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Sokol Cikalleshi is an Albanian association football player born on July 27, 1990, in Kavajë. He holds Albanian citizenship and speaks Albanian as his native language. On the field, he plays as a forward or centre-forward and wears the number 17 shirt.
Cikalleshi has represented Albania in international competition. His club career includes stints with Besa Kavajë, KF Skënderbeu Korçë, K.F. Tirana, RNK Split, and Tractor S.C.
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Key facts
- 2008
- Albania U19
- 2009
- Albania U20
- 2011
- → Skënderbeu (loan)
- 2012
- → Tirana (loan)
- 2017
- → Akhisar Belediyespor (loan)
- 2025
- Adanaspor
- Date of birth
- ( 1990-07-27 ) 27 July 1990 (age 35)
- Place of birth
- Kavajë , PSR Albania
- Height
- 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Position
- Forward
- 2002 2008
- Besa
- Years
- Team
- 2007 2013
- Besa
- 2013 2014
- Kukësi
- 2014 2015
- Split
- 2015 2017
- İstanbul Başakşehir
- 2017 2019
- Osmanlıspor
- 2018 2019
- → Göztepe (loan)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Tractor S.C.
- Position
- Centre-Forward
- Nationality
- Albania
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Albania
- Place of birth
- Kavajë
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Albanian
- Native language
- Albanian
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Al-Khaleej FC
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Albania
- Mass
- 75
- Image
- Sokol Cikalleshi.jpg
- Height
- 185
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1990-07-27
- sport number
- 17
- Commons category
- Sokol Cikalleshi
- IPA transcription
- ˈsɔkɔl ˈtsikaɫɛʃi
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Sokol Cikalleshi ( Albanian pronunciation: ['sɔkɔl 'tsikaɫɛʃi]; born 27 July 1990) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward and is currently a free agent, having most recently played for Adanaspor.
He made his professional debut in 2007 as a 17-year-old with his hometown club Besa, and would then go on loan to Skënderbeu, Tirana and South Korean side Incheon United between 2011 and 2012. He joined Kukësi in 2013 and scored 22 goals in all competitions during the 2013–14 campaign, where he gained the attention of the Albania national team setup as well as Croatian side RNK Split who signed the player in 2014 for a reported fee of €100,000. He was the club's top goalscorer during the 2014–15 campaign, netting 13 times in all competitions before joining Turkish club İstanbul Başakşehir for a €1.8 million fee in 2015.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sokol Cikalleshi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.