Albi Doka

Albi Doka (born 26 June 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Albanian club Tirana and the Albania national team.

Albi Doka
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-06-26) 26 June 1997
Place of birth Tirana, Albania
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Tirana
Number 17
Youth career
2007–2016 Tirana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Tirana B 13 (5)
2017–2020 Tirana 91 (5)
2020–2022 HNK Gorica 36 (1)
2022 → Budapest Honvéd (loan) 13 (0)
2022–2023 Budapest Honvéd 22 (0)
2023– Tirana 8 (1)
International career‡
2017–2019 Albania U21 5 (0)
2020– Albania 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2020

Club career

Early career

Doka started his youth career at KF Tirana local academy Xheraldina, playing principally with under-15 side. In 2013 he moved at KF Tirana Academies to play for under-17 team.[1]

Tirana

Doka was promoted to Tirana senior team at the start of 2017.[2] On 5 February 2017 Doka made his Kategoria Superiore debut playing the full 90 minutes match against Laçi in a 1–0 loss. He played in an Albanian Cup match against Kukësi helping his team winning 2–1.[3]

Honvéd

On 11 February 2022, Doka joined Budapest Honvéd in Hungary on loan.[4] Honvéd made the transfer permanent in June 2022.[5]

International career

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Following an impressive season with Tirana for being an undisputed starter, Doka received his first international call up at the Albania national under-21 football team by coach Alban Bushi 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.[6] He made his competitive debut for Albania U21 against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017 playing the full 90-minutes match in a goalless draw.[7]

Albania national team

Doka made his international debut for Albania on 11 November 2020 in a friendly match against Kosovo.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of 15 May 2022 [1][9]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe[lower-alpha 1] Other[lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tirana B2016–17Kategoria e Dytë 135———135
Tirana2016–17Kategoria Superiore 17050——220
2017–18Kategoria e Parë 131402[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 4]0201
2018–19Kategoria Superiore 31460——374
2019–20 30060——360
Total 91521020101155
HNK Gorica2020–211. HNL 23120——251
2021–22 13020——150
Total 361400000401
Budapest Honvéd2021–22Nemzeti Bajnokság I 13010——140
Career total 15311260201018211
  1. Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  2. Including other competitions, such as Albanian Supercup
  3. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  4. One appearance in the 2017 Albanian Supercup

Honours

Club
Tirana

References
  1. Albi Doka profile Archived 2017-08-01 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
  2. Albi Doka profile Tirana.al
  3. Andi Tanku (17 February 2016). "Albi Doka, kapiteni që po shkëlqen te Tirana U-19". Sport Ekspres (in Albanian). Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
    - "Demtimet perndjekin Tiranen afrohet Doka". Sportal (in Albanian). Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
    - "Luajti ndeshjen debtuese doka jam shume i emocionuar". Newsport (in Albanian). 1 February 2017. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  4. "VÁLOGATOTT VÉDŐ ÉRKEZIK" [DEFENDER ARRIVES] (in Hungarian). Budapest Honvéd. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  5. "HOSSZABBÍTOTTUNK NÉGY JÁTÉKOSUNKKAL" [WE EXTENDED WITH FOUR OF OUR PLAYERS] (in Hungarian). Budapest Honvéd. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  6. "Alban Bushi shpall listën e U21 për Francën dhe Estoninë" (in Albanian). FSHF. 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  7. Under-21 - Albania-Estonia UEFA.com
  8. Albania v Kosovo
  9. Albi Doka at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
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