Gilman Lika

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Gilman Lika
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Gilman Lika (#7) with Tirana
Personal information
Full name Gilman Lika
Date of birth (1987-01-13) 13 January 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Shkodër, Albania
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 KF Tirana
Number 7
Youth career
2001–2004 Vllaznia Shkodër
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Vllaznia Shkodër 79 (6)
2008–2009 Hacettepe 24 (2)
2009–2010 Boluspor 28 (3)
2010–2011 Diyarbakırspor 4 (0)
2011–2013 KF Tirana 61 (14)
2013-2014 Al-Faisaly 12 (3)
2014 Flamurtari Vlorë 29 (2)
2015 Vllaznia Shkodër 17 (3)
2015– KF Tirana 21 (2)
International career‡
2004–2005 Albania U19 3 (1)
2005–2008 Albania U21 9 (1)
2008– Albania 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 July 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 July 2015

Gilman Lika (born 31 January 1987 in Shkodër) is an Albanian football player who currently plays for KF Tirana in the Albanian Superliga and the Albania national team. Having started his career with Vllaznia Shkodër in 2004, he moved to Turkey in 2008 where he played for Hacettepe, Boluspor and Diyarbakırspor before returning to Albania to play for KF Tirana. He then had a brief stint in Saudi Arabia with Al-Faisaly before returning to Albania once again to play for Flamurtari Vlorë and now Vllaznia Shkodër.

Early career

Lika started his playing career with Vllaznia Shkodër. After years working up the ranks at the club, Lika finally made his breakthrough during the 2005–06 season at the age of just 18. He made his debut in the Albanian Superliga against KF Lushnja on 18 September 2005 in a 1–3 win; he came on as a substitute on the 89th minute. During that season Lika managed to play 28 games. His first goal came against Dinamo Tirana on 29 April 2006. Lika came on as a substitute in the 46th minute and his goal came in the 86th minute. During his years at Vllaznia Shkodër, Lika produced many great performances and in total he played 77 games and scored 14 goals in the Albanian Superliga.

Turkey

Along with fellow Vllaznia Shkodër players Admir Teli and Xhevahir Sukaj, he moved to the Turkish side Hacettepe Spor Kulübü on 4 August 2008. Since joining the club Lika has managed to make it into the starting lineup. Since moving to Turkey Lika has played 19 matches and has scored two goals. After leaving Hacettepe Spor Kulübü, his new club's was Boluspor. He score two goals in his first match, helping Boluspor to win this match. Lika scored a goal in second match and he was top scores in Bank Asya 1.Lig.[1]

After a year at Boluspor, Lika was transferred to Diyarbakırspor.[2]

KF Tirana

He returned to Albania following a two and a half year absence in January 2011, signing a two-year contract with KF Tirana.[3] His KF Tirana debut came on 31 January 2011 against Dinamo Tirana in the Tirana derby, where Lika helped his side to a 2–1 win.[4] On 7 April 2013, Gilman Lika scored amazing free kick against Skënderbeu, which proved to be the winner as KF Tirana won the match 1–0.[5]

Vllaznia

On 23 January 2015 he agreed terms with his first club Vllaznia Shkodër to compete a return to him hometown club following a six-year absence, signing a six-month contract.[6] He made his debut one week later, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 upset against Teuta Durrës at Niko Dovana Stadium.[7] On 8 February, Lika played for the first time in Loro Boriçi Stadium as a Vllaznia player after six years absence, starting again and playing 90 minutes in another loss, this time against his former club KF Tirana.[8] Lika scored his first goal for Vllaznia after his return, and also his first goal of 2014–15 season, in a 2–0 home win over Apolonia Fier.[9]

During February he made his Albanian Cup debut as well, playing 90 minutes in a two-legged match against FK Kukësi, who advanced to the next round with the aggregate 2–0.[10] On 18 April, during the league match against his former team Flamurtari Vlorë, Lika scored a free-kick in the 59th minute to help the team to leave the stadium with one point.[11] He scored his third goal of the season again by free-kick, this time in a 1–1 draw against KF Elbasani at the neutral ground Gjorgji Kyçyku Stadium.[12]

Vllaznia ended the season in the seventh place with 35 points, running out of objectives.[13] In personal aspect, Lika ended the second part of the season with Vllaznia by playing 19 matches in all competitions, including 17 in Albanian Superliga, and scored two goals. His good performances attracted the attention of capital clubs, Tirana and Partizani.[14] Lika left the club on 1 July after his contract expired, being a free agent.[15][16] During an interview, Lika said that he left Vllaznia because of "the difficult situation of the club", adding that "every player in his place would do the same thing".[17]

Return to Tirana

On 6 July 2015, Lika returned to Tirana after three seasons abstence, signing a one-year contract.[18][19] Before the transfer, the media's started to speculating that Lika will not move to Tirana if the capital club will not pay more than half of the 30,000 € debt that the club had not paid during the last time that Lika was part of Tirana.[20] During his presentation in Thursday, Lika said that "Tirana is his second home after Shkodra", by adding that "with this return, he felt like he's returning home".[21][22]

International career

Lika had played for Albania Under-21 since making his debut on 11 October 2005 in a match against Turkey U-21. The match ended in a draw and although Lika started on his debut, he was subbed off in the 55th minute. He has 9 U-21 caps to his name since 2005 and is one of the best players in the team. Lika has also played for Albania U-19, although he only played 4 games during 23 October 2005 and 27 October 2005.

Lika made his senior international debut in a friendly against Azerbaijan on 19 November 2008 following a call up by Arie Haan. He was a 73rd-minute substitute for Klodian Duro in the 1-1 draw.[23] His first competitive cap came just a few months later against Malta where he started the game on the left of the five man midfield and helped his side to a goal less draw.[24]

Statistics

Clubs

As of 8 July 2015 [25][26][27][28]

Club Season League Cup Continental[nb 1] Other[nb 2] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vllaznia Shkodër 2004–05 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
2005–06 28 1 0 0 — — 28 1
2006–07 32 2 0 0 — — 32 2
2007–08 30 3 1 1 — — 31 4
2008–09 — — 3 0 1 0 4 0
Hacettepe 2008–09 24 2 1 0 — — 25 2
Boluspor 2009–10 28 3 1 0 — — 29 3
Diyarbakırspor 2010–11 4 0 0 0 — — 4 0
KF Tirana 2010–11 13 1 4 0 — — 17 1
2011–12 22 4 0 0 2 1 1 0 25 5
2012–13 26 9 3 2 4 0 1 0 34 11
Skenderbeu Korçë 2013–14 — — 2 0 0 0 2 0
Al-Faisaly FC 2013–14 12 1 1 0 — — 13 1
Flamurtari Vlorë 2013–14 16 2 5 0 — — 21 2
2014–15 13 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 18 1
Total 29 2 5 0 4 1 1 0 39 3
Vllaznia Shkodër 2014–15 17 3 2 0 — — 19 3
Total 110 7 3 1 3 0 1 0 117 8
KF Tirana 2015–16 9 1 4 1 — — 13 2
Total 63 15 7 2 6 1 2 0 77 18
Career total 270 30 19 3 15 2 4 0 308 35

International

As of 21 October 2014[29]
Albania national team
Year Apps Goals
2008 1 0
2009 7 0
2010 5 0
2011 4 0
2012 1 0
2013 1 0
2014 0 0
Total 19 0

Honours

Clubs

Vllaznia Shkodër
KF Tirana
Flamurtari Vlorë

Individual

Albanian Superliga Player of the Month: September 2011[30]

Notes

  1. ↑ Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Including other competitions, such as Albanian Supercup

References

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