# Alen Sherri

Alen Sherri (born 15 December 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian club Cagliari in Serie A and the Albania national team.

## Club career
### Early career

Sherri began his youth football career at the academy of Vllaznia in 2012 at the age of 14. Notably, during his time with the Vllaznia youth teams he won the 2013–14 Championship with the club's U17s.

### Vllaznia

He made his professional debut on 12 April 2015 against Tirana playing the full 90-minutes match where Tirana won 2–1 by overturning the score with a twice by Gentian Muça in the 61st and 76th minutes, following a Red card to Vllaznia's defender Elvin Beqiri in the 57th minute.
During the 2014–15 season Sherri became the second choice behind Erind Selimaj and ahead of Italian guardian Gianmarco Campironi during the first half and Zamir Vjerdha during the second-half. He featured in 17 league matches playing 7 full 90-minutes matches. In the 2015–16 season he became third choice following arrival of Montenegros Andrija Dragojević. He featured in 32 games playing 3.
In October 2015 he had a trial at Italian giants A.S. Roma.

#### Loan at Savona

Following arrival of Montenegrin goalkeeper Jasmin Agović in August 2016, coach of Vllaznia Shkodër Armando Cungu decided to send Sherri on a loan at Serie D relegated side Savona F.B.C.

### Laçi

On 9 August 2020, Sherri signed with Laçi as a free agent.

### Cagliari

On 24 July 2024, Sherri signed for Cagliari of the Serie A.

## International career

Sherri received his first call up to the Albania under-21 national team by the head coach Skënder Gega on 8 June 2015 for the Friendly matches against Kazakhstan & Sweden on 12 & 16 June 2015. He was called up for the second time at Albania U21 by a new appointed coach Redi Jupi to participate in the Antalya Cup developed in Antalya, Turkey against Saudi Arabia U23 on 22 January 2016, Bahrain U23 on 24 January, Azerbaijan U21 on 26 January, Kosovo U21 on 28 January and Ukraine U21 on 30 January.
Sherri was called by coach Redi Jupi to participate with Albania U21 in the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4 matches against Greece U21 and Hungary U21 on 24 & 28 March 2016 respectively.
Sherri was called up to the Albania national team by head coach Edy Reja on 26 May 2021 for the June friendlies.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 17 July 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Vllaznia Shkodër | 2013–14 | Albanian Superliga | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vllaznia Shkodër | 2014–15 | Albanian Superliga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 |
| Vllaznia Shkodër | 2015–16 | Albanian Superliga | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 |
| Vllaznia Shkodër | 2017–18 | Albanian Superliga | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 0 |
| Vllaznia Shkodër | 2018–19 | Albanian First Division | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 0 |
| Vllaznia Shkodër | 2019–20 | Albanian Superliga | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 0 |
| Vllaznia Shkodër | Total | Total | 84 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 91 | 0 |
| Vllaznia Shkodër B | 2015–16 | Albanian Third Division | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 |
| Vllaznia Shkodër B | 2016–17 | Albanian Second Division | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 |
| Vllaznia Shkodër B | 2017–18 | Albanian First Division | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Vllaznia Shkodër B | Total | Total | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 |
| Savona (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Laçi | 2020–21 | Albanian Superliga | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 0 |
| Laçi | 2021–22 | Albanian Superliga | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 |
| Laçi | Total | Total | 38 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 53 | 0 |
| Egnatia | 2022–23 | Albanian Superliga | 35 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 40 | 0 |
| Egnatia | 2023–24 | Albanian Superliga | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| Egnatia | 2024–25 | Albanian Superliga | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Egnatia | Total | Total | 69 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 87 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 199 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 239 | 0 |
* ↑ Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Including other competitions, such as Albanian Supercup

## Honours
### Egnatia

* Kategoria Superiore: 2023–24
* Albanian Cup: 2022–23, 2023–24