Danel Sinani

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Danel Sinani
Personal information
Full name Danel Sinani[1]
Date of birth (1997-04-05) 5 April 1997 (age 24)[2]
Place of birth Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Huddersfield Town
(on loan from Norwich City)
Number 24
Youth career
0000–2012 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– Norwich City 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Waasland-Beveren (loan) 18 (3)
2021– → Huddersfield Town (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2015 Luxembourg U19 3 (0)
2015– Luxembourg U21 11 (1)
2017– Luxembourg 37 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:02, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2021

Danel Sinani (Serbian Cyrillic: Данел Синани; born 5 April 1997) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Huddersfield Town on loan from Norwich City.

Club career[]

In Luxembourg[]

Sinani played club football in Luxembourg for Racing FC Union Luxembourg before joining F91 Dudelange in 2017.[3] With the latter, he won two Luxembourg National Division titles and the Luxembourg Cup.[4] In November 2018, he scored against Olympiacos the first ever goal for a Luxembourgish club in the group stage of a major European competition.[4] 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).[5] 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.[6] Later in the year, he scored two goals in a Europa League match against five time Europa League winners Sevilla.[4][7] As of 2020, he has scored 13 goals in UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches.[4] Sinani has scored 14 goals in 16 appearances in the 2019–20 Luxembourg National Division,[8] nine goals in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, and 24 goals in 30 matches in all competitions.[9]

Norwich City[]

In April 2020, he signed for Norwich City for the 2020–21 season.[10] His contract is until 2023,[8] and he is the first Luxembourgish Norwich City player.[11]

In August 2020, Sinani was loaned to Belgian club Waasland-Beveren for the season.[12]

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.[13] 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.[14] He made his full home debut against Everton in the EFL Cup on 24 August 2021 when Huddersfield lost 2–1.[15]

International career[]

He made his international debut for Luxembourg in 2017.[3] Kosovo approached Sinani about representing them internationally, as his parents are from Dragaš. Sinani refused the meeting to discuss it, as he sees Luxembourg as his home.[16] Sinani scored three goals for Luxembourg during their 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D campaign.[4]

Personal life[]

Sinani was born in Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia to ethnic Gorani parents from Dragaš. He moved to Luxembourg along with his family at the age of 5.[17]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 28 August 2021[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Racing FC 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[a] 0 24 9
2018–19 Luxembourg National Division 25 7 0 0 — 14[b] 4 39 11
2019–20 Luxembourg National Division 17 14 0 0 — 13[c] 9 30 23
Total 64 30 0 0 — 29 13 93 43
Norwich City 2020–21 EFL Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2021–22 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Waasland-Beveren (loan) 2020–21 Belgian First Division A 18 3 1 0 — 2[d] 1 21 4
Huddersfield Town (loan) 2021–22 EFL Championship 2 0 0 0 2 0 — 4 0
Career total 146 45 1 0 2 0 31 14 180 59
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League and 12 and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League and 11 and nine goals in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in Belgian First Division A Promotion-Relegation play-off

International[]

As of match played 9 September 2021[3]
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 8 0
Total 37 6
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 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
3 15 October 2018 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  San Marino 2–0 3–0 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
4 10 October 2020 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  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 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C

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. ^ Jump up to: a b c Danel Sinani at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Factfile: Danel Sinani". Norwich City F.C. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Danel Sinani ist Fußballer des Jahres". wort.lu (in German). 27 September 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Europa League: Sinani rettet die F91-Ehre gegen Sevilla". Tageblatt (in German). 7 November 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "Norwich sign Danel Sinani from F91 Dudelange after placing staff on furlough". ESPN. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Daniel Sinani: Luxembourg international striker agrees Norwich transfer". Sky Sports. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Norwich sign Luxembourg forward Danel Sinani". BBC Sport. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Norwich City complete signing of Danel Sinani". The Pink'un. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Sinani and Sitti complete loan switches to Belgian side Waasland-Beveren". Norwich City F.C. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Loan: Danel Sinani joins from Norwich City". www.htafc.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Covid-hit Terriers fight back at Derby". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Ten-man Everton edge past Huddersfield". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  16. ^ CVETKOVIĆ, Ivan (10 September 2019). "Srbiju večeras napada Beograđanin Danel Sinani!". sportske.net (in Bosnian). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ Danel Sinani at Soccerway
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