Personal information | |||
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Full name | Azdren Gani Llullaku | ||
Date of birth | 15 February 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Istok, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker/Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Astana | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2004 | Vallata | ||
2004–2005 | Conegliano | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2006 | Conegliano | ? | (3) |
2006–2007 | Sacilese Calcio | 31 | (8) |
2007–2008 | Südtirol | 12 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Domegliara | 33 | (11) |
2009–2010 | Sacilese Calcio | 0 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Tamai | 33 | (22) |
2011–2012 | SandonàJesolo | 30 | (13) |
2012–2016 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 93 | (17) |
2016 | Politehnica Iași | 14 | (0) |
2016 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 20 | (16) |
2017– | Astana | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2013– | Albania | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:10, 22 December 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2016 |
Azdren Gani Llullaku (Serbo-Croat: Azdren Lulaku, Аздрен Лулаку) (born 15 February 1988) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Astana and for Albania national team.
Llullaku was born on 15 February 1988 in Istok. Due to the Kosovo War, at age of 12 Llullaku moved to Italy among with his mother and his brother where they placed in Tarzo, a comune (municipality) in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto. He began his youth career with A.C. Vallata 1999, a team of the third category, the lowest level of "amateur" football in Italy.
In the regional competitions, Llullaku revealed himself to be a talented goalscorer and he was recruited by Denis Florin, sporting director of Conegliano, which played in Eccellenza at that time. Llullaku accepted with enthusiasm and played with the juniores team, and after ten matches, he transitioned into the senior team. In the 2004-05 season, Llullaku, at 17, scored three goals in the first team, but especially stood out as a player deserving to be a professional.
He moved into Serie D, joining A.S.D. Sacilese Calcio in 2006. In the 2006–07 Season he made a total of 31 appearances and scored eight goals.
In the summer of 2007, Llullaku joined Serie C2 side Südtirol. In the 2007–08 season he made a total of 12 appearances.