Herolind Shala
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Shala with Albania U21 in March 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 February 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Porsgrunn, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Feronikeli | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2007 | Tollnes | ||
| 2007–2011 | Notodden | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2011 | Notodden | 50 | (30) |
| 2011–2015 | Odd | 90 | (20) |
| 2015–2017 | Sparta Prague | 3 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Slovan Liberec (loan) | 24 | (6) |
| 2016–2017 | → Kasımpaşa (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Lyngby | 20 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | IK Start | 14 | (3) |
| 2019–2021 | Vålerenga | 48 | (8) |
| 2021 | Stabæk | 11 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | Erzurumspor FK | 60 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | IK Start | 4 | (0) |
| 2025 | Partizani Tirana | 1 | (0) |
| 2026– | Feronikeli | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009 | Norway U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2012 | Norway U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Albania U21 | 7 | (2) |
| 2014–2016 | Albania | 6 | (0) |
| 2016–2021 | Kosovo | 27 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 November 2021 | |||
Herolind Shala (born 1 February 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kosovo First League club Feronikeli.
Shala progressed through the youth academies of Tollnes and Notodden, where he also began his professional career and later played for Odd before moving abroad to Sparta Prague in 2015. During his time at the Czech club, he had loan spells at Slovan Liberec and Kasımpaşa. He subsequently played for Lyngby, IK Start, Vålerenga, Stabæk, Erzurumspor FK, and returned to IK Start before joining Partizani Tirana and later Feronikeli.
At international level, Shala represented Norway at youth level before switching allegiance to Albania, playing for the under-21 and senior national teams. He later changed international allegiance to Kosovo and earned 27 caps for the Kosovo national team between 2016 and 2021.