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Albanian footballer and manager
Armir Grimaj
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1974-06-16) 16 June 1974 (age 50) | ||
| Place of birth | Shkodër, PR Albania | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vllaznia Shkodër | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1998 | Vllaznia | 124 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Ethnikos | 2 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Vllaznia | 11 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Dinamo Tirana | 13 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Partizani | 2 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Vllaznia | 45 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Partizani | 0 | (0) |
| 2005–2011 | Vllaznia | 123 | (0) |
| Total | 320 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1998–2000 | Albania | 4 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012 | Vllaznia | ||
| 2015–2016 | Vllaznia | ||
| 2016– | Albania (women) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Armir Grimaj (born 16 June 1974) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player who is the manager of Albania women's national team.
Born in Shkodër, he played the majority of his career for hometown club Vllaznia and had a spell abroad with Ethnikos Piraeus in the Greek Super League[1]
International career
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He made his debut for Albania in a February 1998 Malta Tournament match against Georgia and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a February 2000 Malta Tournament match against Andorra.[2]
International statistics
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Appearances and goals by national team and year
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
On 22 April 2016,he was put in charge of the national team of Albania for women .[3]
Armir Grimaj born on 16 June 1974 is an Albanian famous football player. Grimaj is married to Flora Grimaj and they have four children: Morena, Marina, Griselda, and Grimaldi. Grima is also involved in business.
On 22 September 2018, Grimaj was arrested as part of a criminal group named "Bajri" with the accusation of match fixing his innocence was later discovered after 4 months.[4]
- ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander. "Greece 1998/99". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
- ^ "Armir Grimaj – national football team player". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ "Armir Grimaj, trajneri i ri i kombëtares së femrave" [Armir Grimaj, the new coach of women's national team] (in Albanian). Top-Channel.tv. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ "Ish portieri i Vllaznisë, Armir Grimaj në listën e 11 të arrestuarve" [Ex-Vllaznia goalkeeper Armir Grimaj in the list of 11 arrested] (in Albanian). TV Klan. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- Armir Grimaj at National-Football-Teams.com