Jurgen Peqini

Jurgen Peqini (born 24 August 1998), is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Albanian club Turbina Cërrik in the Albanian First Division.

Jurgen Peqini
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-08-24) 24 August 1998
Place of birth Elbasan, Albania
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Turbina Cërrik
Number 9
Youth career
2012–2015 Elbasani
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Elbasani 13 (4)
2017–2019 Teuta 6 (3)
2019Erzeni (loan) 10 (1)
2019– Turbina 2 (0)
International career
2015 Albania U19 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 September 2019

Club career

Early career

Peqini started his youth career aged 14 with KF Elbasani in September 2012. During the 2013–14 season he played with under-17 side and made 22 appearances. In the 2015–16 season he appeared for under-19 side playing 14 matches and scoring 2 goals and also he gained entry with the first team.[1]

Elbasani

Peqini participated for the first time with the first team of Elbasani in the 2015–16 Albanian First Division 3rd game week against Turbina Cerrik on 26 September 2015, where however he was an unused substitute.[2] Four days later he managed to make his professional debut and to score his first goal against Kamza in a match valid for the 2015–16 Albanian Cup first round. Peqini started the match on the bench, came in as a substitute in the 55th minute in place of Andi Mahilaj and scored in the 72nd minute to give his team the 1–1 home draw.[3] On 24 October 2015 he made it his first Albanian First Division debut against Dinamo Tirana coming on as a substitute in the 71st minute in place of Andi Mahilaj in a 0–1 loss.[4]

International career

He was called up for the first time at international level in the Albania national under-19 football team by coach Arjan Bellaj for two friendly matches against Kosovo U19 on 13 & 15 October 2015.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 October 2015 [6]
Season Club League country League League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2015–16ElbasaniAlbanian First Division 1011--21
Total 10110021
Career total 10110021

Personal life

Peqini hails from a footballing family with his father, Kastriot Peqini[7] earning 11 caps with the national team and his grandfather Sabri Peqini played for Dinamo Tirana.

References

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