Gentian Selmani

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 Shpëtim 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 Kukësi 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 Parë 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.

Laçi

On 1 August 2015, Selmani completed a transfer to Kategoria Superiore side Laçi for an undisclosed fee. Priror to that, he had travelled to…

Under-17

Selmani was called up by Albania national under-17 football team coach Džemal Mustedanagić to participate in the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round on match-dates 8–13 October 2014. He debuted in international level for Albania U17 in the closing group match against San Marino U17 by playing the full 80-minutes match which finished in a 5–1 victory but anyway were not enough as Albania U17 were eliminated since the second match as they lost both first group matches. For two other matches, Selmani was an unused substitute as a second choice behind the PAOK FC academy goalkeeper Jorgo Muça.

Under-19

He advanced higherly at international level as he was called up in Albania national under-19 football team by coach Altin Lala for the double Friendly matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 on 21 & 23 April 2015. Selmani was called up by the newly appointed coach of Albania U19, Arjan Bellaj, for two last friendly matches before the competitive tournament start against Kosovo U19 on 13 & 15 October 2015. His impressive form shown in friendly matches convinced the coach Arjan Bellaj to include him in the squad to participate in the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification from 12 to 17 November 2015. In the opening match against Austria U19, Albania U19 played with Elhan Kastrati as a first choice in a 2–1 loss. Selmani played the full 90-minutes match in the second match-day against Georgia U19 but lost against…

Club

As of 11 February 2019

Selmani is a fan of Italian club Juventus and his favourite footballer is goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.