Lorik Cana  was born in Kosovo, but when he was a little kid goes to live in Switzerland. His father, Agim Cana, also a famous Albanian soccer player of the so-called “Golden Generation” of KF Prishtina during the 1980s, inspired him and as a young boy he joined the Lausanne Sports in Switzerland. He then worked up the ranks in the team until year 2000 when he was spotted and signed by Paris Saint-Germain. As Lorik Cana finally got 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 Lorik 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 former club (Paris Saint-Germain). He has been the team captain of his club since the departure of the former captain Habib Beye during summer 2007.

Lorik Cana Major League soccer achievements

    * Winner of the Coupe de France 2004 with Paris SG (Lorik Cana )  

    * Runner-up of Coupe de France in 2006 with Olympique de Marseille (Lorik Cana )  

    * Runner-up of Coupe de France in 2007 with Olympique de Marseille (Lorik Cana )  

    * Albanian football player of the year 2003-2004 (Lorik Cana )  

International career

 Lorik Cana  was eligible to play for either Switzerland, Albania or France as he has all three passports, out of these three he chose Albania as he feels that all Albanian’s are the same wherever they live, most say he made the right choice by letting his heart and not his brain make the choice. Lorik Cana has been involved with the Albania national football team since early 2003, after receiving a call-up by the federation. He accepted the invitation and by 11 June he had already made his international debut at the age of just 19. Since joining the team he has made 30 appearances and scored 1 goal for Albania.

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