Place of birth Porsgrunn, Norway 2008 → Tollnes (loan) Weight 75 kg 0000–2010 Notodden Height 1.78 m | Number 9 Role Footballer Playing position Name Herolind Shala | |
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Date of birth (1992-02-01) 1 February 1992 (age 23) Current teams FC Slovan Liberec (#9 / Midfielder), Albania national football team (Midfielder, Forward) Profiles | ||
Herolind Shala (born 1 February 1992) is an Kosovo Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lyngby Boldklub and the Kosovo national team.
Contents
- Herolind shala goals assists
- Early career
- Sparta Prague
- Lyngby Boldklub
- Norway youth teams
- Under 21
- Senior
- Kosovo
- International
- Club
- References
Herolind shala goals assists
Early career
He was born in Porsgrunn to Albanian parents from Kosovo. Shala has previously played for Tollnes and Notodden.
Sparta Prague
On 11 January 2015 Shala joined AC Sparta Prague of the Czech Republic, signing a 3-year and half contract. He made his debut on 23 February 2015, starting in the 4–1 win against Příbram
Lyngby Boldklub
On 30 August 2017 Herolind joined Danish Superliga side Lyngby Boldklub, on a two and a half year contract.
Norway youth teams
He has represented Norway at under-17 and under-21 level.
Under-21
When he was called up for both the Norwegian and the Albanian under-21 team in May 2013, he withdrew from the Norwegian squad as he wanted to represent Albania instead. On 11 July 2013 he made his debut for the Albanian U-21 team against Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 by playing full 90-minutes.
He was called up for the closing match of the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 qualification on 5 March 2014, against Austria. He played as a starter and scored the last goal for his side in the 57th minute, where the match finished in an away 1–3 victory with other goals scored by Enis Gavazaj and Vasil Shkurti.
Senior
He received his first senior national team call-up by the Albania national football team coach Gianni De Biasi for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Portugal on 7 September 2014.
He made his debut for senior team on 14 November 2014 in the "Group I" Friendly Match against the Euro 2016 hosts, France, by coming on as a substitute in the 76th minute. In the other match against Italy Shala played once again as a substitute at this time in the 71st minute.
Kosovo
He received an invitation from Albert Bunjaki to play for Kosovo , after a few hours he immediately accepted Kosovo's invite to represent his country. Shala made his debut for Kosovo in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Croatia on 6 October 2016.