Dardan Vuthaj

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Dardan Vuthaj
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-09-30) 30 September 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Patras, Greece
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Chieti
Youth career
0000–2013 Genoa
2012–2013 → Savona (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2013 Genoa 0 (0)
2012–2013 → Savona (loan) 2 (0)
2014 Chiavari Caperana 11 (1)
2014 Bra 7 (1)
2015 San Donato 14 (1)
2015–2016 Laçi 5 (0)
2017 Monopoli 12 (1)
2017–2018 Delta Rovigo 29 (11)
2018–2019 Campodarsego 34 (16)
2019–2020 Imolese 23 (2)
2020–2021 Rimini 33 (21)
2021–2022 Novara 35 (35)
2022–2023 Foggia 15 (3)
2023 → Novara (loan) 12 (3)
2023–2024 Crotone 15 (2)
2024 Cerignola 13 (4)
2024 Egnatia 12 (2)
2024– Chieti 0 (0)
International career
2012 Albania U17 1 (0)
2012–2013 Albania U19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2024

Dardan Vuthaj (born 30 September 1995) is an Albanian footballer who plays as a forward for Serie D club Chieti. [1]

Contents

Club career

Early career

Vuthaj started his career as part of the Genoa youth academy. He was loaned out to Savona in the summer of 2012 in order to gain more experience, and he made his senior debut with the club in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione on 11 November 2012 against Castiglione, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute for Ignazio Carta in a 2–1 loss. [2] He made two appearances for the Savona first team during the 2012–13 campaign as they went on to finish second and earn promotion to the Lega Pro Prima Divisione. He also played for the club's youth team, scoring 9 goals in 12 games during his loan spell. He returned to the Genoa Primavera side where he spent the first half of the 2013–14 season before joining Serie D side Chiavari Calcio Caperana in January 2014, where he made 11 appearances and also scored his first senior career goal before leaving the club at the end of the season. Vuthaj joined another Serie D side AC Bra on 7 November 2014 as a free agent, [3] making 7 appearances and scoring once during his short spell with the club. He then left to join fellow Serie D side San Donato in December 2014. Vuthaj featured in 14 games and scored once for San Donato during the second half of the campaign before leaving the club at the end of the season.

KF Laçi

After spending his entire youth and senior career in Italy, Vuthaj moved to Albania, the country of his parents' birth, to join Albanian Superliga side KF Laci.

Imolese

On 15 July 2019, he joined Serie C club Imolese on a one-year contract with an option to extend it for another year. [4]

Novara

He played the 2021–22 season with Serie D club Novara, which he led to promotion to Serie C scoring 35 goals in 35 games, making him the most prolific football player in the Italian top four leagues. [5]

Foggia

On 1 September 2022, Vuthaj signed a two-year contract with Foggia. [6] On 26 January 2023, he returned to Novara on loan. [7] Vuthaj's contract with Foggia was terminated by mutual consent on 28 August 2023. [8]

Crotone

On 30 August 2023, Vuthaj signed with Crotone for one year, with an option to extend. [9]

International career

Vuthaj was a youth international for Albania. [10]

Personal life

Vuthaj was born in Patras, Greece to Albanian parents, then moving to Liguria as a child with his family. [5]

Career statistics

Club

As of As of match played 11 June 2022 [11]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Savona (loan) 2012–13 Lega Pro 2 20—0020
Chiavari Caperana 2013–14 Serie D 111—00111
Bra 2014–15 Serie D71—0071
San Donato 2014–15 Serie D141—00141
Laçi 2015–16 Albanian Superliga 50410091
Monopoli 2016–17 Lega Pro 121—00121
Delta Rovigo 2017–18 Serie D2911—002911
Campodarsego 2018–19 Serie D341610003416
Imolese 2019–20 Serie C2323100263
Rimini 2020–21 Serie D3321—003321
Novara 2021–22 Serie D3535—003535
Career total20589820021291

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References

  1. ↑ Dardan Vuthaj at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Castiglione vs. Savona - 11 November 2012 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "COMUNICATO STAMPA UFFICIALE Serie D colpo Dardan Vuthaj". acbra.it. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "UFFICIALE: VUTHAJ E' UN NUOVO CALCIATORE DELL'IMOLESE" (Press release) (in Italian). Imolese. 15 July 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Il bomber più prolifico in Italia? È albanese e gioca nel Novara: ecco chi è Dardan Vuthaj" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "DARDAN VUTHAJ È ROSSONERO" (in Italian). Foggia. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Dardan Vuthaj torna in azzurro" (in Italian). Novara F.C. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "VITALI E VUTHAJ AI SALUTI" (in Italian). Foggia. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Crotone all'attacco… Benvenuto Vuthaj!" [Crotone on the attack… Welcome Vuthaj!] (in Italian). Crotone. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Dardan Vuthaj – stats, career and market value". FotMob. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  11. ↑ Dardan Vuthaj at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
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