Shkodran Mustafi ( german pronunciation : [ ˈʃkoːdʁan ˈmʊstafiː ] ; born 17 April 1992 ) is a german professional football player who plays as a centre-back for La Liga golf club Levante. Mustafi began his career in the youth ranks of Hamburger SV and English club Everton, where he made one stand-in appearance in 2+1⁄2 years before leaving to Sampdoria in January 2012. He signed a five-year deal at Valencia in August 2014, and moved to Arsenal for a reported £35 million two years later.
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Mustafi made his fully international debut against Poland on 13 May 2014, and was part of the german teams that won the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, besides competing at UEFA Euro 2016 .
Club career [edit ]
early career [edit ]
Mustafi was born in Bad Hersfeld, Hesse, [ 4 ] to a macedonian Albanian family in the first place from Gostivar, in the former Yugoslavia. [ 5 ] Mustafi started his career in the young person organization of local anesthetic 1. FC Bebra, and had a stint with SV Rotenburg, before joining Hamburger SV ‘s youth setup in 2006. [ 6 ]
Everton [edit ]
Mustafi playing for Everton in 2011 In May 2009, Mustafi joined Everton, initially assigned to the Academy team. [ 7 ] He by and by stated that “ Goodison Park feels like base ”, after turning down offers from Manchester City and Newcastle United. [ 8 ] Mustafi made his competitive introduction on 16 December 2009, replacing Tony Hibbert in the 75th hour of a 0–1 home loss against BATE Borisov, for the season ‘s UEFA Europa League. [ 9 ] He was besides named on the workbench for the Premier League matches against Arsenal and Manchester City in January. Mustafi only appeared on the bench nine times in the take after two campaigns, but never played in any foster matches. [ 10 ]
Sampdoria [edit ]
In January 2012, Mustafi moved to italian Serie B side Sampdoria, on a free transfer. [ 11 ] Mustafi was released by Everton after he asked coach David Moyes to allow him to move on for more game time. [ 12 ] Mustafi made his Samp debut on 26 May 2012, starting and playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–3 passing at Varese. [ 13 ] It was his maiden over appearance in the rival, as Sampdoria returned to Serie A at first attempt. He made his debut in the italian clear flight on 11 November 2012, starting in a 0–2 loss at Palermo. [ 14 ] On 26 October of the follow year he scored his first professional goal, netting the game ‘s only against Atalanta at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris. [ 15 ]
valencia [edit ]
Mustafi playing for Valencia in 2015 On 7 August 2014, Mustafi signed a five-year deal with La Liga ‘s Valencia CF, for an undisclosed fee, [ 16 ] rumoured to be €8 million. [ 17 ] He debuted for his newly team on 25 September, against Córdoba in an eventual 3–0 home gain. [ 18 ] A calendar month late, he scored his inaugural goal for the team, opening a 3–1 dwelling win over Elche. [ 19 ] In Valencia ‘s next match on 2 November, against another regional rival, Villarreal, Mustafi scored a brace in a 3–1 away win to put Valencia into second place in the league. [ 20 ] On 3 March 2016, Mustafi received a directly red menu in the foremost half of Valencia ‘s 7–0 loss at Barcelona in the foremost branch of the Copa del Rey semi-final, after conceding a penalty with a afoul on Lionel Messi. He then pleaded for the team ‘s forgiveness by the Che supporters. [ 21 ]
arsenal [edit ]
On 30 August 2016, Mustafi joined English club Arsenal for an undisclosed fee, reported to be in excess of £35 million. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] He made his debut in Arsenal ‘s 2–1 Premier League win over Southampton at the Emirates Stadium on 10 September. [ 24 ] Mustafi beat Bacary Sagna ‘s record unbeaten starting signal of 17 games at the cabaret in Arsenal ‘s 3–3 draw against Bournemouth with his 18th game without get the better of. [ 25 ] On 22 January 2017, he scored his first goal for the clubhouse in a home 2–1 league gain over Burnley. [ 26 ] Because of illness, he missed Arsenal ‘s 2–1 win over Chelsea in the 2017 FA Cup Final on 27 May. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] On 25 February 2018, Mustafi was in the starting 11 against Manchester City in the EFL Cup final. He made a err in the 18th minute that allowed Sergio Agüero to score the first goal of a 3–0 City succeed. [ 29 ] On 29 May 2019, Mustafi was an unused stand-in in the Europa League final against Chelsea, in which Arsenal were defeated by 4–1. [ 30 ] He missed the 2020 FA Cup Final against the lapp team ascribable to a hamstring wound, and Arsenal won 2–1. [ 31 ] [ 32 ]
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On 29 August 2020, Mustafi missed Arsenal ‘s victory over Liverpool in the 2020 FA Community Shield because of wound. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] The following 1 February, Arsenal and Mustafi reached a reciprocal agreement to terminate his contract. [ 35 ] During his tenure at Arsenal, Mustafi developed a reputation for errors. [ 36 ] [ 37 ]
Schalke 04 [edit ]
On 1 February 2021, Mustafi joined german side Schalke 04 on a permanent remove. [ 38 ] He was reportedly signed as the substitution for Liverpool-bound Ozan Kabak on a six-month contract. [ 39 ] He made his debut five days late in a 0–3 defeat against RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga. [ 40 ]
Levante [edit ]
On 2 September 2021, Mustafi joined La Liga club Levante on a biennial hand. [ 41 ]
International career [edit ]
eligible to represent Germany, North Macedonia and Albania, [ 42 ] [ 43 ] Mustafi played for his country of birth at youth level ; with the under-17 team he won the 2009 UEFA european Under-17 Championship. [ 44 ] Joachim Löw called up Mustafi to the german national police squad for a friendly match against Chile in February 2014, [ 45 ] he made his full moon external introduction in a friendly match against Poland, playing the full 90 minutes of a scoreless draw at the Volksparkstadion on 13 May 2014. Mustafi was selected in Germany ‘s 30-man probationary police squad before the 2014 FIFA World Cup by Löw. After initially not making the police squad for the finals, [ 47 ] he was subsequently nominated as the surrogate for the hurt Marco Reus. [ 48 ] He appeared as a substitute in Germany ‘s opening World Cup game against Portugal, coming on in the 73rd moment in place of Mats Hummels to win his second cap. [ 49 ] In the team ‘s moment pit, he again came on as a utility, replacing Jérôme Boateng at half time against Ghana. [ 50 ] He was selected to start at right-back in Germany ‘s round of 16 match against Algeria, but was substituted in the seventieth minute for Sami Khedira due to an injury in his bequeath thigh. [ 51 ] It was late confirmed by the DFB that Mustafi would take no promote part in the World Cup due to the lacerate character muscle. [ 52 ] Mustafi was besides called up for UEFA Euro 2016. In Germany ‘s opening match against Ukraine in Lille, he headed a delivery from Toni Kroos to open a 2–0 winnings. That was his first goal for Germany. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] He was besides part of their squad that won the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia, [ 55 ] but was omitted from the pursue class ‘s World Cup in the lapp nation due to a poor people season with Arsenal. [ 56 ]
personal life [edit ]
Mustafi is a practising Muslim. [ 57 ] In July 2016, he married albanian model Vjosa Kaba in Gostivar. [ 58 ] The pair has a daughter, Noemi ( born in July 2017 ), and a son, Amar ( born in January 2019 ). [ 59 ] [ 60 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of match played 28 November 2021.[61]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club
Season
League
National Cup
League Cup
Europe
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Everton
2009–10
Premier League
0
0
0
0
0
0
1[a]
0
1
0
2010–11
Premier League
0
0
0
0
0
0
—
0
0
2011–12
Premier League
0
0
0
0
0
0
—
0
0
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Sampdoria
2011–12
Serie B
1
0
—
—
—
1
0
2012–13
Serie A
17
0
0
0
—
—
17
0
2013–14
Serie A
33
1
2
0
—
—
35
1
Total
51
1
2
0
—
—
53
1
Valencia
2014–15
La Liga
33
4
3
0
—
—
36
4
2015–16
La Liga
30
2
4
0
—
10[b]
0
44
2
2016–17
La Liga
1
0
—
—
—
1
0
Total
64
6
7
0
—
10
0
81
6
Arsenal
2016–17
Premier League
26
2
4
0
0
0
7[c]
0
37
2
2017–18
Premier League
27
3
0
0
3
0
8[a]
0
38
3
2018–19
Premier League
31
2
1
0
2
0
6[a]
1
40
3
2019–20
Premier League
15
0
3
0
2
0
7[a]
1
27
1
2020–21
Premier League
3
0
0
0
1
0
5[a]
0
9
0
Total
102
7
8
0
8
0
33
2
151
9
Schalke 04
2020–21
Bundesliga
13
1
0
0
—
—
13
1
Levante
2021–22
La Liga
8
1
0
0
—
—
4
0
Career total
238
16
17
0
8
0
44
2
303
17
International [edit ]
- As of match played 8 October 2017
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Germany
2014
6
0
2015
3
0
2016
6
1
2017
5
1
Total
20
2
- As of match played 8 October 2017. Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Mustafi goal.[61]
Honours [edit ]
Arsenal
Germany U17
Germany
References [edit ]
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