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Lorik Cana
Personal information
Full name	Lorik Cana
Date of birth	July 27, 1983 (age 23)
Place of birth	Priština, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Marseille
Number	19
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2005 2005-	PSG Marseille	69 (2) 31 (2)
National team2
2003-	Albania	21 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 28, 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of August 28, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Lorik Cana (born on 27 July 1983 in Priština, Kosovo, Serbia then part of Yugoslavia) is an Albanian footballer. A midfielder, 1.85m tall and weighing 77kg, he plays for the Albania national football team and Olympique de Marseille of France at club level.

Lorik Cana was born in Kosovo, but left as a child to escape the war when he moved to Switzerland. His father, Agim Cana, also a famous Albanian footballer from the 1980s' so-called "Golden Generation" of KF Prishtina, inspired him and as a young boy he joined the Lausanne Sports in Switzerland. He than worked up the ranks in the team until year 2000 when he was spotted and signed by Paris Saint-Germain. He finally broke into the first team of PSG in 2003 when during the 2003-2004 season he played 32 games, scored one goal, won the Coupe de France, and finished second in the French Division 1 league. This success was repeated the next season when he also played 32 games for the Paris team, scoring one goal. However, at the beginning of the 2005-2006 season the coach of PSG changed, and this prompted Cana to move to the south of France and join Olympique de Marseille. Since joining Olympique he has cemented his place in the starting eleven, and scored the winning goal in the first match between his new club (Olympique de Marseille) and his old club (Paris Saint-Germain).He is best Albanian soccer player for the moment

• Lausanne Sports
• 2000-2005 Paris Saint-Germain
• 2005-present Olympique de Marseille

• Winner of the Coupe de France 2004 with Paris SG.
• Vice-Champion of France D1 2004 with Paris SG.
• Albanian National Football Team A. First selection with Albanian National Team A: 11 June 2003, Switzerland - Albania, qualification match for Euro 2004.
• Albanian football player of the year 2003-2004.
• Runner-up of Coupe de France in 2006 playing for Marseille.
• 2006 Futbolli.Com Albanian Player of the Year.

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