Edvin Murati

Edvin Sabri Murati (born 12 November 1975) is an Albanian former professional footballer. He played for Panserraikos and Iraklis in Greece.^[1] He played also in France,^[2] Germany, and for the Albania national team. In December 2018 he was honoured for his services to Albanian football, alongside Perlat Musta and Qamil Teliti.^[3]

Edvin Murati

Personal information
Full name	Edvin Sabri Murati[1]
Date of birth	(1975-11-12) 12 November 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Tirana, Albania
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1989–1990	Partizani Tirana
1990–1994	Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–2000	Paris Saint-Germain	24	(1)
1995–1996	→ Châteauroux (loan)	31	(0)
1996–1997	→ Stade Briochin (loan)	1	(0)
1998–1999	→ Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan)	11	(0)
2000–2002	Lille	29	(1)
2002–2006	Iraklis	66	(6)
2006–2008	Panserraikos	25	(8)
Total		179	(15)
International career
1998–2006	Albania	42	(4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

Murati made his debut for Albania in an August 1998 friendly match away against Cyprus and earned a total of 42 caps, scoring 4 goals.^[4] His final international was an October 2006 European Championship qualification match against the Netherlands.^[5] In the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, he scored a winning goal against UEFA Euro 2004 Champions Team Greece.

Personal life

Edvin Murati holds Albanian and French nationalities.^[6] He acquired French nationality by naturalization on 16 February 1998.^[7]

Career statistics

Albania national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1998	1	0
1999	4	0
2000	5	2
2001	4	0
2002	6	1
2003	8	0
2004	7	1
2005	5	0
2006	2	0
Total	42	4

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 February 2000	National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	Azerbaijan	1–0	1–0	2000 Malta International Football Tournament
2	2 September 2000	FinnAir Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	1-1	1-2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	16 October 2002	Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania	Switzerland	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
4	4 September 2004	Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania	Greece	1-0	2-1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification[8]