Joris Aliukonis

Goalkeeper - Egnatia Rrogozhinë
11 Sep 2027
Saturday
Process
57 Edition

The Egnatia Rrogozhinë Courier

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market

Teuta Durrës come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Egnatia Rrogozhinë did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Match

Egnatia Rrogozhinë make it 4 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Egnatia Rrogozhinë have 4 straight wins of it.

Market

Kastriot Vogli is a Egnatia Rrogozhinë player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Artilio Kote is a Egnatia Rrogozhinë player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Match

Egnatia Rrogozhinë get the job done against Flamurtari

A 1-0 win over Flamurtari, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Soumaïla Bakayoko finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Egnatia Rrogozhinë have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Squad

Joris Aliukonis gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Kastriot Selmani knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Egnatia Rrogozhinë, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Kastriot Vogli told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Kastriot Vogli has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Egnatia Rrogozhinë.

In brief

Back issues
56 Edition

The Egnatia Rrogozhinë Courier

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Egnatia Rrogozhinë turn down Dinamo City for Ibrahim Diabaté

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Jakob Larsen

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Dinamo City are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Egnatia Rrogozhinë will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

In brief

53 Edition

The Egnatia Rrogozhinë Courier

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Egnatia Rrogozhinë are in among the leaders

Position 2 and 29 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Market

Joris Aliukonis asks to leave Egnatia Rrogozhinë

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Kastriot Selmani

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Nobody at Egnatia Rrogozhinë has picked up the phone to Mohammed Yahaya

12 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

Market

Altin Kryeziu linked with a move away

The name of Altin Kryeziu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Egnatia Rrogozhinë say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Abdurraman Fangaj knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Egnatia Rrogozhinë, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

52 Edition

The Egnatia Rrogozhinë Courier

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Simon Beqja is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Egnatia Rrogozhinë is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Jakob Larsen

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

The Alessandro Albanese talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Egnatia Rrogozhinë know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

51 Edition

The Egnatia Rrogozhinë Courier

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Egnatia Rrogozhinë sign Ramiz Ndoj, one for the future

Ramiz Ndoj is 20, and Egnatia Rrogozhinë have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Squad

Anio Poçi gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Levan Tandilashvili linked with a move away

The name of Levan Tandilashvili keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Egnatia Rrogozhinë say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

50 Edition

The Egnatia Rrogozhinë Courier

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Abdurraman Fangaj gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Tirana are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Egnatia Rrogozhinë will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad

Joris Aliukonis knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Egnatia Rrogozhinë, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

49 Edition

The Egnatia Rrogozhinë Courier

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Egnatia Rrogozhinë are in among the leaders

Position 2 and 29 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Market

Simon Beqja hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Egnatia Rrogozhinë can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Egnatia Rrogozhinë sign Jamie Noreci, one for the future

Jamie Noreci is 19, and Egnatia Rrogozhinë have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Squad

Ibrahim Diabaté gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Guillem Jaime has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Guillem Jaime keeps the shirt for now, at Egnatia Rrogozhinë's convenience rather than his own.

Market

Altin Kryeziu linked with a move away

The name of Altin Kryeziu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Egnatia Rrogozhinë say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

48 Edition

The Egnatia Rrogozhinë Courier

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Simon Beqja is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Egnatia Rrogozhinë is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Jakob Larsen

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Arbenit Xhemajli asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

44 Edition

The Egnatia Rrogozhinë Courier

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Joris Aliukonis hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Egnatia Rrogozhinë can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Levan Tandilashvili claims the golden glove

The one award nobody else on the pitch can win goes to Levan Tandilashvili, on 7 clean sheets across the season. Keepers wait a career for a season like it.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Jakob Larsen

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

43 Edition

The Egnatia Rrogozhinë Courier

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Arbenit Xhemajli hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Egnatia Rrogozhinë can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Luis Di María out for 43 days

The medical room confirms 43 days on the sidelines for Luis Di María, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Jakob Larsen asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

42 Edition

The Egnatia Rrogozhinë Courier

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Simon Beqja is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Egnatia Rrogozhinë is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Jakob Larsen knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Egnatia Rrogozhinë, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Luis Di María placed on the list

Egnatia Rrogozhinë have made Luis Di María available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

28 Edition

The Egnatia Rrogozhinë Courier

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Jakob Larsen asks to leave Egnatia Rrogozhinë

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Kastriot Selmani: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Egnatia Rrogozhinë have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Jakob Larsen gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Flamurtari expected to open talks for Simon Beqja

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Egnatia Rrogozhinë will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Market

Alessandro Albanese linked with a move away

The name of Alessandro Albanese keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Egnatia Rrogozhinë say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Joris Aliukonis asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

20 Edition

The Egnatia Rrogozhinë Courier

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Ildi Gruda sold, and an era ends

$6.0M from Defensa y Justicia for Ildi Gruda. Money is money, but the dressing room has lost the man it looked to.

Market

Arbenit Xhemajli hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Egnatia Rrogozhinë can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Mario Dajsinani says Egnatia Rrogozhinë went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

In brief

15 Edition

The Egnatia Rrogozhinë Courier

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Joris Aliukonis: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Egnatia Rrogozhinë have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

7 unbeaten for Egnatia Rrogozhinë

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Egnatia Rrogozhinë did not have in the autumn.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Levan Tandilashvili

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Misael left out for the big one

A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Misael will call it something else in private.

Match

Egnatia Rrogozhinë and Partizani Tirana take a point apiece

It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

Fernando Medeiros knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Egnatia Rrogozhinë, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

7 Edition

The Egnatia Rrogozhinë Courier

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Simon Beqja asks to leave Egnatia Rrogozhinë

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Fernando Medeiros

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Egnatia Rrogozhinë and Vllaznia Shkodër take a point apiece

It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Market

The Ildi Gruda talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Egnatia Rrogozhinë know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Joris Aliukonis knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Egnatia Rrogozhinë, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Window shut, Arbenit Xhemajli still here

Egnatia Rrogozhinë spent the window trying to move Arbenit Xhemajli on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.

In brief

3 Edition

The Egnatia Rrogozhinë Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Vllaznia Shkodër come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Egnatia Rrogozhinë did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

MFK Skalica watching Soumaïla Bakayoko

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Egnatia Rrogozhinë have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Market

A long bet from Egnatia Rrogozhinë on Joris Aliukonis

He is 20, and nobody at Egnatia Rrogozhinë signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

In brief