Armir Grimaj

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.

Club career

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

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

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Albania	1998	2	0
	2000	2	0
Total		4	0

Managerial career

On 22 April 2016,he was put in charge of the national team of Albania for women .[3]

Personal life

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]

References

1. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander. "Greece 1998/99". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
2. "Armir Grimaj – national football team player". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
3. "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.
4. "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.

External links

• Armir Grimaj at National-Football-Teams.com