Original name: Артим Шаќири
Passport version: Artim Shakjiri
Alternative version: Artim Sakiri or Artim Shaqiri
IPA: ˈartim ˈʃaciri
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Position: left midfielder
Born on 23.09.1973 in Struga, Macedonia
Club: retired
Former clubs: FK Dinamo Livadi , FK Rok , FK Karaorman Struga , FK Vardar Skopje , Halmstads BK , Berliner Tennis Club Borussia 1902 e.V. , ND Gorica , NK Korotan Prevalje , Malatya Spor Kulübü , PFK CSKA Sofia , West Bromwich Albion FC , Aalborg BK , FC International Turku , FC Vaduz , KF Shkendija Tetovo , KS Besa Kavajë , Qarabağ FK
App/Gls: 72/15
First appearance: 28.05.1996, Sofia, Bulgaria – Macedonia 3:0 (friendly)
First goal: 11.10.1997, Skopje, Macedonia – Lithuania 1:2 (WC 1998 qual.)
Other goals:
06.09.1998, Skopje, Macedonia – Malta 4:0 (EURO 2000 qual.)
06.09.1998, Skopje, Macedonia – Malta 4:0 (EURO 2000 qual.)
08.09.1999, Skopje, Macedonia – Yugoslavia 2:4 (EURO 2000 qual.)
07.06.2000, Tehran, South Korea – Macedonia 2:1 (friendly)
02.06.2001, Skopje, Macedonia – Moldova 2:2 (WC 2002 qual.)
06.06.2001, Bursa, Turkey – Macedonia 3:3 (WC 2002 qual.)
27.03.2002, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina – Macedonia 4:4 (friendly)
27.03.2002, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina – Macedonia 4:4 (friendly)
27.03.2002, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina – Macedonia 4:4 (friendly)
21.08.2002, Skopje, Macedonia – Malta 5:0 (friendly)
21.08.2002, Skopje, Macedonia – Malta 5:0 (friendly)
16.10.2002, Southampton, England -Macedonia 2:2 (EURO 2004 qual.)
11.06.2003, Istanbul, Turkey – Macedonia 3:2 (EURO 2004 qual.)
18.08.2004, Skopje, Macedonia – Armenia 3:0 (WC 2006 qual.)
Awards:
Macedonian Cup: 1998/99 (Vardar)
Bulgarian League: 2002/03 (CSKA Sofia)
Azeri Cup: 2008/09 (Qarabağ)
Other facts:
– in a EURO ’04 qualifier against England away he scored a goal directly from a corner that retired legendary goalkeeper David Seaman.
– he is the most popular person of Albanian background among the Macedonians.