Gilman Lika

Gilman Lika

Gilman Lika (#7) with Tirana
Personal information
Full name Gilman Lika
Date of birth (1987-01-13) 13 January 1987
Place of birth Shkodër, Albania
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 KF Tirana
Number 7
Youth career
2001–2004 Vllaznia Shkodër
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2004–2008 Vllaznia Shkodër 79 (6)
2008–2009 Hacettepe 24 (2)
2009–2010 Boluspor 28 (3)
2010–2011 Diyarbakırspor 4 (0)
2011–2013 KF Tirana 61 (14)
2013-2014 Al-Faisaly 12 (3)
2014 Flamurtari Vlorë 29 (2)
2015 Vllaznia Shkodër 17 (3)
2015– KF Tirana 21 (2)
National team‡
2004–2005 Albania U19 3 (1)
2005–2008 Albania U21 9 (1)
2008– Albania 19 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 July 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 July 2015

Gilman Lika (born 31 January 1987 in Shkodër) is an Albanian football player who currently plays for KF Tirana in the Albanian Superliga and the Albania national team. Having started his career with Vllaznia Shkodër in 2004, he moved to Turkey in 2008 where he played for Hacettepe, Boluspor and Diyarbakırspor before returning to Albania to play for KF Tirana. He then had a brief stint in Saudi Arabia with Al-Faisaly before returning to Albania once again to play for Flamurtari Vlorë and now Vllaznia Shkodër.

Early career

Lika started his playing career with Vllaznia Shkodër. After years working up the ranks at the club, Lika finally made his breakthrough during the 2005–06 season at the age of just 18. He made his debut in the Albanian Superliga against KF Lushnja on 18 September 2005 in a 1–3 win; he came on as a substitute on the 89th minute. During that season Lika managed to play 28 games. His first goal came against Dinamo Tirana on 29 April 2006. Lika came on as a substitute in the 46th minute and his goal came in the 86th minute. During his years at Vllaznia Shkodër, Lika produced many great performances and in total he played 77 games and scored 14 goals in the Albanian Superliga.

Turkey

Along with fellow Vllaznia Shkodër players Admir Teli and Xhevahir Sukaj, he moved to the Turkish side Hacettepe Spor Kulübü on 4 August 2008. Since joining the club Lika has managed to make it into the starting lineup. Since moving to Turkey Lika has played 19 matches and has scored two goals. After leaving Hacettepe Spor Kulübü, his new club's was Boluspor. He score two goals in his first match, helping Boluspor to win this match. Lika scored a goal in second match and he was top scores in Bank Asya 1.Lig.[1]

After a year at Boluspor, Lika was transferred to Diyarbakırspor.[2]

KF Tirana

He returned to Albania following a two and a half year absence in January 2011, signing a two-year contract with KF Tirana.[3] His KF Tirana debut came on 31 January 2011 against Dinamo Tirana in the Tirana derby, where Lika helped his side to a 2–1 win.[4] On 7 April 2013, Gilman Lika scored amazing free kick against Skënderbeu, which proved to be the winner as KF Tirana won the match 1–0.[5]

Vllaznia

On 23 January 2015 he agreed terms with his first club Vllaznia Shkodër to compete a return to him hometown club following a six-year absence, signing a six-month contract.[6] He made his debut one week later, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 upset against Teuta Durrës at Niko Dovana Stadium.[7] On 8 February, Lika played for the first time in Loro Boriçi Stadium as a Vllaznia player after six years absence, starting again and playing 90 minutes in another loss, this time against his former club KF Tirana.[8] Lika scored his first goal for Vllaznia after his return, and also his first goal of 2014–15 season, in a 2–0 home win over Apolonia Fier.[9]

During February he made his Albanian Cup debut as well, playing 90 minutes in a two-legged match against FK Kukësi, who advanced to the next round with the aggregate 2–0.[10] On 18 April, during the league match against his former team Flamurtari Vlorë, Lika scored a free-kick in the 59th minute to help the team to leave the stadium with one point.[11] He scored his third goal of the season again by free-kick, this time in a 1–1 draw against KF Elbasani at the neutral ground Gjorgji Kyçyku Stadium.[12]

Vllaznia ended the season in the seventh place with 35 points, running out of objectives.[13] In personal aspect, Lika ended the second part of the season with Vllaznia by playing 19 matches in all competitions, including 17 in Albanian Superliga, and scored two goals. His good performances attracted the attention of capital clubs, Tirana and Partizani.[14] Lika left the club on 1 July after his contract expired, being a free agent.[15][16] During an interview, Lika said that he left Vllaznia because of "the difficult situation of the club", adding that "every player in his place would do the same thing".[17]

Return to Tirana

On 6 July 2015, Lika returned to Tirana after three seasons abstence, signing a one-year contract.[18][19] Before the transfer, the media's started to speculating that Lika will not move to Tirana if the capital club will not pay more than half of the 30,000 € debt that the club had not paid during the last time that Lika was part of Tirana.[20] During his presentation in Thursday, Lika said that "Tirana is his second home after Shkodra", by adding that "with this return, he felt like he's returning home".[21][22]

International career

Lika had played for Albania Under-21 since making his debut on 11 October 2005 in a match against Turkey U-21. The match ended in a draw and although Lika started on his debut, he was subbed off in the 55th minute. He has 9 U-21 caps to his name since 2005 and is one of the best players in the team. Lika has also played for Albania U-19, although he only played 4 games during 23 October 2005 and 27 October 2005.

Lika made his senior international debut in a friendly against Azerbaijan on 19 November 2008 following a call up by Arie Haan. He was a 73rd-minute substitute for Klodian Duro in the 1-1 draw.[23] His first competitive cap came just a few months later against Malta where he started the game on the left of the five man midfield and helped his side to a goal less draw.[24]

Statistics

Clubs

As of 8 July 2015 [25][26][27][28]

Club Season League Cup Continental[nb 1] Other[nb 2] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vllaznia Shkodër 2004–05 3000——30
2005–06 28100——281
2006–07 32200——322
2007–08 30311——314
2008–09 ——301040
Hacettepe 2008–09 24210——252
Boluspor 2009–10 28310——293
Diyarbakırspor 2010–11 4000——40
KF Tirana 2010–11 13140——171
2011–12 224002110255
2012–13 2693240103411
Skenderbeu Korçë 2013–14 ——200020
Al-Faisaly FC 2013–14 12110——131
Flamurtari Vlorë 2013–14 16250——212
2014–15 130004110181
Total 29 2 5 0 4 1 1 0 39 3
Vllaznia Shkodër 2014–15 17320——193
Total 110 7 3 1 3 0 1 0 117 8
KF Tirana 2015–16 9141——132
Total 63 15 7 2 6 1 2 0 77 18
Career total 270 30 19 3 15 2 4 0 308 35

International

As of 21 October 2014[29]
Albania national team
YearAppsGoals
200810
200970
201050
201140
201210
201310
201400
Total190

Honours

Clubs

Vllaznia Shkodër
KF Tirana
Flamurtari Vlorë

Individual

Albanian Superliga Player of the Month: September 2011[30]

Notes

  1. ↑ Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Including other competitions, such as Albanian Supercup

References

  1. ↑ "GİLMAN LIKA". TFF. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  2. ↑ Sporti Shqiptar (2010-08-15). "Sporti Shqiptar". Sporti Shqiptar (in Albanian). Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "Gilman Lika firmos për 2 vjet me Tiranën" (in Albanian). Gazeta Start. 2011-01-19. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
  4. ↑ "Dinamo Tirana 1-2 KF Tirana". Football Database. 2011-01-31. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
  5. ↑ "Tirana thyen Skënderbeun". Panorama Sport (in Albanian). 6 April 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Vllaznia rikthen Likën, vishet kuqeblu pas 6 vitesh, ja prapaskena me kontratën". Panorama Sport. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Rikthehet Teuta, fiton mes kontestimeve ndaj Vllaznisë". Panorama Sport. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Tirana me pikë të plota nga Shkodra, Kukësi ndalet në Laç". Radio Kosova Elire. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Vllaznia rikthehet tek fitorja, mposht Apoloninë 2-0". Balkan Web. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "Kukësi eliminon shkodranët, mjafton barazimi, nuk ka histori në "Zeqir Ymeri"". Panorama Sport. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "Në Shkodër s’ka fitues, "ringjallen" vlonjatët". Panorama Sport. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "Elbasani 1–1 Vllaznia Shkodër". Soccerway. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  13. ↑ "Vllaznia e mbyll sezonin me humbje. Vit per tu harruar". TV1-Channel. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  14. ↑ "Gilman Lika: Nuk i kam thënë "jo" Tiranës e Partizanit, ja kushtet për klubin". Panorama Sport. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "Gilman Lika largohet përfundimisht nga Vllaznia". Star Plus. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "Largohet edhe Gilman Lika". TV-Channel. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "Gilman Lika: Ja arsyeja e largimit tim nga Vllaznia". Tele Sport. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  18. ↑ "Godet Tirana, rrëmben shkodranin Gilman Lika dhe mbrojtësin Dushku". Time.al. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  19. ↑ "Tirana, zyrtarizohen Dushku dhe Gilman Lika". MAPO. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  20. ↑ "Tirana duhet të paguajë 1.5 mln euro, nga Seferi te Pigoni…". Panorama Sport. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  21. ↑ "MUKA PREZANTON DUSHKUN DHE LIKEN". Panorama Sport. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  22. ↑ "Gilman Lika: Tirana shtëpia ime e dytë". Gazeta Dita. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  23. ↑ "Azerbaijan 1-1 Albania". Football Database. 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
  24. ↑ "Malta 0-0 Albania". Football Database. 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
  25. ↑ "Albania - G. Lika - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  26. ↑ "Football : Gilman Lika". Football DataBase. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  27. ↑ "Gilman Lika Football Statistics". WhoScored.com. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  28. ↑ "Profile of Gilman Lika at Scoresway.com". Scoresway.com. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  29. ↑ Gilman Lika at National-Football-Teams.com
  30. ↑ "Shkodrani Gilman Lika më i miri i Shtatorit". Shkodra Sport. 9 October 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2015.

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