeneli scored a late winning goal in the final of Swedish Under-17 Championships against Brommapojkarna.[6] The following year Zeneli helped his team reach the final in the same competition, and scored another goal, although this time Elfsborg lost to Malmö FF.[7] In 2013 Elfsborg won the U21-Allsvenskan with Zeneli in the squad, after a 5-2 final win away against Häcken.[8]

In December 2013, Zeneli was promoted to the senior team.[9]

Zeneli made his senior debut on March 1, in 2013-14 Svenska Cupen. Zeneli played in total three games in the domestic cup the following months, which Elfsborg later won against Helsingborg in the final. He made his first Allsvenskan appearance in the premier game 31 March, away against Åtvidaberg.[10] In May the same year, former Premier League player and team mate Anders Svensson labeled Zeneli as one of the greatest talents he has ever seen.[11] Zeneli played 16 games during the 2014 season and finished the season by scoring his first senior goal that subsequently sealed the win for his team against Brommapojkarna. Zeneli dedicated the goal to his former coach Klas Ingesson who died a couple of days earlier.[12]

Heerenveen

On November 10, 2015, Zeneli signed a 3.5 year contract with Heerenveen for an estimated fee of €2 million.[13] He made his Eredivisie debut on January 16, 2016,[14] and scored his first goal the following weekend, on January 23.[15] His performance earned him the man of the match award.[16]

International career

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Career statistics

Club

As of 8 May 2016[17]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
IF Elfsborg 2014 Allsvenskan 16 1 4 1 1 0 21 2
2015 Allsvenskan 30 10 6 2 5 0 41 12
Total 46 11 10 3 6 0 62 14
SC Heerenveen 2015–16 Eredivisie 17 4 0 0 0 0 17 4
Total 17 4 0 0 0 0 17 4
Career total 65 15 10 3 6 0 81 18

Honours

Club

IF Elfsborg

International

Sweden U21

References

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