SKERDILAID CURRI

Skerdilaid Curri

Nationality: Albania

Age: 37

D.O.B: 06/10/1975

Place of Birth: Kavaje

Position: Forward

Club: Erzgebirge Aue

The pint-sized strongman from Kavaja, who at one stage had the best performance indicators among all Albanian midfielders has had a long and distinguished footballing career. He has been a loyal servant at the Erzgebirge Aue club where he has recently been rewarded with a player/manager contract.

His career started at his hometown club of Besa Kavaje where he caught the attention of Partizani Tirana, and was consequently signed by the capital side.

In 1998 he was transferred to Unterhaching – the same time that Altin Rraklli was playing – perhaps fuelling speculation that he would get picked to represent the national team.

His stay at Unterhaching was brief, and he was subsequently transferred to FC Starnber – and thereafter to VFC Plauen where he stayed for 4 seasons scoring 23 goals in 94 games.

In 2003, he moved to Erzgebirge Aue and eventually established himself as a central figure in a team characterised by a small budget and an inability to attract much investment in players.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the team was organised around him and he was a central figure having a massive impact in the fortunes of Erzgebirge.

He served them well, representing them over 244 times and scoring over 28 times.