Ardit Deliu

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Ardit Deliu
Personal information
Full name Ardit Deliu
Date of birth (1997-10-26) 26 October 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Durrës, Albania
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Vllaznia Shkodër
Number 21
Youth career
2011–2015 Besa
2016 RNK Split
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 Besa Kavajë 4 (2)
2016 RNK Split 1 (0)
2017–2018 Hajduk Split II 6 (1)
2018–2022 Laçi 106 (4)
2022 Liepāja 8 (0)
2022–2024 Tirana 61 (3)
2024– Vllaznia Shkodër 3 (0)
International career
2013–2014 Albania U17 5 (0)
2015 Albania U19 2 (0)
2017–2019 Albania U21 4 (0)
2022 Albania 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 October 2023

Ardit Deliu (born 26 October 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.

Contents

Club career

Early career

Deliu started his youth career in 2011 at local club Besa as a 14 years old. [1] During the 2012–13 season he played for the under-17 side managed by Ylli Teliti forming a strong duo striker partnership with Regi Lushkja, where in the first half of the season the duo scored 90% off all Besa Under-17 goals. [2]

Besa

He gained entry with the first team in 2014 as he was included by the coach Artan Mërgjyshi to participate in an Albanian Cup match against Veleçiku on 22 October 2014 where he also made his debut by coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute in place of Darlien Bajaziti. [3] [4] One month later Deliu made his league debut against Burreli on 22 November 2014 and also scored his first goal for Besa. [5]

He concluded the season with 4 league appearances in total scoring 2 goals and a single Domestic cup appearance.

RNK Split

On 27 August 2015 Deliu signed with Croatian side RNK Split following the recommendation of Sokol Cikalleshi, the fellow Albanian player of RNK Split during the 2014–15 season. [6] Being underage, he wasn't registered until February 2016.

Hajduk Split

On 7 February 2017 Deliu signed with HNK Hajduk Split II until June 2018. [7]

International career

Albania U17

Deliu was part of the Albania national under-17 football team of coach Džemal Mustedanagić in the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, appearing in 5 out 6 matches between qualifying round and elite round, completing 3 full 80-minute matches in the qualifying round and two appearances as a substitute in the elite round. [8]

Albania U19

Deliu advanced at Albania national under-19 football team as he was invited by coach Arjan Bellaj to participate in the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification from 12 to 17 November 2015. [9] He played two full 90-minutes matches against Austria U19 in a 1–2 loss and Georgia U19 in the 0–1 loss, where he received a yellow card yellow card for each match and missed the closing match. [10]

Albania U21

Deliu received a call up at Albania national under-21 football team by coach Alban Bushi for a gathering in Durrës, Albania from 18 to 25 January 2017. [11] He was invited again in the next gathering two months later for a double Friendly match against Moldova U21 on 25 & 27 March 2017. [12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 June 2022 [13]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCup Europe [a] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Besa 2014–15 Kategoria e Parë 421052
RNK Split 2015–16 Croatian First League 0000
2016–17 1010
Total1010
Hajduk Split II 2016–17 Croatian Third League
2017–18 Croatian Second League 6161
Total6161
Laçi 2018–19 Kategoria Superiore 802000100
2019–20 3512020391
2020–21 3314020391
2021–22 3027141414
Total106415181001296
Career total117716181001419
  1. Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

Honours

Club

Tirana

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References

  1. Ardit Deliu profile FSHF.org
  2. Deliu e Lushkja, e ardhmja e sigurt e Besës Archived 2017-08-12 at the Wayback Machine Sporti Shqiptar
  3. Besa - Veleçiku - Ndeshje FSHF.org
  4. Besa Kavajë vs. Veleçiku Koplik - 22 October 2014 Soccerway
  5. Burreli vs. Besa Kavajë - 22 November 2014 Soccerway
  6. Tjetër talent në Kroaci Sportal.al
  7. Marin Fadić i Ardit Deliu novi igrači Hajduka II HNK Hajduk Split
  8. Ardit Deliu UEFA competition record ( archive )
  9. U-19, nis grumbullimi për eliminatoret Archived 2015-11-27 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
  10. Ardit Deliu matches at Soccerway
  11. Alban Bushi: Ja emrat për grumbullimin e parë në Durrës Archived 2017-01-19 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
  12. "Kombëtarja U-21, pak risi në miqësoret ndaj Moldavisë" [Under-21 national team, less innovation against Moldova] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  13. Ardit Deliu at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 June 2022.