Mergim Mavraj

Mergim Mavraj
Mergim Mavraj (2016)
Personnel
birthday	June 9, 1986
place of birth	Hanau ,  Germany
size	189 cm
position	Defense
Juniors
Years	station
1996-1997	Sportfreunde Seligenstadt
1997-2003	Kickers Offenbach
2003-2004	SG Rosenhöhe Offenbach
2004-2005	SV Darmstadt 98
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2005-2007	SV Darmstadt 98	38 (2)
2007-2011	VfL Bochum	65 (1)
2008	VfL Bochum II	1 (0)
2011-2014	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	105 (3)
2014-2016	1. FC Cologne	43 (0)
2015	1. FC Cologne II	4 (0)
2017-2018	Hamburger SV	31 (0)
2018	Aris Thessaloniki	5 (0)
2019	FC Ingolstadt 04	12 (0)
2019–	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	17 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2007	Germany U20	1 (0)
2007-2009	Germany U21	2 (0)
2012–	Albania	34 (3)
1 Only league games are given. As of December 23, 2019 2 As of November 12, 2016

Mergim Mavraj ( Albanian Mërgim Mavraj ; born June 9, 1986 in Hanau ) is a German - Albanian soccer player. He is under contract with SpVgg Greuther Fürth .

Career

societies

Mavraj in the jersey of SpVgg Greuther Fürth (2012)

Mavraj played in his youth for the sports fans Seligenstadt , Kickers Offenbach and SG Rosenhöhe Offenbach. In 2004 he switched to the youth team at SV Darmstadt 98 . In his first season in the professional squad in the 2005/06 season he was voted the most popular player by the Darmstadt fans. In 2007 he moved to VfL Bochum . He played his first Bundesliga game on May 10, 2008 when he was substituted on for Pavel Drsek in the 69th minute of the 3-1 win against Karlsruher SC . A week later, on May 17, 2008, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in the 2-1 defeat by Hansa Rostock on the last Bundesliga match day for Bochum.

In January 2011 Mavraj moved early to SpVgg Greuther Fürth ; originally the change was not intended until the summer break. Mavraj played his way into the starting line-up of Fürth through good performances. After promotion to the Bundesliga, he was elected captain of the second division champions by the team council, and he led the SpVgg through their first and so far only Bundesliga season . After relegation, the captain's armband was passed on to Wolfgang Hesl , but Mavraj was able to defend his regular position. After the failed relegation game to return to the Bundesliga in May 2014 against Hamburger SV , he switched to Bundesliga promoted 1. FC Köln for the 2014/15 season , with whom he signed a three-year contract. He made his first appearance on matchday 8 in a 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund .

On January 1, 2017, Mavraj moved to Hamburger SV . He received a contract that ran until June 30, 2019. Mavraj made his league debut for HSV on matchday 17 in the 0-1 away defeat against VfL Wolfsburg . Shortly before the start of the 2017/18 Bundesliga season , he was named - alongside Kyriakos Papadopoulos - by HSV coach Markus Gisdol as deputy to captain Gōtoku Sakai . On the second match day - in the 3-1 away win against 1. FC Köln - Mavraj led HSV onto the field for the first time as captain. In the seven games under the new coach Bernd Hollerbach , Mavraj made two appearances. In the first game under the third coach this season, Christian Titz , he was not considered for the matchday squad. On March 28, 2018, Mavraj was transferred to the second team for sporting reasons. The professionals relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga at the end of the season . Even in the summer preparation, Mavraj did not return to the squad. On July 17, 2018, Mavraj and HSV terminated the one-season contract.

In September Mavraj signed a two-year contract with Greek first division club Aris Thessaloniki .

The contract was terminated at the beginning of January 2019 and the defender returned to Germany. There he signed a contract valid until 2020 with the relegation-threatened second division club FC Ingolstadt 04 . With the Schanzers , Mavraj landed on the relegation place at the end of the season. In the relegation games against third division club SV Wehen Wiesbaden he was in the starting line-up. However, after a 2-1 away win in Wiesbaden, the Ingolstadt team lost the second leg at home 2: 3 and were relegated to the 3rd division due to the away goals rule .

In June 2019 Mavraj returned to SpVgg Greuther Fürth. He has a two-year contract with the Franks.

National team

In February 2007 Mavraj completed a game in the German U-20 team . Also in February 2007 and March 2009 he came to one use each for the U-21 selection .

Since he has both German and Albanian citizenship , he joined the senior national team of Albania on May 22, 2012 . In his international debut , this managed a 2-1 success over the selection of Qatar .

At the European Football Championship in France in 2016 , Mavraj was included in the Albanian squad . He was in the starting line-up in all three games against Switzerland, France and Romania and was one of the players who played all games over the full season. With two defeats and one win, the team was eliminated as one of the two worst thirds in the group.

Web links

Commons : Mergim Mavraj  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mergim Mavraj in the database of the German Football Association
• Mergim Mavraj in the database of weltfussball.de
• Mergim Mavraj in the database of fussballdaten.de
• Profile on kleeblatt-chronik.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Azaouagh makes the start , match report on kicker.de, accessed on January 3, 2019.
2. ↑ Rostock's last hurray , match report on kicker.de, accessed on January 3, 2019.
3. ↑ Mergim Mavraj moves to FC. In: fc.de. June 30, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2018 . 
4. ↑ HSV sign Mergim Mavraj. In: hsv.de. December 27, 2016, accessed September 21, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Match report VfL Wolfsburg - HSV: 0: 1 - HSV is defeated by Wolves in the minority. In: hsv.de. January 21, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2018 . 
6. ↑ HSV captain Gotoku Sakai: "I would like to take on even more responsibility". In: hsv.de. August 9, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Outnumbered and referee change: "front runner": HSV after 3-1 victory in Cologne at the top. In: shz.de. August 25, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Hamburger SV - Hertha BSC 1: 2, Bundesliga, 2017/18 season, matchday 27 - game analysis. In: kicker.de . Retrieved September 21, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Mavraj from now on with the U21. In: hsv.de. March 28, 2018, accessed September 21, 2018 . 
10. ↑ HSV and Mergim Mavraj terminate contract. In: hsv.de. July 17, 2018, accessed September 21, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Aris President announces ex-HSV professional Mavraj as a new addition. In: transfermarkt.de. September 6, 2018, accessed September 21, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Mergim Mavraj wants to survive the relegation battle with the FCI , fcingolstadt.de, accessed on January 3, 2019
13. ↑ SpVgg Greuther Fürth: Mavraj returns , accessed on June 26, 2019