Sokol Cikalleshi

Cikalleshi is the sort of grinder I instinctively root for. A striker out of Kavajë, Albania, he debuted at 17 for his hometown club Besa, then bounced through Skënderbeu, Tirana, and even Incheon in South Korea, spending stretches as a free agent. That is a hard, unglamorous road, and at 187 cm he made his living doing the front line's dirty work. I am drawn to players from smaller footballing nations who push out into the wider world and carry their country on their backs. His career has grit, and grit is something I will always cheer for.

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Name (English)

Sokol Cikalleshi

Name (Japanese)

ソコル・チカレシ

Reading

そこる・ちかれし

Born

July 27, 1990 (age 36)

Origin

Kavajë, Tirana County, Albania

Height

187 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Horse

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokol%20Cikalleshi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BD%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B7
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7555159

Tags

• Tirana County
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.