Elidion Mara

Elidion Mara

Personal information
Full name	Elidion Bujar Mara
Date of birth	(1997-06-27) 27 June 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth	Sukth, Durrës, Albania
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Erzeni
Youth career
2011–2015	Teuta Durrës
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	Teuta	2	(0)
2014–2015	Teuta Durrës B	7	(2)
2017	→ Besa (loan)	0	(0)
2017	Korabi	0	(0)
2018	Internacional Tirana
2018–2019	Erzeni	11	(1)
2019–2020	Shkumbini
2020–	Erzeni	2	(0)
International career
2015	Albania U-19	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:23, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Elidion Bujar Mara (born 27 June 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Albanian club KF Erzeni.

Club career

Early career

Mara started his youth career aged 14 with Durrësi 04 under-19, a local youth club part of the Teuta Durrës. He spend the entire 2011–12 season before moving to Teuta Durrës under-17 in September 2012 where during the 2012–13 season he played 18 matches and scored 3 goals. In the next 2012–13 season he played 24 matches scoring 6 goals, but also managed to play a single match for the under-19 side. In the end of the 2014–15 season he gained entry with the first team of Teuta Durrës. So far in the current 2015–16 season for under-19 side, he has played 15 league matches where has scored 8 goals and 2 Cup matches where he has scored 2 goals. ^[1]

Teuta Durrës

He made it his professional debut for Teuta Durrës against KF Tirana on 22 May 2015 in the closing match of the 2015–16 Albanian Superliga, coming on as a substitute in the 62nd minute in place of Klejdi Hyka. The match finished in a 1–0 loss. ^[2]

During the 2015–16 season Mara played for Teuta Durrës B in the Albanian Second Division. ^[3]

On 6 August 2016 Mara scored twice in the "Durrës County derby" friendly match against Erzeni Shijak. ^[4]

Besa Kavajë

On 22 January 2017 Mara was loaned to the Albanian First Division side Besa Kavajë among Dajan Shehi until the end of the 2016–17 season. There he rejoined his previous coach Julian Ahmataj. ^[5]

International career

He was called up for the first time at international level in the Albania national under-19 football team by coach Arjan Bellaj for two friendly matches against Kosovo U19 on 13 & 15 October 2015. ^[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 September 2017 ^{[7] [3]}

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe [lower-alpha 1]		Other [lower-alpha 2]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Teuta Durrës	2014–15	Albanian Superliga	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2016–17		1	0	1	0	—		—		2	0
Total		2	0	1	0	—		—		3	0
Teuta Durrës B	2014–2015	Albanian Second Division	7	2	—		—		—		7	2
Besa Kavajë	2016–17	Albanian First Division	—		—		—		—		0	0
Korabi Peshkopi	2017–18	Albanian First Division	—		—		—		—		0	0
Career total			9	2	1	0	—		—		10	2

1. Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
2. Including other competitions, such as Albanian Supercup

References

1. Elidion Mara profile Archived 2016-03-12 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
2. Tirana vs. Teuta Durrës - 22 May 2015 Soccerway
3. Elidion Mara at Footballdatabase.eu
4. Derbi i Durrësit ndahet në “paqe” Newsport.al
5. Teuta huazon dy lojtarë Sportal
6. U-19 miqesore me Kosoven Archived 2016-03-12 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
7. Elidion Mara at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

External links

• Elidion Mara at the Albanian Football Association (in Albanian and English)