Armend_Dallku
Armend Dallku
Albanian footballer (born 1983)
Armend Sabit Dallku (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, thus 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.
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Dallku with Vorskla Poltava in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Armend Sabit Dallku[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1983-06-16) 16 June 1983 (age 40) | ||
| Place of birth |
Vushtrri, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back, right-back | ||
| Team 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) | |
| International career | |||
| 2002–2005 | Albania U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2005–2013 | Albania | 64 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019 | Prishtina U19 | ||
| 2019–2020 | Prishtina | ||
| 2020– | Dukagjini | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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]
Dallku received the Albanian citizenship on 16 August 2004.[13]
In 2004 Dallku became part of the Albania national under-21 team managed by Hasan Lika playing in 4 first matches valid for the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2 where he completed full 90-minutes in each match, helping the team to take 1 win versus Kazakhstan and 1 draw against Greece.[14]
His performances resulted in a call up from Senior team by coach Hans-Peter Briegel for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 5th game against Ukraine on 9 February 2005. Briegel decided to give the 20-year-old defender a start as a centre-back 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 became regular part of the senior side as he was called up for the March's matches playing the full match against Turkey as right-back where Albania lost 2–0.[15] In the next game against Greece coach Briegel left Dallku on the bench and to puting in the 85th minute with score at 2–0 but unable to change anything as Albania lost again.[16] Dallku was returned to U-21 for June's matches playing the full 90-minutes against Denmark in a heavy defeat 7–0.[17] He returned soon to senior side being an unused substitute against Kazakhstan on 3 September 2005, match won by Albania 2–1. He returned in action in October's month playing the full match against Ukraine as a centre-back in a 2–2 draw. Then 4 days later in the closing match against Turkey he played in the starting line up as a centre-back, receiving a yellow card in the 22nd minute with Albania losing home 0–1 by a 58th minute goal where Dallku was replaced in the 63rd minute.[18]
He scored his first goal 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.[19][20] Dallku announced that he will play one last game against Kosovo, which was played on 13 November in Pristina.[21] However, Dallku didn't play but was mentioned.[22]
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.
Club
| 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 | ||
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
International
| 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 | |
- Albania score listed first, score column indicates score after each Dallku goal.[26]
| 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 |
- Prishtina
- Kosovar Superliga: 2003–04
- Kosovar Supercup: 2016
- Vorskla Poltava
Individual
- Football Superleague of Kosovo Team of the Year: 2016[11]
- Sport Master in Ukraine[27]
- "Dekret nr.4297, datë 16.8.2004 për dhënie të shtetësisë shqiptare" [Decree No. 4297, dated 16.8.2004 on granting Albanian citizenship] (in Albanian). Center of Official Publications (Albania). 16 August 2004. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
I jepet shtetësia shqiptare me kërkesë të tij: Armend Sabit Dallku
- "Armend Dallku - biography, stats, rating, footballer's profile". Footballtop.com. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- Erald Kodheli (1 May 2016). "Armend Dallku mes Europës dhe lamtumirës nga Vorskla" [Armend Dallku between Europe and farewell from Vorskla] (in Albanian). Super Sport Albania. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- Sotir Kora (16 May 2016). "Armend Dallku "var këpucët në gozhdë"" [Armend Dallku "hangs up the boots in nail"] (in Albanian). Super Sport Albania. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- "Prishtina me lojtarë me karrierë ndërkombëtare" [Prishtina with players with international careers] (in Albanian). Telegraf.al. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- "Prishtina e ka seriozisht, afron tre ish-lojtarë të Shqipërisë" [Prishtina is serious, approaches three ex-players of Albania] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- "Kush do të jetë kapiten i Prishtinës? Përgjigjet Dallku" [Who's gonna be the new captain of Prishtina? Dallku answers] (in Albanian). Gazeta Olle. 26 June 2016. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- "Kosovë / Prishtina e Dallkut dhe Currit fiton Superkupën" [Kosovo / Prishtina of Dallku and Curri wins the Supercup] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- Avni Durmishi (19 August 2016). "Java I: Prishtina – Llapi 3:1" [Week I: Prishtina – Llapi 3:1] (in Albanian). Prishtina FC. Retrieved 27 September 2016.[permanent dead link]
- "Prishtina mposht Trepçën" [Prishtina defeats Trepça] (in Albanian). Indeks Online. 22 October 2016. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- "FFK-ja zgjedh më të mirët e vitit" [FFK selects the bests of the year] (in Albanian). Prishtina FC. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.[permanent dead link]
- "Java XXXIII: Drenica - Prishtina 1-3" [WEEK XXXIII: Drenica - Prishtina 1-3] (in Albanian). Prishtina FC. 28 May 2017. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- "PËR DHËNIE TË SHTETËSISË SHQIPTARE" [FOR GIVING THE ALBANIAN CITIZENSHIP] (in Albanian). Qendra e Botimeve Zyrtare. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- Armend Dallku at WorldFootball.net
- "Turkey - Albania 2:0 (WC Qualifiers Europe 2004/2005, Group 2)". WorldFootball.net. 26 March 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- "Greece vs. Albania". Soccerway. 26 March 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- "Denmark - Albania 7:0 (U21 EURO Qualifiers 2004/2005, Group 2)". WorldFootball.net. 7 June 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- "Armend Dallku » WC Qualifiers Europe 2004/2005". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- "Armend Dallku, lamtumirë kombëtares" [Armend Dallku, goodbye to the national team] (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 6 March 2014. Archived from the original on 9 August 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- "Armend Dallku, lamtumirë kombëtares" [Armend Dallku, goodbye to the national team] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- "Kosovë – Shqipëri, pensionohet Dallku" [Kosovo – Albania, Dallku retires] (in Albanian). Lajmi.net. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- "Dallku e Curri përshëndeten nga Kombëtarja" [Dallku and Curri gets greeted by the national team] (in Albanian). Telegrafi.com. 13 November 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- Armend Dallku at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- "Armend Dallku profile". FC Prishtina. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- "Armend Dallku". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- "Armend Dallku - national football team player". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- "Kapiteni i Prishtinës, Armend Dallku "Mjeshtër sporti" në Ukrainë" [Prishtina's captain, Armend Dallku “Sport master” in Ukraine] (in Albanian). PrishtinaFC. 13 December 2016. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- 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 at the Albanian Football Association (in Albanian and English)