Erfan Zeneli

Erfan Zeneli
Personal information
Full name Erfan Zeneli
Date of birth (1986-12-28) 28 December 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth Vučitrn, SFR Yugoslavia
(present-day Kosovo)
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position Left winger
Team information
Current team
 SexyPöxyt
Youth career
1993–1997 RoPS
1998–2003 Jaro
2003–2005 HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2013 HJK 166 (32)
2009–2010 → Klubi 04 25 (8)
2014 Maccabi Petah Tikva 10 (1)
2014–2015 HJK 36 (11)
2016 Shakhter Karagandy 14 (0)
2016–2017 Inter Turku 15 (0)
2017 SJK 30 (4)
2018 RoPs 11 (1)
2019–2020 HJK 9 (0)
2020 AC Kajaani 12 (3)
2021 Viikingit 2 (0)
2022– SexyPöxyt 36 (4)
International career
2006–2008 Finland U21 10 (2)
2013–2015 Finland 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 February 2025

Erfan Zeneli (born 28 December 1986) is a Finnish footballer of Kosovar Albanian descent who plays for SexyPöxyt as a striker or left winger. Besides Finland, he has played in Israel and Kazakhstan.

Club career

In February 2016, Zeneli went on trial with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Shakhter Karagandy.

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 for the rest of the 2016 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 and has been since in contact with coach Gianni de Biasi. He decided to play in the Finland national football team.

Personal life

His older brother Ridvan is a former footballer.

Career statistics

As of 7 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cups Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
HJK 2005 Veikkausliiga 51––51
2006 Veikkausliiga 2321020262
2007 Veikkausliiga 1200010130
2008 Veikkausliiga 21022–232
2009 Veikkausliiga 00000000
2010 Veikkausliiga 1842130235
2011 Veikkausliiga 29841523811
2012 Veikkausliiga 2419230363
2013 Veikkausliiga 311173204014
Total 1633425916220445
Klubi 04 (loan) 2009 Ykkönen 256––256
2010 Ykkönen 11––11
Total 2670000267
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2013–14 Israeli Premier League 10110–111
HJK 2014 Veikkausliiga 932080193
2015 Veikkausliiga 27873624013
Total 3611931424916
Shakhter Karagandy 2016 Kazakhstan Premier League 14010–150
Inter Turku 2016 Veikkausliiga 150––150
SJK 2017 Veikkausliiga 3041020334
RoPS 2018 Veikkausliiga 111––111
HJK 2019 Veikkausliiga 900020110
AC Kajaani 2020 Ykkönen 123––123
Viikingit 2021 Kolmonen 20––20
SexyPöxyt 2022 Kolmonen 83––83
2023 Kakkonen 13010–140
2024 Kakkonen 15110–161
Total 3642000384
Career total 36465391234443781

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Erfan Zeneli povaa HJK:n superlupaukselle hyvää kautta: ”Jos pelaat HJK:ssa tuon ikäisenä, sinun pitää olla tosi hyvä”, suomifutis.com, 2 January 2019
  2. ↑ Ykkösen tähdet tutuiksi: Erfan Zeneli palloliitto.fi
  3. ↑ "ШАХТЕР ПРОСМАТРИВАЕТ ИНОСТРАННЫХ ФУТБОЛИСТОВ". shahter.kz (in Russian). FC Shakhter Karagandy. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "ШАХТЕР ПОКИНУЛИ ЭРФАН ЗЕНЕЛИ И МОШТАГ ЯГУБИ". shahter.kz (in Russian). FC Shakhter Karagandy. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Erfan Zeneli loppukaudeksi Interiin". fcinter.fi (in Finnish). FC Inter Turku. 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  6. ↑ Hasani, Valdet (19 April 2012). "De Biasi zbulon Zenelin në Youtube". Gazeta Express.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ Erfan Zeneli, Football Association of Finland
  8. ↑ veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
  9. ↑ "Veikkausliiga | Kauden 2013 pelipaikkojen parhaat nimetty". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  10. ↑ Erfan Zenelistä syyskuun Kuukauden pelaaja Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  11. ↑ HJK:n Erfan Zeneli Veikkausliigan syyskuun kuukauden pelaaja Deprecated link archived 2014-10-04 at archive.today (in Finnish)