Danel Sinani
Luxembourgish footballer (born 1997)
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Danel Sinani (Serbian Cyrillic: Данел Синани; born 5 April 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli. Born in Serbia, he represents the Luxembourg national team.
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Danel Sinani (2025) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Danel Sinani[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 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 | FC St. Pauli | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| 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– | FC St. Pauli | 56 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Luxembourg U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Luxembourg U21 | 11 | (1) |
| 2017– | Luxembourg | 78 | (14) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:30, 13 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2025 | |||
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]
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.[22] 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.[23]
He is the younger brother of Dejvid Sinani.[24]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 13 March 2026[25]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Racing FC | 2014–15 | Luxembourg Division of Honour | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 3 | ||
| 2015–16 | Luxembourg National Division | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 3 | |||
| 2016–17 | Luxembourg National Division | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 6 | |||
| Total | 62 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 62 | 12 | ||||
| Dudelange | 2017–18 | Luxembourg National Division | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 24 | 9 | |
| 2018–19 | Luxembourg National Division | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 14[d] | 4 | 39 | 11 | ||
| 2019–20 | Luxembourg National Division | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 13[e] | 9 | 30 | 23 | ||
| Total | 64 | 30 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 13 | 93 | 43 | |||
| Norwich City | 2020–21 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Championship | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 18 | 2 | ||
| Total | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 18 | 2 | |||
| Waasland-Beveren (loan) | 2020–21 | Belgian First Division A | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[f] | 1 | 21 | 4 | |
| Huddersfield Town (loan) | 2021–22 | Championship | 39 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[g] | 1 | 47 | 7 |
| Wigan Athletic (loan) | 2022–23 | Championship | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| FC St. Pauli | 2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 2 | |||
| 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 4 | |||
| Total | 56 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 64 | 8 | |||
| Career total | 265 | 59 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 314 | 75 | ||
- Includes FA Cup, Belgian Cup, DFB Pokal
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League and 12 and two goals in UEFA Europa League
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League and 11 and nine goals in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in Belgian First Division A Promotion-Relegation play-off
- Appearances in EFL Championship Promotion play-offs
International
- As of match played 17 November 2025[4]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luxembourg | 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 8 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 10 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 10 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | |
| Total | 78 | 14 | |
Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 September 2018 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |  Moldova | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D |
| 2 | 11 September 2018 | San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino |  San Marino | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 3 | 15 October 2018 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | San Marino | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| 4 | 10 October 2020 |  Cyprus | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C | |
| 5 | 2–0 | |||||
| 6 | 13 October 2020 | Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro |  Montenegro | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| 7 | 4 June 2022 | LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania |  Lithuania | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C |
| 8 | 2–0 | |||||
| 9 | 22 September 2022 | Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey |  Turkey | 2–1 | 3–3 | |
| 10 | 17 June 2023 | Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |  Liechtenstein | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
| 11 | 20 June 2023 | Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 12 | 8 September 2023 | Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |  Iceland | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
| 13 | 27 March 2024 |  Kazakhstan | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly | |
| 14 | 25 March 2023 | Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland |  Switzerland | 1–3 | 1–3 | |
Honours
Dudelange
FC St. Pauli
Individual