Emanuele Ndoj

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Emanuele Ndoj
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Personal information
Date of birth (1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Catania, Italy
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
Catania
Youth career
0000–2013 Padova
2013–2015 Roma
2016 Brescia
2016Roma (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2024 Brescia 134 (11)
2022Cosenza (loan) 10 (0)
2024– Catania 0 (0)
International career
2012 Albania U17 2 (0)
2014 Albania U19 2 (0)
2017–2018 Albania U21 7 (0)
2018– Albania 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2018

Emanuele Ndoj (born 20 November 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie C Group C club Catania. Born in Italy, he plays for the Albania national team.

Contents

Club career

Roma

On 22 September 2015, Ndoj renewed his contract with Roma until 2020. [1]

Brescia

On 1 February 2016, Ndoj was sold to Brescia Calcio and was loaned back to Roma Primavera to play until the end of the season. [2]

On 31 January 2022, Ndoj was loaned to Cosenza. [3]

On 11 January 2024, his contract with Brescia was terminated by mutual consent. [4]

International career

Albania U17

Ndoj received his first Albania under-17 call-up by manager Džemal Mustedanagić for a friendly tournament developed in August 2012 in Romania. [5]

Albania U21

He was called up at the Albania national under-21 football team by coach Alban Bushi for a double Friendly match against Moldova U21 on 25 & 27 March 2017. [6] He made his debut for Albania under-21 against Moldova on 25 March playing as a starter in a goalless draw. [7] In other match against the same opponent two days later, Ndoj played as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 victory. [8]

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Ndoj was called up for the Friendly match against France U21 on 5 June 2017 and the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification opening match against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017. [9] During the gathering for these matches Ndoj among Leonardo Maloku & Qazim Laçi suffered injures and coach Alban Bushi called up Agim Zeka and Regi Lushkja as a replacement. [10] Ndoj was expected by Albania U21 to recover in time for the opening match of the qualifiers against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017, but medical staff said that he couldn't play in this match. [11]

Albania senior team

Following his good running form at Brescia during the 2017–18 season, Ndoj received his first senior international call up to Albania senior team by coach Christian Panucci for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Spain and Italy on 6 and 9 October 2017. [12] On 29 May 2018 he did his debut for the senior national team in a 3–0 loss against Kosovo in a friendly. [13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 April 2021 [14]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCup Europe [lower-alpha 1] Other [lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brescia 2016–17 Serie B 17010180
2017–18 22120241
2018–19 28320303
2019–20 Serie A 18000180
2020–21 Serie B9510105
Total949101009
Career total949601009
  1. Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  2. Including other competitions, such as Supercoppa Italiana

[15]

International goals

Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first. [16]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.3 June 2018Camille Fournier Stadium, Évian-les-Bains, France Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1–31–4 Friendly

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References

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  2. "Le altre operazioni di mercato dell'AS Roma" (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  3. "EMANUELE NDOJ È UN NUOVO CALCIATORE ROSSOBLÙ" (Press release) (in Italian). Cosenza. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. "RISOLUZIONE CONSENSUALE CON IL CALCIATORE EMANUELE NDOJ" [CONSENSUAL RESOLUTION WITH THE FOOTBALLER EMANUELE NDOJ] (in Italian). Brescia. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  5. "Kombëtarja U17, nis sot turneun miqësor në Rumani" [U17 national team, begins today the friendly tournament in Romania] (in Albanian). aSport.al. 6 August 2012. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  6. "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.
  7. "Shqiperia U21 – Moldavia U21, perfundon ne barazim" [Albania U21 – Moldova U21, finishes in the draw] (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 25 March 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  8. "Shpresat fitojne me Moldavine" [The hopes win against Moldova] (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 27 March 2017. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  9. "Alban Bushi shpall listën e U21 për Francën dhe Estoninë" [Alban Bushi announces the U21 list for France and Estonia] (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  10. Tronditet kombëtarja U-21, dëmtohen tre titullarë. Thirren me urgjencë Lushkja dhe Zeka. Panorama Sport.
  11. Emanuele Ndoj do të mungojë ndaj Estonisë U21. Archived 2017-12-29 at the Wayback Machine . FSHF.org.
  12. "Trajneri Panucci zbardh listën e ekipit kombëtar për ndeshjet me Spanjën dhe Italinë" (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 29 September 2017. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  13. "Albania national football team lost to Kosovo 0:3, 29 May 2018". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  14. Emanuele Ndoj at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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