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Armend Sabit Dallku[1] (born 16 June 1983) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player who is a current manager of Dukagjini, he represented Albania at under-21 and full international level collecting 64 international senior caps between years 2005–2013 and becoming part of top ten of list of Albania international footballers, remaining until March 2017 when he was overwrited by national side captain at the time Ansi Agolli.

Armend Dallku

Dallku with Vorskla Poltava in March 2016
Personal information
Full name	Armend Sabit Dallku
Date of birth	(1983-06-16) 16 June 1983 (age 39)
Place of birth	Vučitrn, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back and right-back
Club information
Current team	Dukagjini (manager)
Youth career
1997–2002	Vushtrria
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2004	Prishtina	47	(1)
2004–2005	Elbasani	23	(0)
2005–2016	Vorskla Poltava	292	(5)
2016–2019	Prishtina	41	(4)
Total		403	(10)
National team
2002–2005	Albania U21	5	(0)
2005–2013	Albania	64	(1)
Teams managed
2019	Prishtina U19
2019–2020	Prishtina
2020–	Dukagjini
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Early career

Dallku was born in Vushtrri, and began his career at his hometown club KF Kosova Vushtrri. before transferring to Prishtina. Dallku's professional career started off in 2003 when he signed up with KF Prishtina. He spent the 2002–03 season there.[2] In 2004, he moved to Elbasani, playing 25 games in all competitions.

Vorskla Poltava

In the summer of 2005, Dallku joined Ukrainian side Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League. He became one of the team's key players of the defending line. He scored two goals during the 2006–07 season.

On 1 May 2016, Dallku announced his retirement from professional football at the end of the season via a Facebook status.[3] Fourteen, Dallku played his final match as a professional footballer in a 1–0 home loss to Oleksandriya in the final day of the season, ending thus his 13-year career, 11 of them with Vorskla Poltava.[4]

Prishtina

On 14 June 2016, Dallku completed a transfer to his first senior club Prishtina, signing a one-year contract, taking the vacant squad number 4.[5] He was presented on the same day along with players such as Ahmed Januzi and Debatik Curri, his former international teammates.[6] Two weeks later, he was prompted new captain after the position was left vacant.[7] Speaking of that, Dallku stated: "It doesn't matter who's the captain. The important thing is the team to work properly."[7]

Dallku made his official debut with the club on 13 August in the Kosovan Supercup, where Prishtina beat 1–0 Feronikeli to win the first silverware of the season.[8] He made his league debut on 19 August in the opening league match against Llapi, playing full-90 minutes in a 3–1 home success.[9] He scored his first goal of the later on 22 October in the matchday 10 against Trepça.[10]

On 14 January 2017, in the yearly ceremony held by Football Federation of Kosovo, Dallku was named in the 2016 Team of the Year along with his teammate Liridon Leci.[11] He played 31 matches and scored one goal as Prishtina finished runner-up in the championship.[12]

International career

From 2002, until 2005, Dallku has been part of Albania at youth international level, respectively has been part of the U21 teams and he with these teams played five matches.

Dallku was given a call up by Hans-Peter Briegel for the game against Ukraine on 9 February 2005. Briegel decided to give the 20-year-old defender a start on his debut against a very strong Ukraine side. Although he played well he was unable to stop Ukraine from scoring two goals on either side of the interval. He scored his first goals in a FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifier against Malta on 10 September 2008. The match ended 3–0 to Albania, which sent them to the top of their group ahead of giant teams such as Portugal, Sweden and Denmark.

He retired from international football on 6 March 2014 with 64 senior international caps and one goal.[13][14] Dallku announced that he will play one last game against Kosovo, which was played on 13 November in Pristina.[15] However, Dallku didn't play but was mentioned.[16]

Personal life

Dallku's younger brother, Ardin (born 1 November 1994), is also a footballer who plays also as a defender and from 2012–2016 both brothers played each other at Vorskla Poltava.

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 November 2017[17][18]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Prishtina	2002–03	Football Superleague of Kosovo	30	0	0	0	—		—		30	0
	2003–04		17	1	0	0	—		—		17	1
	Total		47	1	0	0	—		—		47	1
Elbasani	2004–05	Albanian Superliga	23	0	—		—		—		23	0
Vorskla Poltava	2005–06	Ukrainian Premier League	25	0	—		—		—		25	0
	2006–07		28	2	—		—		—		28	2
	2007–08		27	0	2	0	—		—		29	0
	2008–09		28	0	4	0	—		—		32	0
	2009–10		29	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	1	0	33	0
	2010–11		29	1	1	0	—		—		30	1
	2011–12		26	1	2	0	11[lower-alpha 1]	0	—		39	1
	2012–13		28	0	1	0	—		—		29	0
	2013–14		28	1	2	0	—		—		30	1
	2014–15		22	0	4	0	—		—		26	0
	2015–16		22	0	5	1	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	—		29	1
	Total		292	5	22	1	15	0	1	0	330	6
Prishtina	2016–17	Football Superleague of Kosovo	29	1	2	0	—		1[lower-alpha 2]	0	32	1
	2017–18		12	3	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	—		14	3
	Total		41	4	2	0	2	0	1	0	46	4
Career total			403	10	24	1	17	0	2	0	446	11

International

As of 25 October 2015[19][20]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Albania	2005	7	0
	2006	6	0
	2007	9	0
	2008	6	1
	2009	8	0
	2010	8	0
	2011	8	0
	2012	8	0
	2013	4	0
Total		64	1

International goals

Albania score listed first, score column indicates score after each Dallku goal.[20]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 September 2008	Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania	26	Malta	2–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Prishtina

• Kosovar Superliga: 2003–04
• Kosovar Supercup: 2016

Vorskla Poltava

• Ukrainian Cup: 2008–09

Individual

• Football Superleague of Kosovo Team of the Year: 2016[11]
• Sport Master in Ukraine[21]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Armend Dallku.

• Armend Dallku at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
• Armend Dallku at FootballDatabase.eu
• Armend Dallku – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Armend Dallku – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Armend Dallku profile at FSHF.org

На других языках

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- [en] Armend Dallku

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[es] Armend Dallku

Armend Dallku (Pristina, Yugoslavia, 16 de junio de 1983) es un futbolista kosovar nacionalizado albanés. Juega como defensa y su club actual es el Vorskla Poltava de la Liga Premier de Ucrania.

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[fr] Armend Dallku

Armend Dallku, né le 16 juin 1983 à Pristina, en RFS de Yougoslavie, est un joueur de football albanais jouant comme défenseur au FC Pristina et avec l'équipe nationale albanaise..

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[it] Armend Dallku

Armend Dallku (Vučitrn, 16 giugno 1983) è un ex calciatore e allenatore di calcio albanese, allenatore del Prishtina.

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