Tefik Osmani

Tefik Osmani

Personal information
Full name	Teufik Osmani
Date of birth	(1985-06-08) 8 June 1985
Place of birth	Korçë, Albania
Height
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Skënderbeu Korçë
Number	17
Youth career
2000–2002	Skënderbeu Korçë
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2003	Skënderbeu Korçë	20	(1)
2003–2004	Tomori Berat	22	(1)
2004–2007	Elbasani	62	(6)
2005–2006	→ Zaporizhya (loan)	7	(0)
2007–2008	Partizani Tirana	31	(3)
2008–2011	Tirana	77	(1)
2011–2012	Teuta Durrës	23	(2)
2012–2013	Vllaznia Shkodër	13	(1)
2013–2014	Teuta Durrës	39	(4)
2014–	Skënderbeu Korçë	22	(1)
International career‡
2002–2003	Albania U19	3	(0)
2003–2005	Albania U21	5	(0)
2005–	Albania	12	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 March 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 March 2016

Tefik Osmani (born 8 June 1985 in Korçë) is an Albanian professional football who plays as a centre-back for Skënderbeu Korçë in the Albanian Superliga and the Albanian national team.

Club career

Early career

Osmani started his career with his local club Skënderbeu Korçë as a teenager where he worked his way through the youth ranks and joined the first team prior to the 2002–03 season, where the club was competing in the Albanian Second Division, the third tier of Albanian football. He left Skënderbeu Korçë after one season and joined Albanian First Division side Tomori Berat where he would stay for one year before leaving at the end of the season to join Albanian Superliga side Elbasani. Upon joining the club he became a key member of the squad and made 36 league appearances and scored twice to help the club finish as runners up in the league behind Tirana.

Following a decent second season with KF Tirana, he was given offers from other clubs in Albania and abroad. Most notably two unnamed clubs from Switzerland, both in the top flight. However he needed to talk to his manager and the owner of KF Tirana Refik Halili to sort out his current contract with the club.

Teuta Durrës

On 23 July 2011 he joined Teuta Durrës on a one-year contract.

Vllaznia Shkodër

He signed for Vllaznia Shkodër on 16 July 2012 and was presented to the media in the very same day. He was part of the team only in the first part of 2012–13 season, collecting 13 league matches and one goal.

Return to Teuta Durrës

In January 2013, he returned to Teuta Durrës for the second part of 2012–13 season.

Skënderbeu Korçë

On 29 May 2014, Osmani signed a one-year contract with his boyhood club Skënderbeu Korçë; he signed the contract along with Bernard Berisha, and was given squad number 17. In June, he travel with his team in Austria to make the preparation phase, in order to get ready for the UEFA Champions League tie against BATE Borisov. He was one of the 23 players called up by the coach Mirel Josa for this clash.

On 15 July, in the first leg of the second qualifying round, Osmani made a overall good performance, helping Skënderbeu Korçë to get a clean sheet at Borisov Arena. In the returning leg one week later, Osmani was again in the starting lineup, with Skënderbeu who didn't go more than a 1–1 draw at home, eliminated thus from the competition due to away goal rule.

One month later, on 17 August, Osmani won his first silverware with the club, the Albanian Supercup, where Skënderbeu Korçë beat 1–0 Flamurtari Vlorë at Qemal Stafa Stadium thanks to a Bakary Nimaga winner.

On 23 February 2015, during the league match against Kukësi, Osmani suffered an injury and was substituted in the 15th minute for Leonit Abazi, with the match finishing 1–1. Following the match, it was reported that he had suffered an strain injury in his right thigh that kept him outside the field for one month. He finally made his comeback on 13 April by playing the full 90 minutes during the 5–2 thrashing of Partizani Tirana at Skënderbeu Stadium.

On 8 July 2015, Osmani agreed a contract extension with Skënderbeu Korçë, signing a contract until June 2016. He renewed the contract in the airplane while he was traveling back to Albania with the rest of the squad, becoming the first player in history do to so.

International career

Osmani has represented Albania national team in 12 occasions, making his debut in 2005.

Career statistics

Club

As of 16 March 2016

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Skënderbeu Korçë	2002–03	Albanian First Division	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Tomori Berat	2003–04	Albanian First Division	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Elbasani	2004–05	Albanian Superliga	36	2	0	0	—		—		36	2
	Total		36	2	0	0	—		—		36	2
Zaporizhya	2005–06	Ukrainian Premier League	7	0	0	0	—		—		7	0
	Total		7	0	0	0	—		—		7	0
Partizani Tirana	2004–05	Albanian Superliga	—		—		1	0	—		1	0
	2007–08		31	3	0	0	—		—		31	3
	2008–09		—		—		2	0	—		2	0
	Total		31	3	0	0	3	0	—		34	3
Tirana	2008–09	Albanian Superliga	24	0	5	0	—		—		29	0
	2009–10		26	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	30	0
	2010–11		27	1	5	0	4	0	1	0	37	1
	2011–12		—		—		1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		77	1	12	0	7	0	1	0	97	1
Teuta Durrës	2004–05	Albanian Superliga	—		—		2	0	—		2	0
	2011–12		23	2	4	1	—		—		27	3
	2012–13		—		—		2	0	—		2	0
	Total		23	2	4	1	4	0	—		31	3
Vllaznia Shkodër	2012–13	Albanian Superliga	13	1	3	1	—		—		16	1
	Total		13	1	3	1	—		—		16	1
Teuta Durrës	2012–13	Albanian Superliga	12	2	2	0	—		—		14	2
	2013–14		27	2	4	1	2	0	—		33	3
	Total		39	4	6	1	2	0	—		47	5
Skënderbeu Korçë	2014–15	Albanian Superliga	22	1	3	1	2	0	1	0	28	2
	2015–16		16	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	23	0
	Total		38	1	8	1	4	0	1	0	51	2
Career total			264	13	33	4	20	0	2	0	319	17

International

As of 20 March 2016

Albania national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2005	6	0
2012	3	0
2013	3	0
Total	12	0

Honours

Tirana

• Albanian Cup (1): 2010–11

Skënderbeu Korçë

• Albanian Superliga (1): 2014–15
• Albanian Supercup (1): 2014; Runner-up 2015

External links

• Tefik Osmani at National-Football-Teams.com
• Tefik Osmani at FFU