Antonio Marku

Antonio Marku (born 24 March 1992) is an Albanian footballer who plays as a left back for KF Vëllaznimi in Kosovo.[1]

Antonio Marku
Personal information
Full name Antonio Marku
Date of birth (1992-03-24) 24 March 1992
Place of birth Shkodër, Albania
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Vëllaznimi
Youth career
2005–2010 Vllaznia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Dinamo Tirana 25 (1)
2012–2013 Laçi 7 (0)
2013 Vllaznia 9 (0)
2013 Kukësi 1 (0)
2014–2019 Vllaznia 91 (3)
2019–2020 Drenica 0 (0)
2020– Vëllaznimi
International career
2010–2011 Albania U19 3 (0)
2011–2013 Albania U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 July 2019

Career

Early career

Marku began playing football with the youth teams of his local team Vllaznia Shkodër but in 2010 due to his university studies he moved to Tirana, where he began playing for Dinamo Tirana. He was part of the Dinamo Tirana U-19 side for the 2010–11 season where he was the team captain.[2]

Marku made his professional debut against Flamurtari Vlorë on 20 April 2011 in a 6–2 loss, coming on as a substitute in the 57th minute for Nurudeen Orelesi.[3] He was then promoted to the starting line-up for the 2011–12 season because of Dinamo's extreme financial difficulties which resulted in nearly all of the senior players to leave the club in the summer. In the summer of 2013 he joined FK Kukësi.

Vllaznia Shkodër

On 24 January 2016, during the first leg of the quarter-finals of the 2015–16 Albanian Cup against Skënderbeu Korçë, Marku suffered a head-to-head collision with Skënderbeu's Ademir, forcing him to leave the field with a stretcher and was immediately sent to the nearest hospital along with Ademir.[4]

Drenica

On 17 August 2019 Marku announced on his Facebook profile, that he had joined KF Drenica in Kosovo.[5]

Career statistics

Club
As of 26 January 2016[6][7]
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other[lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo 2010–11 Albanian Superliga 10———10
2011–12 24100——241
Total 25100——251
Laçi 2012–13 Albanian Superliga 7050——120
Total 7050——120
Vllaznia 2012–13 Albanian Superliga 90———90
Total 90———90
Kukësi 2013–14 Albanian Superliga 1020——30
Total 1020——30
Vllaznia 2013–14 Albanian Superliga 2000——20
2014–15 16120——181
2015–16 35141——392
Total 53261——401
Career total 95313100001084
  1. Including cup competitions, such as Albanian Cup
  2. Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  3. Including other competitions, such as Albanian Supercup

References
  1. "Vllaznia profile". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  2. "Marku përforcimi i radhës, nuk priten afrime të tjera" (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 20 June 2011. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. "Flamurtari Vlorë vs. Dinamo Tirana 6 – 2". Soccerway. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  4. "Ademir dhe Marku përfundojnë në spital" (in Albanian). Albania Soccer. 26 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  5. Pjese e Superliges se Kosoves 🇽🇰 sezonin e ri 2019/20, facebook.com, 17 August 2019
  6. "Albania - A. Marku - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  7. "Football : Antonio Marku". Football Database. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
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