Gentian Selmani

Gentian Selmani (born 9 March 1998) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish club Boluspor and the Albania national football team.

Club Career

Early career

Selmani began playing football as a young child and was coached by former Albania national team goalkeeper Perlat Musta at Partizani from the age of just 5. He joined the Olimpic youth setup in 2011, where he remained for two years before returning to Partizani in 2013 where he joined the under-17 side as a 15-year-old. After impressive performances for the under-17s he was invited by the head coach Shpetim Duro to train with the first team during the 2014–15 season and he was an unused substitute in the Kategoria Superiore for a home game against Kukesi on 23 November 2014. This, however, proved to be the closest Selmani got to first team action for the club as he left only months later.

Kastrioti

He joined Kategoria e Pare side Kastrioti in January 2015 and immediately established himself as the club's first choice goalkeeper, making his professional debut on 7 February 2015 in an away game against Iliria that his side lost 1–0. In total he made 14 league appearances during the second half of the season, as his side finished 5th and safely avoided relegation. After establishing himself as a first choice keeper at the age of 16, he attracted the interest of Kategoria Superiore sides and left Kastrioti at the end of the 2014–15 season in order to search for a new club in the top flight.

Laci

On 1 August 2015, Selmani completed a transfer to Kategoria Superiore side Laci for an undisclosed fee. Priror to that, he had travelled to Germany where he had been training with the goalkeeping team at Bundesliga side Augsburg.

He was given squad number 1, and made his debut eleven days later in the Albanian Supercup against Albanian champions Skenderbeu where Laci won after penalty shoot-out. His decisive save versu