Danel Sinani

Danel Sinani
Данел Синани
Sinani in 2025
Personal information
Full name Danel Sinani[1]
Date of birth (1997-04-05) 5 April 1997[2]
Place of birth Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Sampdoria
Youth career
2006–2012 FC Differdange 03
2012–2014 Racing FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Racing FC 62 (12)
2017–2020 Dudelange 64 (30)
2020–2023 Norwich City 16 (1)
2020–2021 → Waasland-Beveren (loan) 18 (3)
2021–2022 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 39 (6)
2023 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 10 (0)
2023–2026 FC St. Pauli 63 (8)
2026– Sampdoria 0 (0)
International career‡
2015 Luxembourg U19 3 (0)
2015–2017 Luxembourg U21 11 (1)
2017– Luxembourg 82 (16)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:28, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 June 2026

Danel Sinani (Serbian Cyrillic: Данел Синани; born 5 April 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Italian Serie B club Sampdoria. Born in Serbia, he represents the Luxembourg national team.

Club career

In Luxembourg

Sinani played club football in Luxembourg for Racing FC Union Luxembourg before joining F91 Dudelange in 2017.[4] With the latter, he won two Luxembourg National Division titles and the Luxembourg Cup.[5] In November 2018, he scored the first ever goal for a Luxembourgish club in the group stage of a major European competition against Olympiacos.[5] In 2019, Sinani was given the Luxembourg Footballer of the Year award. It was his first award of the trophy, known as the Wanderpokal Challenge Guy Greffrath (Challenge Guy Greffrath Challenge Cup).[6] In the summer of 2019, Sinani was offered a move to R.E. Virton, who play in the Belgian league, but he refused the deal.[7] Later in the year, he scored two goals in a Europa League match against five time Europa League winners Sevilla.[5][8] As of 2020, he has scored 13 goals in UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches.[5] Sinani has scored 14 goals in 16 appearances in the 2019–20 Luxembourg National Division,[9] nine goals in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, and 24 goals in 30 matches in all competitions.[10]

Norwich City

In April 2020, he signed for Norwich City for the 2020–21 season.[11] His contract is until 2023,[9] and he is the first Luxembourgish Norwich City player.[12]

In August 2020, Sinani was loaned to Belgian club Waasland-Beveren for the season.[13]

On 28 July 2021, he joined Huddersfield Town on a season-long loan. As part of the loan agreement with Norwich, Huddersfield have the option to sign him permanently at the end of the season.[14] Sinani made his EFL Championship debut as a late substitute in the 1–1 draw against Derby County at Pride Park on 6 August 2021.[15] He made his full home debut against Everton in the EFL Cup on 24 August 2021 when Huddersfield lost 2–1.[16]

Upon his return to Norwich he scored his first goal for the club in an EFL Cup win over Birmingham City on 9 August 2022.[17] He then scored his first league goal for the club in his next appearance, a 2–1 victory over former club Huddersfield Town at Carrow Road.[18]

On 31 January 2023, the last day of the 2022–23 winter transfer window, Sinani joined Championship side Wigan Athletic on loan until the end of the season.[19]

Sinani was released by Norwich City at the end of the 2022–23 season.[20]

FC St. Pauli

On 4 July 2023, Sinani signed for Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli on a free transfer.[21]

Sampdoria

On 10 July 2026, Sinani joined Sampdoria in Italian Serie B on a two-year contract.[22]

International career

Sinani made his international debut for Luxembourg in 2017.[4] Kosovo approached Sinani about representing them internationally, as his parents are from Dragash. Sinani refused the meeting to discuss it, as he sees Luxembourg as his home.[23] Sinani scored three goals for Luxembourg during their 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D campaign.[5]

Personal life

Sinani was born in Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia to ethnic Gorani parents from Dragash. He moved to Luxembourg along with his family at the age of 5.[24]

He is the younger brother of Dejvid Sinani.[25]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 May 2026[26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Racing FC 2014–15 Luxembourg Division of Honour 15300——153
2015–16 Luxembourg National Division 23300——233
2016–17 Luxembourg National Division 24600——246
Total 621200——6212
Dudelange 2017–18 Luxembourg National Division 22900—2[c]0249
2018–19 Luxembourg National Division 25700—14[d]43911
2019–20 Luxembourg National Division 171400—13[e]93023
Total 643000—29139343
Norwich City 2020–21 Championship 000000—00
2021–22 Premier League 000000—00
2022–23 Championship 1611011—182
Total 1611011—182
Waasland-Beveren (loan) 2020–21 Belgian First Division A 18310—2[f]1214
Huddersfield Town (loan) 2021–22 Championship 39630203[g]1477
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2022–23 Championship 100———100
FC St. Pauli 2023–24 2. Bundesliga 7130——101
2024–25 Bundesliga 26210——272
2025–26 Bundesliga 30530——335
Total 6387011—719
Career total 2726012031341532176
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup, Belgian Cup, DFB Pokal
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League and 12 and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League and 11 and nine goals in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ Appearances in Belgian First Division A Promotion-Relegation play-off
  7. ↑ Appearances in EFL Championship Promotion play-offs

International

As of match played 6 June 2026[4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Luxembourg 201730
201893
201990
202083
2021120
2022103
2023103
202481
202591
202642
Total8216

Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.

List of international goals scored by Danel Sinani
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
18 September 2018Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Moldova3–04–02018–19 UEFA Nations League D
211 September 2018San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino3–03–0
315 October 2018Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg San Marino2–03–0
410 October 2020 Cyprus1–02–02020–21 UEFA Nations League C
52–0
613 October 2020Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro Montenegro2–12–1
74 June 2022LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania Lithuania1–02–02022–23 UEFA Nations League C
82–0
922 September 2022Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey Turkey2–13–3
1017 June 2023Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Liechtenstein1–02–0UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
1120 June 2023Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina2–02–0
128 September 2023Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Iceland3–13–1
1327 March 2024 Kazakhstan2–12–1Friendly
1425 March 2025Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland  Switzerland1–31–3
1531 March 2026Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Malta2–03–02024–25 UEFA Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs
166 June 2026Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, Albania Albania1–01–0Friendly

Honours

Dudelange

FC St. Pauli

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Norwich City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 47. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. ↑ UEFA.com. "Danel Sinani - Luxembourg - UEFA Nations League". UEFA. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Danel Sinani". Norwich City F.C. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 Danel Sinani at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Factfile: Danel Sinani". Norwich City F.C. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Danel Sinani ist Fußballer des Jahres". wort.lu (in German). 27 September 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  7. ↑ Mollereau, Julien (3 April 2020). "Mon contrat ? J'ai tout simplement signé et tout renvoyé par la poste". Le Quotidien (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Europa League: Sinani rettet die F91-Ehre gegen Sevilla". Tageblatt (in German). 7 November 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Norwich sign Danel Sinani from F91 Dudelange after placing staff on furlough". ESPN. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "Daniel Sinani: Luxembourg international striker agrees Norwich transfer". Sky Sports. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  11. ↑ "Norwich sign Luxembourg forward Danel Sinani". BBC Sport. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "Norwich City complete signing of Danel Sinani". The Pink'un. 10 April 2020. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  13. ↑ "Sinani and Sitti complete loan switches to Belgian side Waasland-Beveren". Norwich City F.C. 22 September 2020. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  14. ↑ "Loan: Danel Sinani joins from Norwich City". www.htafc.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  15. ↑ "Covid-hit Terriers fight back at Derby". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  16. ↑ "Ten-man Everton edge past Huddersfield". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  17. ↑ "Norwich 2-2 Birmingham". BBC. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  18. ↑ "Norwich City 2-1 Huddersfield Town: Canaries earn first win of the season". Sky Sports. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  19. ↑ "Wigan Athletic: Arsenal's Omar Rekik and Norwich City's Danel Sinani join on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  20. ↑ "Club confirms players that will depart this summer". www.canaries.co.uk. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  21. ↑ "DER FC ST. PAULI VERPFLICHTET DANEL SINANI" [FC ST. PAULI SIGNS DANEL SINANI]. www.fcstpauli.com (in German). 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  22. ↑ "Sinani è blucerchiato: contratto fino al 30 giugno 2028" [Sinani joins Sampdoria: contract runs until 30 June 2028.] (in Italian). UC Sampdoria. 10 July 2026. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  23. ↑ CVETKOVIĆ, Ivan (10 September 2019). "Srbiju večeras napada Beograđanin Danel Sinani!". sportske.net (in Bosnian). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  24. ↑ "Historia e Danel Sinanit, djalit nga Sharri që nuk është… shqiptar" [The history of Danel Sinani, the boy from Sharr who is not an… Albanian] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  25. ↑ "Dejvid Sinani - Der offensive Mittelfeldspieler im Schatten des kleinen Bruders". tageblatt.lu.
  26. ↑ Danel Sinani at Soccerway
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