Edvin Murati

{{short description|Albanian footballer (born 1975)}}

{{Expand Greek|topic=bio|Έντβιν Μουράτι|date=April 2020}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Edvin Murati

| full_name = Edvin Sabri Murati

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1975|11|12}}

| birth_place = Tirana, Albania

| height = 1.70 m

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1989–1990

| youthclubs1 = Partizani Tirana

| youthyears2 = 1990–1994

| youthclubs2 = Paris Saint-Germain

| years1 = 1994–2000

| clubs1 = Paris Saint-Germain

| caps1 = 24

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1995–1996

| clubs2 = → Châteauroux (loan)

| caps2 = 31

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1996–1997

| clubs3 = → Stade Briochin (loan)

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1998–1999

| clubs4 = → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan)

| caps4 = 11

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2000–2002

| clubs5 = Lille

| caps5 = 29

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2002–2006

| clubs6 = Iraklis

| caps6 = 66

| goals6 = 6

| years7 = 2006–2008

| clubs7 = Panserraikos

| caps7 = 25

| goals7 = 8

| totalcaps = 179

| totalgoals = 15

| nationalyears1 = 1998–2006

| nationalteam1 = Albania

| nationalcaps1 = 42

| nationalgoals1 = 4

}}

Edvin Sabri Murati (born 12 November 1975) is an Albanian former professional footballer. He played for Panserraikos and Iraklis in Greece.{{Worldfootball.net|edvin-murati}} He played also in France,{{refn|{{LFP|murati-edvin}}}} Germany, and for the Albania national team. In December 2018 he was honoured for his services to Albanian football, alongside Perlat Musta and Qamil Teliti.[http://telegraf.al/sport/musta-murati-dhe-teliti-pas-vdekjes-dekorohen-me-nderi-i-futbollit-shqiptar/ Musta, Murati dhe Teliti (pas vdekjes) dekorohen me “Nderi i futbollit shqiptar”] - Telegraf {{in lang|sq}}

International career

Murati made his debut for Albania in an August 1998 friendly match away against Cyprus and earned a total of 42 caps, scoring 4 goals.{{cite web|author=Hoxha, Florent|title=Albania – Record International Players|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/alba-recintlp.html|date=16 July 2009|website=RSSSF|accessdate=20 July 2009}} His final international was an October 2006 European Championship qualification match against the Netherlands.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=14622|title=Player Database|website=eu-football.info|accessdate=4 September 2019}} In the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, he scored a winning goal against UEFA Euro 2004 Champions Team Greece.

Personal life

Edvin Murati holds Albanian and French nationalities.{{cite web | url=https://www.ligue1.fr/joueur?id=edvin-murati | title=Joueur }} He acquired French nationality by naturalization on 16 February 1998.{{Cite web |title=JORF n° 0040 du 17 février 1998 - Légifrance |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/1998/02/17/0040 |access-date=6 November 2023 |website=www.legifrance.gouv.fr}}

Career statistics

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|colspan="3"|Albania national team

YearAppsGoals
199810
199940
200052
200140
200261
200380
200471
200550
200620
Total||42||4

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#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
18 February 2000National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta{{fb|Azerbaijan}}1–01–02000 Malta International Football Tournament
22 September 2000FinnAir Stadium, Helsinki, Finland{{fb|Finland}}1-11-22002 FIFA World Cup qualification
316 October 2002Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania{{fb|Switzerland}}1–11–1UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
44 September 2004Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania{{fb|Greece}}1-02-12006 FIFA World Cup qualification{{cite web |title=Edvin Murati international goals |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=14622 |website=eu-football.info |access-date=28 October 2023}}

References

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