Alen Sherri
Alen Sherri is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian club Cagliari. He also plays for the Albania national team.
Club career
Early career
Sherri began his youth football career at the academy of Vllaznia Shkodër|Vllaznia] in 2012 at the age of 14. Notably, during his time with the Vllaznia youth teams he won the 2013–14 Championship with the club's U17s.Vllaznia
He made his professional debut on 12 April 2015 against Tirana playing the full 90-minutes match where Tirana won 2–1 by overturning the score with a twice by Gentian Muça in the 61st and 76th minutes, following a Red card to Vllaznia's defender Elvin Beqiri in the 57th minute.During the 2014–15 season, Sherri became the second choice behind Erind Selimaj and ahead of Italian guardian Gianmarco Campironi during the first half and Zamir Vjerdha during the second half. He featured in 17 league matches, playing 7 full 90-minute matches. In the 2015–16 season, he became the third choice following the arrival of Montenegro 's Andrija Dragojević. He featured in 32 games playing 3.
In October 2015 he had a trial at Italian giants Roma.
Loan at Savona
Following arrival of Montenegrin goalkeeper Jasmin Agović in August 2016, coach of Vllaznia Shkodër Armando Cungu decided to send Sherri on a loan at Serie D relegated side Savona F.B.C.Laçi
On 9 August 2020, Sherri signed with Laçi as a free agent.Cagliari
On 24 July 2024, Sherri signed for Cagliari of the Serie A.On 10 July 2025, Sherri was loaned by Frosinone in Serie B, with an option to buy. On 4 January 2026, the loan was terminated early.
International career
Sherri received his first call up to the Albania under-21 national team by the head coach Skënder Gega on 8 June 2015 for the Friendly matches against Kazakhstan & Sweden on 12 & 16 June 2015. He was called up for the second time at Albania U21 by a new appointed coach Redi Jupi to participate in the Antalya Cup developed in Antalya, Turkey against Saudi Arabia U23 on 22 January 2016, Bahrain U23 on 24 January, Azerbaijan U21 on 26 January, Kosovo U21 on 28 January and Ukraine U21 on 30 January.Sherri was called by coach Redi Jupi to participate with Albania U21 in the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4 matches against Greece U21 and Hungary U21 on 24 & 28 March 2016 respectively.
Sherri was called up to the Albania national team by head coach Edy Reja on 26 May 2021 for the June friendlies.