Hysen Memolla

Hysen Memolla (born 3 July 1992) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Albanian club Egnatia Rrogozhinë and the Albania national team.

Hysen Memolla
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-07-03) 3 July 1992
Place of birth Kavajë, Albania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Egnatia Rrogozhinë
Number 26
Youth career
USD Pezze di Greco
0000–2010 ASD Esperia Monopoli
2010–2011 Martina Franca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Martina Franca 70 (0)
2015–2016 Koper 17 (2)
2016–2019 Hajduk Split 37 (0)
2019 Salernitana 4 (0)
2019 KPV 8 (3)
2020–2021 Diósgyőr 19 (0)
2022–2023 Lahti 26 (0)
2023– Egnatia Rrogozhinë 18 (0)
International career‡
2017– Albania 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:08, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Born in Kavajë, Albania, Memolla moved to Apulia, Italy at the age of one with his parents.[1] He started training football in his hometown Pezze di Greco, before moving to the youth ranks of ASD Esperia in nearby Monopoli. In 2010 he moved to the academy of A.S. Martina Franca 1947, recently promoted to Eccellenza. The following year, he joined the first-team squad, now in fifth-tier Serie D and featured in the squad that achieved another promotion, to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.[2] After two further seasons in the fourth-tier, Memolla signed a contract with the Serie A side Hellas Verona.[3]

Hellas Verona and loans

Memolla wouldn't feature for the first-team however, partly due to non-EU citizenship.[1] He was sent immediately back on loan to Martina Franca, now in third-tier Lega Pro.[1]

His next loan would be of a higher profile as he moved on loan to the Slovenian top-tier side FC Koper.[4] He played in 17 matches for the club, scoring twice, but did not feature after mid-March 2016.

Hajduk Split

He signed as a free agent for HNK Hajduk Split on 4 July 2016, after passing successfully a trial.[5] Memolla made his Hajduk debut in a Round 3 Prva HNL match against RNK Split at Park Mladeži in a 0-1 win for Hajduk.[6] His contract was prolonged for two further years after he established himself as a first-team player.[7]

Salernitarna

Memolla did not feature in a single game in the 2018-19 season after being replaced in the starting line up by André Fomitschow and Domagoj Bradarić. He was eventually moved to Hajduk's 2nd team and placed on transfer list. On 24 January 2019, he terminated his contract with Hajduk and joined the Serie B side Salernitana.[8]

KPV

On 12 August 2019, he moved to Finland and signed with KPV.[9]

Diósgyőr

Half year later, he signed to Hungary with Diósgyőr.[10]

Lahti

On 21 January 2022, he returned to Finland and signed with Lahti for the 2022 season.[11]

Egnatia

On 15 April 2023, Memolla signed a contract extension with the club until June 2025.[12]

International career

Memolla received his first international call up at the Albania national under-21 football team by coach Skënder Gega for a 3 days testing from 7–10 May 2012.[13]

Albania senior side

Following his good form at Hajduk Split mostly in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, progressing through 3 rounds and qualifying for play-off, Memolla received his first call for the Albania senior team by newly appointed coach Christian Panucci for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Liechtenstein and Macedonia on 2 and 5 September 2017.[14] He was an unused substitute against the former[15] and made his debut against the later, coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute in place of national team's captain, Ansi Agolli.[16]

Career statistics

Club
As of 17 December 2017 [17][18]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe[lower-alpha 1] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Martina Franca 2011–12 Serie D 200———200
2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 200———200
2013–14 120———120
2014–15 Lega Pro 270———270
Total 790———790
Koper 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga 17230——203
Hajduk Split 2016–17 Croatian First League 2402020—280
2017–18 1301060—200
Total 3703080—480
Career total 13326080—1472
  1. Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

International
As of 6 October 2017 [18][19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Albania 201720
Total20

References
  1. ALBANAC NA POLJUDU NAPOKON PROGOVORIO ZA SN 'Hajduku nisam mogao reći ne, a Dinamo i Rijeka nisu bolji' at Sportske Novosti
  2. Hysen Memolla at tuttocalciatori.net
  3. Il fasanese Hysen Memolla all’Hellas Verona at Fasano Live
  4. Hysen Memolla si trasferisce al Koper at Hellas Live
  5. "HYSEN MEMOLLA I SLUŽBENO HAJDUKOV!". HNK Hajduk Split (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  6. Hysen Memolla - 2016-2017 HNK Hajduk Split official site
  7. Hamza i Memolla ostaju u Hajduku at HNK Hajduk Split official site
  8. at HNK Hajduk Split official site
  9. "SOPIMUSUUTISIA: Kova kaksikko KPV:n puolustukseen!" (Press release) (in Finnish). KPV. 12 August 2019.
  10. "Hysen Memolla a DVTK első téli igazolása".
  11. "FC Lahteen maajoukkueväriä" (in Finnish). Lahti. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  12. "Egnatia "blindon" për dy sezonet e ardhshme ish-mbrojtësin e Kombëtares" [Egnatia "armored" for the next two seasons the ex-defender of the national team] (in Albanian). Super Sport Albania. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  13. "U-21/ Skender Gega testim tre ditor me lojtar te pa provuar me pare" (in Albanian). AlbaniaSoccer. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  14. "Trajneri Panucci shpall listën e lojtarëve për ndeshjet zyrtare eleminatore kundër Lihtenshteinit dhe Maqedonisë" (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 25 August 2017. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  15. "Albania vs. Liechtenstein - 2 September 2017". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  16. "Macedonia and Albania national football teams played to a 1:1 draw, 5 September 2017". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  17. Hysen Memolla at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  18. "Hysen Memolla". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  19. Hysen Memolla - national football team player EU-Football.info
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