Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adrian Aliaj | ||
Date of birth | 24 April 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Vlorë, Albania | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1995 | Partizani | 9 | (1) |
1995–1996 | Hannover 96 | 2 | (0) |
1996–1998 | Hajduk Split | 3 | (0) |
1998–1999 | Standard Liège | 24 | (1) |
2000 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 17 | (2) |
2000–2002 | La Louvière | 31 | (2) |
2002–2003 | Charleroi | 23 | (1) |
2003–2005 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 45 | (7) |
2005–2006 | Stade Brest | 13 | (0) |
2006–2007 | NK Solin | 11 | (2) |
2007 | Al Nassr | ||
International career‡ | |||
2002–2006 | Albania | 29 | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 August 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 August 2007 |
Adrian Aliaj (born 24 April 1976) is a retired Albanian football defender.
Aliaj started his career at Partizani Tirana in Albania where he made his first team debut at the young age of 16. He then left for Hannover 96 in 1995, [1] then moved to Croatia the season later. He also played for Standard Liège in Belgium for two years until he moved to Israel to play for Maccabi Petah Tikva. He then returned to Belgium with RAA La Louviere and then R. Charleroi S.C. He left Stade Brest in the summer of 2006 and now plays in the Croatian Second Division for NK Solin.
Aliaj has enjoyed a very good playing career for Albania national football team. He made 29 appearances from 2002 til 2006 and scored eight goals for his country, an unusual high number for a defender. [2]
Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first [3]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Goal | Result | Competition |
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1. | 11 October 2003 | Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal | Portugal | 1–1 | 5–3 | Friendly match |
2. | 11 October 2003 | Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal | Portugal | 4–3 | 5–3 | Friendly match |
3. | 15 November 2003 | Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tiranë, Albania | Estonia | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly match |
4. | 18 February 2004 | Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tiranë, Albania | Sweden | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly match |
5. | 31 March 2004 | Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tiranë, Albania | Iceland | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly match |
6. | 28 April 2004 | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia | Estonia | 0–1 | 1–1 | Friendly match |
7. | 4 September 2004 | Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tiranë, Albania | Greece | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying |
8. | 1 March 2006 | Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tiranë, Albania | Lithuania | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly match |
Albania national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2002 | 1 | 0 |
2003 | 10 | 3 |
2004 | 6 | 4 |
2005 | 7 | 0 |
2006 | 5 | 1 |
Total | 29 | 8 |
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