Erfan Zeneli (born 28 December 1986) is a Finnish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

of Kosovar Albanian descent who plays for SexyPöxyt as a striker or

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. Besides Finland, he has played in Israel and Kazakhstan.

Club career

In February 2016, Zeneli went on trial with

Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League (, ''Qazaqstan Premier Ligasy''), commonly referred to as the Kazakh Premier League or simply the Premier League, is a professional association football league in Kazakhstan and the highest level of the ...

side

FC Shakhter Karagandy Football Club Shakhter (), commonly referred to as FC Shakhter Karagandy ( ), is a professional football club based in Karagandy, Kazakhstan. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992, but fell of to t ...

. On 17 June 2016, Zeneli had his contract with Shakhter Karagandy terminated by mutual consent, going on to season a contract with

FC Inter Turku Football Club International Turku, commonly referred to as Inter Turku () and colloquially known as Inter, is a Finnish professional association football, football club based in Turku that competes in the Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finni ...

for the rest of the

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

season on 19 July 2016.

International career

In April 2012 Zeneli declared to the media that he would welcome a convocation to be part of the

Albania national football team The Albania national football team () represents Albania in men's international Association football, football. It is governed by the Albanian Football Federation (FSHF), the governing body for football in Albania. It is a member of UEFA in Eur ...

and has been since in contact with coach Gianni de Biasi. He decided to play in the

Finland national football team The Finland national football team (, ) represents Finland in men's international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland, the governing body for football in Finland, which was founded in 1907. The team ...

Personal life

His older brother

Ridvan Rıdvan is the Turkish spelling of the Arabic masculine given name Ridvan (Arabic: رِضْوَان ''Riḍwān'') which the name also derived from the Islamic Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on ...

is a former footballer.

Career statistics

Honours

;Individual *

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

Top assist provider:

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

Midfielder of the year:

Player of the Month: September 2013, September 2014HJK:n Erfan Zeneli Veikkausliigan syyskuun kuukauden pelaaja

References

External links

Profile
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HJK.fi

Stats
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Veikkausliiga.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zeneli, Erfan 1986 births Living people Footballers from Vushtrri Kosovan emigrants to Finland Men's association football wingers Kosovan men's footballers Finnish men's footballers Finland men's under-21 international footballers Finland men's international footballers Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Klubi 04 players Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players FC Shakhter Karagandy players FC Inter Turku players Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players Rovaniemen Palloseura players AC Kajaani players FC Viikingit players Veikkausliiga players Ykkönen players Israeli Premier League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Finnish people of Albanian descent Finnish people of Yugoslav descent Finnish people of Kosovan descent 21st-century Finnish sportsmen SexyPöxyt players