Erli Çupi

Erli Çupi (born 3 February 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Kosovan club Ferizaj and the Albania national under-21 football team.

Erli Çupi
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-02-03) 3 February 1997
Place of birth Bulqizë, Albania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Ferizaj
Youth career
2011–2012 Olimpic
2012–2014 Tirana
2014–2015 A.F Dinamo
2015–2016 Skënderbeu
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Skënderbeu 0 (0)
2016–2017 Başakşehir U-21 24 (5)
2017– Kukësi B 16 (0)
2017–2018 Kukësi 0 (0)
2018– Ferizaj
National team‡
2017– Albania U21 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 December 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:51, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Çupi started his youth career with Olimpic at age of 14. After spending 1 season here, he moved at KF Tirana. Then in November 2014 he moved to A.F Dinamo where he played until the end of the season. In 2015 he signed with Skënderbeu Korçë.[1]

On 14 October 2016 he was signed by Turkish side İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. for the U21 team in the A2 Ligi. Following his arrival, he immediately established himself as a starter under coach İsmail Demirci playing 24 matches and scoring also 5 goals.[2]

In October 2017, Çupi returned to Albania joining FK Kukësi. He played initially for the Kukësi's B-team in the 2017–18 Albanian Second Division and in November gained the first team managed by Mladen Milinković.[3]

International career

Çupi received his first international call up at the Albania national under-21 football team by coach Alban Bushi for a gathering between 14–17 May 2017 with most of the players selected from Albanian championships.[4]

Career statistics

Club
As of 13 December 2017 [5][2][1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe[lower-alpha 1] Other[lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Skënderbeu Korçë 2015–16 Albanian Superliga 0020——20
İstanbul Başakşehir U21 2016–17 A2 Ligi 245———245
Kukësi B 2017–18 Albanian Second Division 160———160
Kukësi 2017–18 Albanian Superliga —10——10
Career total 40530——435
  1. Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  2. Including other competitions, such as Albanian Supercup

References
  1. "Erli Çupi profile" (in Albanian). FSHF.org. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  2. Erli Çupi profile at TFF.org
  3. "Ish-mesfushori i Skënderbeut, nën urdhrat e Milinkoviçit" [Former Skënderbeu's midfielder, under the orders of Milinkoviç] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 25 November 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  4. Grumbullohet Kombëtarja U-21, Alban Bushi bën publike listën Panorama Sport
  5. Erli Çupi at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
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