Romeo Shahinas

Romeo Shahinas

Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-02-25) 25 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Korçë, Albania
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Arce
Youth career
2005–2008	Fabrica Carbognano
2009–2014	Roma
2014–2016	Latina
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	Latina	1	(0)
2016–2017	→ Racing Roma (loan)	18	(1)
2017	Partizani Tirana B	4	(0)
2017	Partizani Tirana	0	(0)
2018	Rotonda
2019-	Arce
International career‡
2012	Albania U17	2	(0)
2014	Albania U19	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 May 2014

Romeo Shahinas (born 25 February 1996) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Arce and the Albania national under-21 football team.

Club career

Early career

Shahinas was born in Korçë, Albania and at age of 9 he moved to Italy alongside his family. A year after he made his first steps to football as he was registered at Fabrica Carbognano, a comune (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region of Latium, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northwest of Rome, where he played for 3 years. During his time with Fabrica Carbognano he caught attention of A.S. Roma scouts and when they saw him during a tournament they invited him for a trial. During his trial Roma's scouts said that they were pleasured with his form and will offer him to sign a contract after a year. He had offers from different Italian clubs such as S.S. Lazio, ACF Fiorentina and Empoli F.C. but decided to sign with Roma in 2009. ^[1]

Latina

On 28 July 2014 he signed for U.S. Latina and was put into the primavera team. During the second half of the 2014–15 season of Serie B he gained entry with the first team and participated in 4 matches. ^[2]

He made it his professional debut on 2 April 2016 against Avellino coming on as a substitute in place of Pasquale Schiattarella. ^[3]

Partizani Tirana

Following arrival of Mark Iuliano as a head coach of FK Partizani Tirana, he brought along Shahinas and Andrea Selvaggio with parameters 0. ^[4] Shortly after the departure of coach Mark Iuliano, Partizani announced to have interrupted contracts by mutual consensus with Shahinas along Andrea Selvaggio, Eric Herrera and Milan Basrak. ^[5]

In summer 2019, Shahinas signed for US Arce after a spell at Rotonda Calcio. ^[6]

International career

Shahinas received his first Albania under-17 call-up by manager Džemal Mustedanagić for a friendly tournament developed in August 2012 in Romania. ^[7]

Shahinas participated with the Albania national under-17 football team in the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round during October 2012. Under the national coach Dzemal Mustedanagić he played in 2 matches, 1 as a starter and 1 as a substitute, also being an unused substitute on the bench for 1 match. ^[2]

He was invited once at the Albania national under-19 football team by coach Foto Strakosha for the friendly match against Italy U19 on 14 May 2014. ^[8]

Personal life

Shahinas has declared that he is a fan of A.S. Roma and that was the reason that he signed immediately with them in first offer, despite other offers. His inspirations are Daniele De Rossi at Roma and Lorik Cana, the Albania national team's captain for their style of warriors on the pitch. ^[1]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 November 2017 ^{[9] [10]}

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe [a]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Latina	2014–15	Serie B	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	2015–16		1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2016–17		—		0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Racing Roma	2016–17	Lega Pro	18	1	—		—		—		18	1
Partizani Tirana B	2017–18	Albanian Second Division	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
Partizani Tirana	2017–18	Albanian Superliga	0	0	2	1	—		—		2	1
Career total			23	1	2	1	—		—		25	2

1. Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

References

1. Ekskluzive: Romeo Shahinas, rrugëtimi nga amatorizmi deri tek AS Roma aSport.al
2. Romeo Shahinas matches at Soccerway
3. Latina vs. Avellino - 2 April 2016 Soccerway
4. Calciomercato Partizani Tirana, presi Selvaggio e Shahinas Corriere dello Sport
5. "Operacioni "fshesa" te Partizani, klubi ndërpret kontratën me 4 futbollistë" [Operation "clean sweep" at Partizan, the club terminates contract with 4 players] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
6. US Arce - Arriva Romeo Shahinas - Tuttocampo (in Italian)
7. "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. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
8. "U-19: Shqipëria miqësore me Italinë" [U-19: Albania friendly with Italy] (in Albanian). aSport.al. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
9. Romeo Shahinas at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
10. "Romeo Shahinas profile" (in Albanian). FSHF.org. Retrieved 22 November 2017.

External links

• Romeo Shahinas at Soccerway