Franc Veliu
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Franc Veliu is an Albania
n football player who currentl plays for KS Flamurtari Vlorë]] in the Albanian Superliga. His natural position is left back but he has also played as a left midfielder and even as a central defender. He has only ever played for one club team at professional level and has only ever won one trophy in his career so far, the Albanian Cup in 2009 after winning in the final against KF Tirana.
Interest has been shown in the youngster by many British teams including Portsmouth
, Aston Villa
and Celtic
.
for a friendly against Argentina
on 20 June 2011. He was in the starting line up on his debut in a game which ended in a 4-0 loss.
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
n football player who currentl plays for KS Flamurtari Vlorë]] in the Albanian Superliga. His natural position is left back but he has also played as a left midfielder and even as a central defender. He has only ever played for one club team at professional level and has only ever won one trophy in his career so far, the Albanian Cup in 2009 after winning in the final against KF Tirana.
Interest has been shown in the youngster by many British teams including Portsmouth
Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...
, Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
and Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
.
Career
He made his debut for Flamurtari in 2006 and since then has cemented his place in his hometown club's first team. He has spent most of his career in the left back position but he has also played as a left midfielder and most recently as a central defender as well.International career
Veliu was selected by Josip KužeJosip Kuže
Josip Kuže is a Croatian football coach and former player. He was a player and later coach of Dinamo Zagreb where he played from 1971-1981 making a total of 384 appearances and scoring 14 goals.-Playing career:...
for a friendly against Argentina
Argentina national football team
The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...
on 20 June 2011. He was in the starting line up on his debut in a game which ended in a 4-0 loss.
Flamurtari
- Kupa e shqipërisëKupa e shqipërisëThe Albanian football Cup is the main "knockout" competition in Albanian football. The competition started in 1939 as "Kupa e Mbretit" . Just after a year the cup was suspended as the Second World War started. It started again in 1948 as "Kupa e Republikes"...
(1): 2008-09 - Kupa Birra Norga (1): 2007
- Kupa Pavarësia (1): 2009
- Kupa Mbarëkombëtare (1): 2009