Danel Sinani

Luxembourgish association football player

Danel Sinani
Personal information
Full name Danel Sinani[1]
Date of birth (1997-04-05) 5 April 1997 (age 27)[2]
Place of birth Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 FC St. Pauli
Number 15
Youth career
2006–2012 FC Differdange 03
2012–2014 Racing FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Racing FC 62 (12)
2017–2020 Dudelange 64 (30)
2020–2023 Norwich City 16 (1)
2020–2021 → Waasland-Beveren (loan) 18 (3)
2021–2022 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 39 (6)
2023 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 10 (0)
2023– FC St. Pauli 6 (0)
International career‡
2015 Luxembourg U19 3 (0)
2015– Luxembourg U21 11 (1)
2017– Luxembourg 62 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2024

Danel Sinani (Serbian Cyrillic: Данел Синани; born 5 April 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for 2. Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli. Born in Belgrade to parents of Gorani descent,[4] he plays for the Luxembourg national team.

Club career

In Luxembourg

Sinani played club football in Luxembourg for Racing FC Union Luxembourg before joining F91 Dudelange in 2017.[5] With the latter, he won two Luxembourg National Division titles and the Luxembourg Cup.[6] In November 2018, he scored the first ever goal for a Luxembourgish club in the group stage of a major European competition against Olympiacos.[6] In 2019, Sinani was given the Luxembourg Footballer of the Year award. It was his first award of the trophy, known as the Wanderpokal Challenge Guy Greffrath (Challenge Guy Greffrath Challenge Cup).[7] In the summer of 2019, Sinani was offered a move to R.E. Virton, who play in the Belgian league, but he refused the deal.[8] Later in the year, he scored two goals in a Europa League match against five time Europa League winners Sevilla.[6][9] As of 2020, he has scored 13 goals in UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches.[6] Sinani has scored 14 goals in 16 appearances in the 2019–20 Luxembourg National Division,[10] nine goals in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, and 24 goals in 30 matches in all competitions.[11]

Norwich City

In April 2020, he signed for Norwich City for the 2020–21 season.[12] His contract is until 2023,[10] and he is the first Luxembourgish Norwich City player.[13]

In August 2020, Sinani was loaned to Belgian club Waasland-Beveren for the season.[14]

On 28 July 2021, he joined Huddersfield Town on a season-long loan. As part of the loan agreement with Norwich, Huddersfield have the option to sign him permanently at the end of the season.[15] Sinani made his EFL Championship debut as a late substitute in the 1–1 draw against Derby County at Pride Park on 6 August 2021.[16] He made his full home debut against Everton in the EFL Cup on 24 August 2021 when Huddersfield lost 2–1.[17]

Upon his return to Norwich he scored his first goal for the club in an EFL Cup win over Birmingham City on 9 August 2022.[18] He then scored his first league goal for the club in his next appearance, a 2–1 victory over former club Huddersfield Town at Carrow Road.[19]

On 31 January 2023, the last day of the 2022–23 winter transfer window, Sinani joined Championship side Wigan Athletic on loan until the end of the season.[20]

Sinani was released by Norwich City at the end of the 2022–23 season.[21]

FC St. Pauli

On 4 July 2023, Sinani signed for 2. Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli on a free transfer.[22]

International career

Sinani made his international debut for Luxembourg in 2017.[5] Kosovo approached Sinani about representing them internationally, as his parents are from Dragash. Sinani refused the meeting to discuss it, as he sees Luxembourg as his home.[23] Sinani scored three goals for Luxembourg during their 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D campaign.[6]

Personal life

Sinani was born in Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia to ethnic Gorani parents from Dragash. He moved to Luxembourg along with his family at the age of 5.[24]

He is the younger brother of Dejvid Sinani.[25]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 November 2023[26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Racing FC 2014–15 Luxembourg Division of Honour 15 3 0 0 — — 15 3
2015–16 Luxembourg National Division 23 3 0 0 — — 23 3
2016–17 Luxembourg National Division 24 6 0 0 — — 24 6
Total 62 12 0 0 — — 62 12
Dudelange 2017–18 Luxembourg National Division 22 9 0 0 — 2[c] 0 24 9
2018–19 Luxembourg National Division 25 7 0 0 — 14[d] 4 39 11
2019–20 Luxembourg National Division 17 14 0 0 — 13[e] 9 30 23
Total 64 30 0 0 — 29 13 93 43
Norwich City 2020–21 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2021–22 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2022–23 Championship 16 1 1 0 1 1 — 18 2
Total 16 1 1 0 1 1 — 18 2
Waasland-Beveren (loan) 2020–21 Belgian First Division A 18 3 1 0 — 2[f] 1 21 4
Huddersfield Town (loan) 2021–22 Championship 39 6 3 0 2 0 3[g] 1 47 7
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2022–23 Championship 10 0 — — — 10 0
FC St. Pauli 2023–24 2. Bundesliga 6 0 3 0 — — 9 0
Career total 215 52 8 0 3 1 34 15 260 68
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup, Belgian Cup, DFB Pokal
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League and 12 and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League and 11 and nine goals in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearances in Belgian First Division A Promotion-Relegation play-off
  7. ^ Appearances in EFL Championship Promotion play-offs

International

As of match played 26 March 2024[5]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Luxembourg 2017 3 0
2018 9 3
2019 9 0
2020 8 3
2021 12 0
2022 10 3
2023 10 3
2024 1 1
Total 62 13

Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.

List of international goals scored by Danel Sinani
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 September 2018 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Moldova 3–0 4–0 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
2 11 September 2018 San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino  San Marino 3–0 3–0
3 15 October 2018 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  San Marino 2–0 3–0
4 10 October 2020  Cyprus 1–0 2–0 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C
5 2–0
6 13 October 2020 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro  Montenegro 2–1 2–1
7 4 June 2022 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania  Lithuania 1–0 2–0 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C
8 2–0
9 22 September 2022 Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Turkey 2–1 3–3
10 17 June 2023 Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Liechtenstein 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
11 20 June 2023 Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–0 2–0
12 8 September 2023 Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Iceland 3–1 3–1
13 27 March 2024  Kazakhstan 2–1 2–1 Friendly

Honours

Dudelange

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Norwich City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 47. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. ^ UEFA.com. "Danel Sinani - Luxembourg - UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Danel Sinani". Norwich City F.C. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  4. ^ JA SAM BEOGRAĐANIN, NISAM ALBANAC! JESAM SINANI, ALI SA ALBANIJOM NEMAM NIŠTA! Najbolji igrač Luksemburga odjavio tzv. Kosovo (FOTO)
  5. ^ a b c Danel Sinani at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ^ a b c d e "Factfile: Danel Sinani". Norwich City F.C. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Danel Sinani ist Fußballer des Jahres". wort.lu (in German). 27 September 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  8. ^ Mollereau, Julien (3 April 2020). "Mon contrat ? J'ai tout simplement signé et tout renvoyé par la poste". Le Quotidien (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Europa League: Sinani rettet die F91-Ehre gegen Sevilla". Tageblatt (in German). 7 November 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Norwich sign Danel Sinani from F91 Dudelange after placing staff on furlough". ESPN. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Daniel Sinani: Luxembourg international striker agrees Norwich transfer". Sky Sports. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Norwich sign Luxembourg forward Danel Sinani". BBC Sport. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Norwich City complete signing of Danel Sinani". The Pink'un. 10 April 2020. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Sinani and Sitti complete loan switches to Belgian side Waasland-Beveren". Norwich City F.C. 22 September 2020. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Loan: Danel Sinani joins from Norwich City". www.htafc.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Covid-hit Terriers fight back at Derby". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Ten-man Everton edge past Huddersfield". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  18. ^ "Norwich 2-2 Birmingham". BBC. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  19. ^ "Norwich City 2-1 Huddersfield Town: Canaries earn first win of the season". Sky Sports. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  20. ^ "Wigan Athletic: Arsenal's Omar Rekik and Norwich City's Danel Sinani join on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  21. ^ "Club confirms players that will depart this summer". www.canaries.co.uk. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  22. ^ "DER FC ST. PAULI VERPFLICHTET DANEL SINANI" [FC ST. PAULI SIGNS DANEL SINANI]. www.fcstpauli.com (in German). 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  23. ^ CVETKOVIĆ, Ivan (10 September 2019). "Srbiju večeras napada Beograđanin Danel Sinani!". sportske.net (in Bosnian). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  24. ^ "Historia e Danel Sinanit, djalit nga Sharri që nuk është… shqiptar" [The history of Danel Sinani, the boy from Sharr who is not an… Albanian] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  25. ^ "Dejvid Sinani - Der offensive Mittelfeldspieler im Schatten des kleinen Bruders". tageblatt.lu.
  26. ^ Danel Sinani at Soccerway
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