Dardan Karimani

Dardan Feim Karimani (born 23 November 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Regionalliga Bayern club Würzburger Kickers.[1] Born in Germany, he has represented Albania at youth level.

Dardan Karimani
Personal information
Full name Dardan Feim Karimani
Date of birth (1998-11-23) 23 November 1998
Place of birth Soest, Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Würzburger Kickers
Number 10
Youth career
0000 1. SC Lippetal
0000–2013 SV Lippstadt
2013–2014 Borussia Dortmund
2014–2016 SC Paderborn
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 SC Paderborn II 51 (16)
2017–2018 SC Paderborn 1 (0)
2019–2020 SC Verl 11 (0)
2020–2022 SV Lippstadt 69 (7)
2022– Würzburger Kickers 43 (10)
International career
2015 Albania U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 August 2018

Early life

Karimani was born in Soest, Germany from Kosovo Albanian parents from Mitrovica, Kosovo.

Club career

In summer 2014 Karimani signed with 3. Liga club SC Paderborn 07 from Borussia Dortmund.[2]

In January 2019, after featuring for Paderborn's reserves, Karimani joined Regionalliga West side SC Verl on a free transfer.[2]

On 25 May 2022, Karimani signed a one-year contract with recently relegated Regionalliga Bayern club Würzburger Kickers.[3]

International career

Under-19

On 7 January 2015. Karimani made his debut with Albania U19 in a friendly match against Italy U18 after being named in the starting line-up, he could not be part of Albania national youth teams because of the lack of an Albanian passport even though the president through a decree has decided that Karimani had been provided with a passport.[4]

Under-21

On 30 August 2018. Karimani received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for a 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Republic of Ireland U21.[5]

References

  1. Dardan Karimani at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Tawiah kommt - Karimani geht". kicker Online (in German). 18 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  3. "Verstärkung für die Mittelfeldzentrale: Dardan Karimani kommt aus Lippstadt | Würzburger Kickers". Würzburger Kickers (in German). 25 May 2022. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  4. "SKANDALOZE: Ja si u tradhtuan, Manaj dhe Karimani nga Kombëtarja shqiptare (FOTO)" [SCANDALOUS: Here's how are betrayed, Manaj and Karimani from Albania national team (PHOTO)]. Infokusi (in Albanian). 4 May 2016. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017.
  5. "Emërorja e Kombëtares U21 për ndeshjen kundër Irlandës" [Substantival of national U21 team for match against Ireland] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 30 August 2018. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
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