Dardan Vuthaj
Dardan Vuthaj (born 30 September 1995) is an Albanian footballer who currently plays as a forward in Italy for Imolese.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dardan Vuthaj | ||
| Date of birth | 30 September 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Patras, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Imolese | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2013 | Genoa | ||
| 2012–2013 | → Savona (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Genoa | 0 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Savona (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2014 | Chiavari Caperana | 11 | (1) |
| 2014 | Bra | 7 | (1) |
| 2015 | San Donato | 14 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | KF Laçi | 5 | (0) |
| 2017 | Monopoli | 12 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Delta Rovigo | 29 | (11) |
| 2018–2019 | Campodarsego | 34 | (16) |
| 2019– | Imolese | 4 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 2012 | Albania U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Albania U19 | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 September 2019 | |||
Career
Early career
Vuthaj was born in Patras, Greece to Albanian parents but later moved to Italy as a child, where he joined the Genoa youth academy. He was loaned out to Savona in the summer of 2012 in order to gain more experience, and he made his senior debut with the club in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione on 11 November 2012 against Castiglione, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute for Ignazio Carta in the 2–1 loss.[2] He made two appearances for the Savona first team during the 2012–13 campaign as they went on to finish second and earn promotion to the Lega Pro Prima Divisione, and he also played for the club's youth team, scoring 9 goals in 12 games during his loan spell. He returned to the Genoa Primavera side where he spent the first half of the 2013–14 season before joining Serie D side Chiavari Calcio Caperana in January 2014 where he made 11 appearances and also scored his first senior career goal before leaving the club at the end of the season. Vuthaj joined another Serie D side AC Bra on 7 November 2014 as a free agent,[3] making 7 appearances and scoring once during his short spell with the club, as he left to join fellow Serie D side San Donato in December 2014. Vuthaj featured in 14 games and scored once for San Donato during the second half of the campaign before leaving the club at the end of the season.
KF Laçi
After spending his entire youth and senior career in Italy, Vuthaj moved to Albania, the country of his parents' birth, to join Albanian Superliga side KF Laci.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 30 January 2016
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| KF Laçi | 2015–16 | Albanian Superliga | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | - | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
References
- Dardan Vuthaj at Soccerway
- "Castiglione vs. Savona - 11 November 2012 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
- "COMUNICATO STAMPA UFFICIALE Serie D colpo Dardan Vuthaj". acbra.it. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
- "UFFICIALE: VUTHAJ E' UN NUOVO CALCIATORE DELL'IMOLESE" (Press release) (in Italian). Imolese. 15 July 2019.