Shpejtim Arifi
{{short description|Kosovar Albanian footballer (born 1979)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Shpejtim Arifi
| image = اشپیتیم آرفی.jpg
| caption = Arifi in 2021
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|5|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Presevo, SFR Yugoslavia
| height = 1.82 m
| currentclub =
| years1 = 2001–2002
| clubs1 = SV Südwest
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2002–2003
| clubs2 = SV Weingarten
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2003–2004
| clubs3 = VfR Mannheim
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 2004–2005
| clubs4 = SV Sandhausen
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| years5 = 2005–2006
| clubs5 = SSV Reutlinggen
| caps5 = 16
| goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2006–2008
| clubs6 = FSV Oggersheim
| caps6 = 39
| goals6 = 14
| years7 = 2008–2009
| clubs7 = Payam Khorasan
| caps7 = 38
| goals7 = 18
| years8 = 2009–2011
| clubs8 = Persepolis
| caps8 = 39
| goals8 = 9
| years9 = 2011–2012
| clubs9 = Tractor
| caps9 = 5
| goals9 = 1
| years10 = 2012
| clubs10 = Aboomoslem
| caps10 = 7
| goals10 = 2
| years11 = 2012–2013
| clubs11 = SVN Zweibrücken
| caps11 = 15
| goals11 = 8
| years12 = 2014
| clubs12 = Borussia Neunkirchen
| caps12 = 3
| goals12 = 0
}}
Shpejtim Arifi (born 3 May 1979) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward or winger.
Life and career
Arifi was born in Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia. Arifi's older brother, Shqiprim (born 14 June 1976) is a Serbian politician serving as the head of the Alternative for Changes and served as mayor of Preševo in three separate stints from 2016 to 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/ShqiprimArifi.11/posts/447799160047827/|title=Bruder|trans-title=Brother|language=de|publisher=Shqiprim Arifi|website=Facebook|date=24 November 2021}}Wikipedia:SPS
He played for FSV Oggersheim in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://aktuell-sport.de/page.php?modul=Article&op=read&nid=10620&rub=55|title=Neuanfang: Zurück in Speyer – Fußball-Schule "Rogon" ab April beim ASV Speyer – Auch VfR-Trainer Konstantakis mit an Bord – Profis geben Tipps für Kids|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505192159/http://aktuell-sport.de/page.php?modul=Article&op=read&nid=10620&rub=55|archive-date=2009-05-05|date=2008-03-08}}
Arifi signed for the Iranian club Payam Khorasan at the end of the 2007–08 Iranian Pro League season. He was a regular player in 2008–09 for Payam and was one of the top scorers of the league. He moved to Persepolis in summer 2009. He appeared in 32 league matches for the club.
Honours
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Worldfootball.net|shpejtim-arifi}}
- [http://www.persianleague.com/teams.html?sid=25&view=player&id=341 PersianLeague Profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090505074647/http://khorasan.isna.ir/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-55337 ISNA]
- [http://www.fsv-lu-oggersheim.de/index.php?page=spieler&pos=4 fsv-lu-oggersheim]
- {{Fussballdaten|arifishpejtim}}
- [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.statistik-klein.de/aol05-06.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=8&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Darifi%2Bshpejtim%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DT42 statistik-klein]
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Category:Footballers from Pristina
Category:Kosovan emigrants to Germany
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Kosovan men's footballers
Category:SV Sandhausen players
Category:SSV Reutlingen 05 players
Category:FSV Oggersheim players
Category:Payam Khorasan F.C. players
Category:Persepolis F.C. players
Category:SVN Zweibrücken players
Category:Borussia Neunkirchen players
Category:Persian Gulf Pro League players
Category:Kosovan expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Category:Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Iran
Category:Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Iran
Category:German expatriate men's footballers