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Key facts
- Full name
- Lorik Agim Cana
- Date of birth
- ( 1983-07-27 ) 27 July 1983 (age 42)
- Place of birth
- Pristina , Kosovo , Serbia , Yugoslavia
- Height
- 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
- Positions
- Centre-back defensive midfielder central midfielder
- 1997 2000
- Dardania Lausanne
- 2000 2001
- Paris Saint-Germain
- Years
- Team
- 2000 2003
- Paris Saint-Germain B
- 2002 2005
- Paris Saint-Germain
- 2005 2009
- Marseille
- 2009 2010
- Sunderland
- 2010 2011
- Galatasaray
- 2011 2015
- Lazio
- 2015 2016
- Nantes
- 2002 2016
- Albania
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Defensive Midfield
- Nationality
- Albania
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Pristina
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Islam
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Paris Saint-Germain FC Youth Academy
- Position played
- centre-back
- League
- Premier League
- Mass
- 77
- Image
- Lorik cana crop.jpg
- Height
- 186
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- Commons category
- Lorik Cana
- date of birth
- 1983-07-27
- name in native language
- Lorik Cana
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- end of work period
- 2016-00-00
- social media followers
- 7648
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Encyclopedic overview
Lorik Agim Cana ( Albanian pronunciation: [ˈlɔɾik ˈtsana]; born 27 July 1983) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or midfielder. He is currently the Grassroots ambassador for children's football in Albania, a role assigned by the Albanian Football Association on 26 October 2017. Born in Yugoslavia, he represented Albania internationally.
Cana played in the top divisions of France, England, Italy and Turkey, representing Paris Saint-Germain, Marseille, Sunderland, Galatasaray, Lazio and Nantes. He also represented the Albania national team, making 94 appearances from his debut in 2002 until his retirement in 2016. Initially a defensive and central midfielder, he later transitioned into a centre-back role. Cana captained Albania at their first major international tournament, UEFA Euro 2016 in France.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lorik Cana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.