Shkodran Mustafi
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Full name | Shkodran Mustafi[1] | ||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 17 April 1992||||||||
Place of birth | Bad Hersfeld, Germany | ||||||||
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Position(s) | Centre back | ||||||||
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Current team
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Valencia | ||||||||
Number | 5 | ||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||
1. FV Bebra | |||||||||
SV Rotenburg | |||||||||
2006–2009 | Hamburger SV | ||||||||
2009 | Everton | ||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
2009–2012 | Everton | 0 | (0) | ||||||
2012–2014 | Sampdoria | 50 | (1) | ||||||
2014– | Valencia | 45 | (6) | ||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||
2008 | Germany U16 | 5 | (0) | ||||||
2008–2009 | Germany U17 | 24 | (5) | ||||||
2009–2010 | Germany U18 | 6 | (1) | ||||||
2010–2011 | Germany U19 | 9 | (2) | ||||||
2011–2013 | Germany U20 | 10 | (3) | ||||||
2013 | Germany U21 | 7 | (0) | ||||||
2014– | Germany | 9 | (0) | ||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 December 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:25, 14 November 2015 (UTC) |
Shkodran Mustafi (born 17 April 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Spanish club Valencia CF and the Germany national team.[2]
He began his career in the youth ranks of Hamburger SV and English club Everton, where he made one substitute appearance in two-and-a-half-years before leaving to Sampdoria in January 2012. He signed a five-year deal at Valencia in August 2014.
Mustafi made his full international debut against Poland on 13 May 2014, and was part of the German team which won the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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Club career
Early career
Mustafi was born in Bad Hersfeld, Hesse, Germany to an Albanian family, originally from Gostivar, Macedonia.[3] He started his career in the youth system of local 1. FC Bebra, had a stint with SV Rotenburg, before joining Hamburger SV's youth setup in 2006.
Everton
In May 2009, Mustafi joined Everton, initially assigned to the Academy team.[4] He later stated that "Goodison Park feels like home", after turning down offers from Manchester City and Newcastle.[5]
Mustafi made his competitive debut on 16 December 2009, replacing Tony Hibbert in the 75th minute of a 0–1 home loss against BATE Borisov, for the season's UEFA Europa League.[6] He was also named on the bench for the Premier League matches against Arsenal and Manchester City in January.
Mustafi only appeared on the bench nine times in the following two campaigns, but never played in any further matches.
Sampdoria
In January 2012, Mustafi moved to Italian Serie B side U.C. Sampdoria, in a free transfer.[7] The deal was later described as an "attempt to raise cash for new signings" by manager David Moyes.[8]
Mustafi made his Samp debut on 26 May 2012, starting and playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–3 loss at Varese.[9] It was his maiden appearance in the competition, as Sampdoria returned to Serie A at first attempt.
Mustafi made his debut in the Italian top flight on 11 November 2012, starting in a 0–2 loss at Palermo.[10] On 26 October of the following year he scored his first professional goal, netting the game's only against Atalanta at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris.[11]
Valencia
On 7 August 2014, Mustafi signed a five-year deal with La Liga's Valencia CF, for an undisclosed fee,[12] rumoured to be €8 million.[13] He debuted for his new team on 25 September, against Córdoba in an eventual 3–0 home win.[14] A month later, he scored his first goal for the team, opening a 3–1 home win over Elche.[15] In Valencia's next match on 2 November, against another regional rival, Villarreal, Mustafi scored a brace in a 3–1 away win to put Valencia into second place in the league.[16]
International career
Mustafi has played for Germany's under-17 team, winning the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship with them. However, he expressed to the media his desire to play for Albania, the country his family is from.[17][18] On 22 January 2014, Albanian media reported that Mustafi may be called up for Albania's next friendly,[3] this was also confirmed by coach Gianni de Biasi.[19]
However, on 28 February 2014, Joachim Löw called up Mustafi to the German national squad for a friendly match against Chile.[20] On 13 May, he made his international debut in a friendly match against Poland.[21]
Mustafi was selected in Germany's 30-man provisional squad before the 2014 FIFA World Cup by Löw. After initially not making Germany's World Cup squad,[22] he was subsequently nominated as the replacement for the injured Marco Reus.[23]
On 16 June 2014, Mustafi appeared as a substitute in Germany's opening World Cup game against Portugal, coming on in the 73rd minute in place of Mats Hummels to win his second cap.[24] In the team's second match, he again came on as a substitute, replacing Jérôme Boateng at half time against Ghana.[25] He was selected to start at right back in Germany's round of 16 match against Algeria, but was substituted in the 70th minute for Sami Khedira due to an injury in his left thigh.[26] It was later confirmed by the DFB that Mustafi would take no further part in the World Cup due to the torn fibre muscle.[27]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 7 November 2015.[28]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Everton | 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2010–11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2011–12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Sampdoria | 2011–12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2012–13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | ||
Total | 51 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 53 | 1 | ||
Valencia | 2014–15 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 36 | 4 | |
2015–16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 2 | |
Total | 42 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 6 | |
Career total | 93 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 105 | 7 |
International
- As of match played 13 November 2015[29]
Germany national team | ||||
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Year | Apps | Goals | ||
2014 | 6 | 0 | ||
2015 | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 9 | 0 |
Honours
International
- Germany
References
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- ↑ Sportekspres 6/12/12Mbrojtësi i Sampdorias do Kombëtaren, por për FSHF-në nuk ka shanse
- ↑ ASPORT 6/12/12 Shkodran Mustafi vishet Kuq e Zi?
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