Edon Pruti

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Edon Pruti
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Pruti warming up for Hartlepool United in 2023
Personal information
Full name Edon Pruti [1]
Date of birth (2002-04-08) 8 April 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Chelsea, England [2]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [2]
Position(s) Central defender
Team information
Current team
 Farnborough
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2018 Stevenage
2018–2020 Burnley
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2020 Burnley 0 (0)
2019 → Abbey Hey (loan)
2021–2022 Hanwell Town 7 (1)
2021 Loughborough University 1 (0)
2022 Slough Town 22 (1)
2022–2023 Brentford 0 (0)
2023–2024 Hartlepool United 23 (0)
2023–2024 → Farnborough (loan) 12 (0)
2024 → Farnborough (loan) 15 (2)
2024– Farnborough 16 (1)
International career
2019 Albania U18 1 (0)
Albania U19
2023 Albania U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:47, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Edon Pruti (born 8 April 2002) is a professional footballer who plays for National League South club Farnborough as a central defender.

Contents

Pruti is a product of the Stevenage and Burnley academies and began his senior career in non-League football with Hanwell Town and Slough Town. Following a short spell with Premier League club Brentford, he returned to non-League football in 2023. Pruti was capped by Albania at youth level.

Club career

Youth years

A central defender, Pruti began his career in Sunday league football. [3] Following a spell in the Stevenage academy, he signed a two-year scholarship with the Burnley academy at the end of the 2017–18 season. [4] Prior to the cancellation of the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pruti played the first senior football of his career away on loan at North West Counties League First Division South club Abbey Hey. [5] [6] Pruti sign a three-month extension to his scholarship in June 2020, [7] but was released when it expired in September 2020. [8]

Non-League football

Late in the COVID-19-affected 2020–21 season, Pruti made cup appearances for Isthmian League South Central Division club Hanwell Town. [9] He was a part of the club's Middlesex Senior Cup-winning squad and played, scored and was named man of the match in the 1–0 victory over Harefield United in the Final. [9] [10] Pruti remained with the club and made 10 appearances, scoring one goal, during the first half of the 2021–22 season. [11] He transferred to National League South club Slough Town in January 2022 and made 9 appearances and scored one goal during the remainder of the 2021–22 season. [12] [13] Following three appearances during the opening month of the 2022–23 season, [13] Pruti departed Arbour Park. [14]

Brentford

On 31 August 2022, Pruti joined the B team at Premier League club Brentford on a one-year contract, with the option of a further year, for an undisclosed fee. [14] He had played for the team on trial early in the 2021–22 season. [3] Following 14 appearances and one goal, Pruti transferred out of the club in January 2023. [15]

Hartlepool United

On 13 January 2023, Pruti signed a short-term contract with League Two club Hartlepool United, [16] with an option to extend. [17] He made 21 appearances during the remainder of the 2022–23 season, [18] which culminated in relegation to the National League. [19] In May 2023, the club opted to extend Pruti's contract. [17] Following two early-2023–24 season appearances, [20] he was dropped from the matchday squad and played much of the remainder of the campaign away on loan. [21] [22] [23] [24] Pruti was released by Hartlepool United when his contract expired at the end of the 2023–24 season. [25]

Farnborough

Pruti spent the majority of 2023–24 season on loan at National League South club Farnborough, [22] [23] [24] whom he initially joined on 20 October 2023. [26] He transferred to the club on a permanent basis on 2 August 2024. [27]

International career

Pruti was called up to a Kosovo U19 training camp held in April 2019. [28] He was also called into a Bosnia and Herzegovina U18 training camp in January 2020, but did not participate. [29] Pruti later switched his international allegiance to Albania, with whom he was capped at U18 and U19 level. [14] [30] He was called into the U21 squad for friendly matches versus Poland and Azerbaijan in March 2023, [31] but remained with his club. [32] Pruti made his U21 debut with a substitute appearance in a 3–1 friendly defeat to Bulgaria on 20 June 2023. [33] He won further call-ups for 2025 European U21 Championship qualifiers in October and November 2023, but did not make an appearance. [20]

Personal life

Pruti was born at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital from Bosnian father and Kosovan mother. [2] [3] He was brought up in Ladbroke Grove. [3] As of 2023, Pruti was in a relationship with Tallulah-May Flood, niece of Victoria Beckham. [34]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hanwell Town 2020–21 [9] Isthmian League South Central Division00005 [b] 252
2021–22 [11] Isthmian League South Central Division71102 [c] 0101
Total711072153
Loughborough University 2021–22 [35] United Counties League Premier Division North10――10
Slough Town 2021–22 [13] National League South 191――191
2022–23 [13] National League South30――30
Total221――221
Hartlepool United 2022–23 [18] League Two 210――210
2023–24 [20] National League 20000020
Total2300000230
Farnborough (loan)2023–24 [20] National League South272―00272
Farnborough 2024–25 [36] National League South161101 [d] 0181
Total4331010453
Career total96520821067
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup
  2. ↑ 3 appearances and 1 goal in London Senior Cup, 2 appearances and 1 goal in Middlesex Senior Cup
  3. ↑ 1 appearance in FA Trophy, 1 appearance in London Senior Cup
  4. ↑ Appearance in FA Trophy

Honours

Hanwell Town

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