Esin Hakaj

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Esin Hakaj
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-12-06) 6 December 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Shkodër, Albania
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Vllaznia Shkodër
Number 23
Youth career
2010–2015 Vllaznia Shkodër
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Vllaznia Shkodër 28 (0)
2016–2017 Partizani Tirana 0 (0)
2017–2019 Teuta Durrës 55 (1)
2019–2021 Partizani Tirana 46 (1)
2021 Samsunspor 0 (0)
2021– Vllaznia Shkodër 91 (4)
International career‡
2014 Albania U19 1 (0)
2016–2018 Albania U21 6 (0)
2022– Albania 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 April 2023

Esin Hakaj (born 6 December 1996) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for AF Elbasani in the Albanian Superliga. [1]

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Career

Vllaznia

Hake began his career with local side Vllaznia Shkodër, where he progressed through the academy before being promoted to the first team during 2014–15 winter break, [2] [3] and he was an unused substitute in an Albanian Superliga game against FK Kukësi on 24 January 2015 in a 2–1 loss. [4] He made his professional debut the following week on 31 January against Teuta Durrës where he started the game, received a yellow card and was subsisted off in the 89th minute for Arsen Hajdari in the 2–1 loss for his side. [5] In total he made 5 league and 1 Albanian Cup appearance during the 2014–15 campaign before becoming a regular squad member the following season as he made 23 league appearances, including 9 starts.

International career

Hakaj was called up for the first time in international level at the Albania national under-21 football team by coach Skënder Gega in an Albanian Superliga selection to participate in a 3-days mini preparatory stage in Durrës, Albania from 22 to 25 February 2015. [6]

He was called up by coach Redi Jupi in two occasions for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, first against Hungary U21 on 13 October 2015 [7] and then against Greece U21 and Hungary U21 on 24 and 28 March 2016 respectively, but however he didn't feature in any occasion. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Esin Hakaj at Soccerway
  2. ↑ Esin Hakaj profile Archived 2017-10-04 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
  3. ↑ Esin Hakaj profile Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Vllaznia.al
  4. ↑ Vllaznia 1–2 Kukësi Soccerway
  5. ↑ Teuta 2–1 Vllaznia Soccerway
  6. ↑ Gega, zbor 3 ditor me lojtarët e superiores Archived 2017-03-29 at the Wayback Machine aSport.al
  7. ↑ Grumbullohet kombetarja U-21 Archived 2017-05-13 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
  8. ↑ Shpresat, gati dy ndeshje zyrtare Archived 2016-03-23 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
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