Tani Stafsula

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Tani Stafsula
Personal information
Full name Dritan Stafsula
Date of birth (1981-07-16) 16 July 1981 (age 44)
Place of birth Tirana, Albania
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2002 Tervarit 60 (5)
2003 AC Oulu 25 (7)
2004–2005 Allianssi 39 (2)
2005Tampere United (loan) 4 (0)
2006–2008 Bodø/Glimt 20 (1)
2007AC Oulu (loan) 20 (2)
2008 Zhenis 13 (0)
2009 DAC Dunajská Streda 3 (0)
2009–2011 OPA 15 (5)
2010Bodens (loan) 0 (0)
2011AC Oulu (loan) 21 (12)
2012–2015 AC Oulu 102 (25)
2016–2017 HauPa 24 (22)
2020 OTP 8 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 December 2020

Dritan "Tani" Stafsula [1] (born 16 July 1981) is an Albanian-born Finnish retired footballer, who finished his career at Finnish team Haukiputaan Pallo. He played the majority of his career however for AC Oulu. [2]

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Club career

Stafsula started his senior career with Oulu-based club Tervarit in 1999 in Finnish third-tier Kakkonen. The club were promoted and Stafsula played with Tervarit in Ykkönen until 2002, and for the 2003 season he joined newly formatted AC Oulu which inherited Tervarit's league spot in Ykkönen. Next year he moved to Veikkausliiga club AC Allianssi.

In 2006, Stafsula moved to Norway and signed with Bodø/Glimt in Norwegian 1. divisjon. In his first season he made 20 appearances and scored one goal for his club, but he returned to AC Oulu on a loan deal for the 2007 Veikkausliiga season. He would make 20 appearances and scored two goals for ACO in his third season in the Finnish top level.

He terminated his contract with Bodø/Glimt in 2008 and joined Kazakhstan Premier League club Zhenis for the remainder of the season. In 2009, he signed with DAC Dunajská Streda in Slovak First League.

Later in 2009 he returned to Oulu to FC OPA in Kakkonen. Besides a loan stint to Bodens in Sweden in 2010, Stafsula stayed in Oulu, playing five seasons with his former club AC Oulu in Ykkönen and making 122 league appearances and scoring 36 goals. In 2016, he joined Haukiputaan Pallo in fourth-tier Kolmonen. During five seasons with HauPa, Stafsula played 31 matches and scored 26 goals.

In 2020, he played eight matches and scored a goal for OTP in Kolmonen.

Stafsula is considered an AC Oulu club legend. He is the all-time top goal scorer in the club's history, having recorded 54 goals in 184 official appearances. [3]

Futsal

Stafsula also played futsal for Oulun side FC Tervarit. [4]

Personal life

Born in Tirana, Albania, he moved to Finland in the late 1990s. He holds dual citizenship of Albania and Finland. [1] [5]

Career statistics

As of 23 May 2024 [6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tervarit 1999 Kakkonen
2000 Ykkönen
2001Ykkönen
2002 Ykkönen
Total60500605
AC Oulu 2003 Ykkönen25700257
Allianssi 2004 Veikkausliiga 230002 [b] 0250
2005 Veikkausliiga162001 [b] 0172
Total3920030422
TamU (loan)2005Veikkausliiga4040
Bodø/Glimt 2006 1. divisjon 20100201
2007 1. divisjon000000
2008 Tippeligaen 000000
Total20100201
AC Oulu (loan) 2007 Veikkausliiga20200202
Zhenis Astana 2008 Kazakhstan Premier League 13000130
DAC 1904 2008–09 Slovak First Football League 300030
OPA 2009 Kakkonen155155
Boden (loan)2010 Division 1 111111
AC Oulu (loan) 2011 Ykkönen21122112
AC Oulu 2012 Ykkönen27810288
2013 Ykkönen26210272
2014 Ykkönen2611212812
2015 Ykkönen22353276
Total101249411028
HauPa 2016 Nelonen 1010101110
2017 Kolmonen 1412642016
Total2422743126
OTP 2020Kolmonen8181
Career total354821683037390
  1. Includes Suomen Cup
  2. 1 2 Includes UEFA Cup

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Kaikkien aikojen maalitykki jatkaa – AC Oulu ja Dritan Stafsula kahden vuoden jatkosopimukseen". AC Oulu (in Finnish). 22 October 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  2. Dritan Stafsula AC Oulu
  3. Tilastot, acokannattajat.fi
  4. Profile - FC Tervarit
  5. Siira, Kimmo (1 August 2015). "AC Oulu: PS Kemin valmentaja nimitteli pelaajaa loukkaavasti - "Emme voi suvaita tällaista"". Kaleva (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  6. Dritan Stafsula, Football Association of Finland