Edgar Junior Çani (born 22 July 1989)[2] is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Italian Serie D club Crema.
[5] On 31 January 2008 Serie A side Palermo confirmed to have signed Cani,[6] along with Luca Di Matteo, for a reported €600,000 and €500,000 fee respectively.
[7] Çani made his Serie A debut on 27 April 2008 in a 0–0 home tie against Atalanta coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute in place of Edinson Cavani.
[11] He made his competitive debut one day later in the opening league matchday against Modena by playing the last 17 minutes of a 1–0 home win.
[28] His league debut came on 24 August 2013 in the 2013–14 Serie B opening match against Ternana, finished in the 1–0 loss with Çani playing the full 90-minutes.
[33] /his second start came on 26 April 2014 against Padova, the game finished in a 2–1 victory but Cani was taken off in the 62nd minute for João Silva.
[37][38] Bari finished the regular season in 7th place to qualify for the play-off promotions to Serie A[39] where they shorted to play against Crotone for the quarter-finals.
He wasn't included to the team for the opening match against Virtus Lanciano, but made his first appearance of the season on 7 September by starting in the 3–2 away defeat to Pro Vercelli.
[49] On 2 February 2015, Çani joined Leeds United on loan for the remainder of the 2014–15 season, the deal includes an option to buy.
On 18 April 2015, Cani was one of six Massimo Cellino signings (along with Mirco Antenucci, Giuseppe Bellusci, Souleymane Doukara, Dario Del Fabro, Marco Silvestri) who controversially pulled out of the squad with an 'injury' the day before a 2–1 loss against Charlton Athletic.
[54] On 31 August 2015, Çani confirmed his agreement with his new club Pisa of Lega Pro by signing a two-year contract.
[55] He was presented and was given squad number 9, stating that he was happy that the agreement came up after some negotiations and he will play alongside to a great coach as Gattuso.
[56] Çani scored his first goal of the 2016–17 season in his 22nd game on 4 February 2017 against Virtus Entella as he came in as a substitute in the 68th minute for fellow Albania national team's striker Rey Manaj to score the equalizer 10 minutes later and to give his team an important 1–1 draw.
[57] On 4 August 2017, Çani joined Albanian Superliga side Partizani Tirana by penning a two-year contract.
[65] He returned on training in February of the following year,[66] and made his first appearance in over six-month by entering in the last minutes of a 3–0 home win versus Luftëtari Gjirokastër on 10 March.
[67] Çani scored his first Albanian Superliga goal for the team nine days later, netting with a header in the second half against Flamurtari Vlorë to seal a 1–0 win at home.
[80] In February 2011 Çani told the Albanian media that it was his dream to be part of the Albania national football team.
[87] Following the absence of fellow strikers Armando Sadiku & Rey Manaj which were injured and unable to recover in time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Liechtenstein on 6 October 2016 and against Spain on 9 October 2016, coach Gianni De Biasi decided to return Çani to the national team after 3 years as a replacement.
[89] He was called up also for the next 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Israel on 12 November 2016 as Armando Sadiku wasn't recovered yet.