About Samir Ujkani
Samir Ujkani (born 5 July 1988) is a former Kosovan professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and is currently the sports director of the Kosovo national team. Ujkani began his youth career with Ingelmunster before moving to Anderlecht and later to Palermo. He started his senior career with Palermo in 2007, making 34 league appearances for the club. During his time under contract with Palermo, he was loaned to Novara, Chievo and later to Latina and Pisa while contracted to other Italian clubs. Ujkani later played for Cremonese, Çaykur Rizespor, Torino and Empoli, accumulating 217 club appearances across his professional career. At international level, he represented Albania U21 and the Albania senior team before switching allegiance to represent the Kosovo national team, earning 36 caps for Kosovo between 2014 and 2022. In 2023, he was appointed sports director of the Kosovo national team. From the beginning of 2019, Ujkani was excluded from the first team squad alongside 4 other foreign players and moved down to the U21 squad. Ujkani received a call-up from Kosovo for the first permitted by FIFA match against Haiti and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up. During December and January 2014, he became temporary first-choice to cover for the injured Stefano Sorrentino.
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