Erjon Bogdani

Erijon Bogdani (born 14 April 1977 in Tirana) is an Albanian Football (soccer) striker .Erjon plays for A.S. Livorno Calcio, in Italy Serie A and the Albanian national team.

Career

Bogdani was recruited from a basketball team to the soccer team of the same club by Luka Shaqiri at 14 years of age

He started his professional career at KF Partizani of Albanian Superliga. He then move to Prva HNL club NK Zagreb.

Reggina

In January 2000, he joined Reggina Calcio and made his Serie A debut on 6 February against Bologna F.C. 1909. In Reggio Calabria, except 2001-02 season at Serie B, he played 37 Serie A games, and 4 goals. In 2003-04 season, he was loaned at Salernitana Calcio 1919 of Serie B. In 2004-05 season, Bogdani was the team top-scorer of Hellas Verona F.C. at Serie B; 3 goals behind top-scorer Gionatha Spinesi of A.C. Arezzo; 2 goals behind Diego Milito of Genoa C.F.C., Francesco Tavano of Empoli F.C..

Siena

In summer 2005, he is back to Serie A, but for A.C. Siena for around 1.6 million €. He played for the club in 1½ season, before joined Chievo in January 2007 for their emergency signing for a fee believed to be in the region of 4.5 million €.

Chievo

In Chievo,he made his Serie A debut for the club on January 14, 2007 against Calcio Catania. He scored 5 in 19 games, but failed to avoid relegation.

He was loaned out to A.S. Livorno Calcio at the start of the 2007-08 Serie A season but since then hasn't had a season to remember after suffering relegation to Seria B with Livorno.

International career

He has made 44 appearances for Albania and has scored 8 goals in the process