Furtuna Velaj

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Furtuna Velaj
Personnel
birthday March 8, 1990
place of birth Deçan ,  Yugoslavia
size 168 cm
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
Connecticut FC
2004-2008 Westhill Vikings
2008-2010 Quinnipiac Bobcats
Women
Years station Games (goals) 1
2008-2009 Connecticut Passion 24 (17)
2010 Washington Freedom Futures 11 0(4)
2012 UMF afturelding 5 0(1)
2013 Toronto Lady Lynx 9 0(4)
2013 PK-35 Vantaa 9 0(5)
2014 Kolbotn IL 18 0(6)
2015 SC sand 3 0(0)
2015-2016 SC Sand II 16 0(21)
2016 SC sand 8 0(0)
2017– New York Surf 2 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2011– Albania 23 (4)
1 Only league games are given.
As of May 24, 2017

Furtuna Velaj (born March 8, 1990 in Deçani , Yugoslavia , now Kosovo ) is an Albanian soccer player who grew up in the United States and who is under contract in the second-rate United Women's Soccer at New York Surf .

Life

Velaj was born in 1990 in Deçani in what is now Kosovo and grew up with her four siblings in neighboring Gllogjani . In the spring of 1998, she and her parents of Roman Catholic descent fled to the United States, where she grew up in Hamden , Connecticut . In Connecticut, she attended Westhill High School in Stamford for four years before attending Quinnipiac University from 2008 to 2010 , where she studied political science and journalism .

Velaj's sisters Linda and Aulona and the two brothers Simone and Nol were also active in football. Linda is an assistant trainer for the Blue Wave Kickers and the Varsity Team, the men (boys) of Darien High School . Aulona, ​​is a Westhill High School coach and has played soccer for Connecticut FC and the Texas A&M University women soccer team . Her brothers Simone and Nol played for Connecticut FC.

Soccer career

societies

Velaj started her career with Connecticut FC and won the PDA and the Connecticut State Cup in 2007. From 2004 to 2008 she ran for the Vikings on the women soccer team at Stamford- based Westhill High School . She then played at Quinnipiac University from 2008 to 2010 for the college team there, the Quinnipiac Bobcats . She also ran for the W-League - Connecticut Passion and Washington Freedom Futures franchises . In 2012 she played for the Icelandic first division club UMF Afturelding before briefly returning to the W-League in the summer of 2013 and playing for the Toronto Lady Lynx . This was followed by a detour to the Finnish top club PK-35 Vantaa , with which Velaj won the Finnish club cup. For the 2014 season of the Norwegian top series , she moved to Kolbotn IL , with whom she finished fourth in the table at the end of the season. In January 2015 Velaj joined the Bundesliga promoted SC Sand . In June 2015 she was transferred to the reserve of SC Sand and scored 21 goals in 16 games in the Regionalliga Süd. In summer 2016, she returned to the SC Sand women's Bundesliga team after a year of abstinence . In January 2017, she terminated her contract with SC Sand. In May 2017, Velaj signed in the United Women's Soccer with New York Surf .

National team

Velaj has played for the Albanian national team since 2011 and took part in qualifying for the 2015 World Cup.

successes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kicked out of Kosovo: Furtuna Velaj
  2. ^ Albania international Furtuna Velaj for New York Surf
  3. ↑ a b Furtuina Velaj - From refugee to soccer star
  4. ^ Furtuna Velaj, a Political Science major with a minor in Journalism
  5. ↑ a b Velaj sisters carve separate identities on soccer field, Simone and Nol were players - Connecticut Post
  6. ↑ Linda Velaj - Blue Wave Kickers
  7. ^ Former Westhill Star Linda Velaj Making An Impact As Assistant With Darien Boys Soccer Team
  8. ↑ Aulona Velaj - Texas A & M-Corpus Christi Athletics ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.goislanders.com
  9. ↑ Velaj helped her CFC club team become PDA and State Cup Champions in 2007.
  10. ↑ Velaj: Before Quinnipiac: Played soccer and basketball all four years at Westhill ...
  11. ↑ Sand concludes squad planning with two new signings ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , framba.de. Retrieved January 27, 2015.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / framba.de
  12. ↑ Furtuna Velaj (center) wears the SC Sand jersey, for which she was the top scorer in the Regionalliga.
  13. ↑ Women's soccer Bundesliga: Wechselbörse 2016/17 ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - SC Sand additions: Carina Schlüter (Herford SV) Jennifer Gaugigl (FC Bayern Munich) Laura Feiersinger (FC Bayern Munich) Diane Caldwell (1. FC Cologne) Verena Aschauer (SC Freiburg) Silvana Chojnowski (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) Milena Nikolic (ZFK Spartak Subotica, SRB) Doris Bacic (SFK 2000 Sarajewo, BIH) Furtuna Velaj (SC Sand II) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.framba.de
  14. ↑ The cup finalist signed the Brazilian Leticia Santos de Oliveira from the Norwegian first division club Avaldsnes IL until summer 2018. The club from Ortenau announced this on Monday. Almost at the same time, the contract with the Albanian national player Furtuna Velaj was terminated at the player's request.
  15. ↑ New York Surf announced in April that they will serve as the amateur affiliate of the NWSL's Sky Blue FC this year.Midfielder Furtuna Velaj, an Albanian international with 24 caps, played collegiately at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut before playing in Canada, Finland, Germany and Norway.
  16. ↑ Furtuna Velaj, vajza e arratisur nga Kosova fiton Kupën e Finlandes në futboll , botasot.info (Albanian). Retrieved January 29, 2015.

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personal data
SURNAME Velaj, Furtuna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Albanian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1990