Erjon Vucaj

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Erjon Vucaj
Personal information
Full name Erjon Vucaj
Date of birth (1990-12-25) 25 December 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Shkodër, Albania
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tirana
Number 10
Youth career
2004–07 Vllaznia Shkodër
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Vllaznia Shkodër 1 (0)
2009–2014 Laçi 122 (23)
2014–2015 Flamurtari Vlorë 32 (0)
2015– Tirana 20 (1)
International career‡
2008 Albania U19 1 (0)
2010–2011 Albania U21 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 August 2015

Erjon Vucaj (born 25 December 1990 in Shkodër, Albania) is an Albanian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for KF Tirana in the Albanian Superliga.[2]

Grown up as a player at Vllaznia Shkodër, he has spent three years at Laçi, proving to be a pivotal player for this team's midfield and notably bringing the team to the qualifiers of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. In July 2012 he was loaned to Skënderbeu Korçë for their UEFA Champions League qualification campaign. He received second place, after winner Bekim Balaj, of an individual prestigious prize given from the sports association "Sporti na bashkon" to the best football talents of the Superliga's 2011–12 season. At the beginning of the 2012–13 season Laçi's coach promoted Vuçaj to team captain, which made him the youngest captain of the Superliga.

Vucaj represented Albania at youth levels, playing for the under-19, and -21 levels. He was called up for the first time in senior team in August 2012 but didn't make his debut.

Club career

Vllaznia Shkodër

Vuçaj began his career at his local club Vllaznia Shkodër as a youth, where he was eventually promoted to the senior team by the coach Mirel Josa during the 2007–08 season. Josa handed Vuçaj his professional debut on 14 May 2008, during the penultimate game of the season against Dinamo Tirana. Vuçaj came on at half time in a match which ended in a 3–0 defeat for Vucaj's side. That game proved to be his first and only league appearance for Vllaznia.[3]

Mirel Josa left the club right before the 2008–09 season, with Agim Canaj taking over as manager. The change of coach made it difficult for Vucaj to break into the first team. His only appearances during the entire 2008–09 season came in both legs of the Albanian Cup first round against Sopoti Librazhd, which Vllaznia won 8–1 on aggregate.[4][5] At the end of the season Vucaj refused to sign a new three-year contract at the club when his current deal ended in one year on 30 August 2010.[6] He was not included in the club's mini pre-season training plans and was eventually given permission from the directors to leave the club.[6]

Laçi

Vucaj spent the following three seasons (2009–10, 2010–11, and 2011–12) at Laçi during which he logged 69 presences and scored 5 goals. In the first season with Laçi he contributed to an unexpected historical qualification of Laçi to the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, being fourth. In the 2010–11 season, Laçi was again fourth in the Superliga, but failed to qualify for the Europa League, whereas in the 2011–12 season Laçi came 8th within the 14 teams of Superliga. During this season Vucaj left his mark especially in a game against his former home team, Vllaznia, when he was declared the best player of the match. In that game Vucaj scored the decisive goal and was confirmed as the decisive leader of his team.[7]

At the end of the 2011–12 season, Vuçaj received the second prize dedicated to the best football talents of Albania for 2011–12 from the sports association "Sporti na bashkon", the first prize being awarded to Bekim Balaj.[8]

In July 2012 Vucaj joined the Superliga champions Skënderbeu Korçë as a loan for their UEFA Champions League qualification campaign. He went on trial at their summer training camp in Austria, and coach Stanislav Levý was impressed after seeing him in two consecutive friendlies against Torpedo Kutaisi and Vaslui. This led to an agreement struck between Laçi and Skënderbeu to allow Vuçaj to be sent out loan for the European qualification campaign.[9]

In the beginning of the 2012–13 season, it was reported that Vuçaj became the captain of Laçi, which is going to make him the youngest player in the Superliga with the honor of captaining a team.[10]

Tirana

On 12 August 2015, after he become a free agent after winning the trial against Flamurtari Vlorë,[11] Vuçaj signed with the most successful team of Albania, Tirana, for an undisclosed fee.[12] On 17 October 2015, he scored his first goal against his former club Flamurtari Vlorë in the opening moments of the game in the Qemal Stafa Stadium.[13] Vucaj was sent off after receiving a second yellow card in a 2–1 away defeat to Kukësi in the last day of the Albanian Superliga season.[14]

International career

Vuçaj received his first senior international call-up from Albania's coach, Gianni De Biasi for a friendly of against Moldova on 15 August 2012.[15][16] In an interview to the Panorama Sport newspaper, Vuçaj said that he was extremely happy about De Biasi's call.[17] He was an unused substitute in the goalless draw.[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 August 2015[19]
Club Season League Cup Continental[lower-alpha 1] Other[lower-alpha 2] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vllaznia Shkodër 2007–08 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
2008–09 0 0 2 0 — — 2 0
Total 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
KF Laçi 2009–10 20 1 2 0 — — 22 2
2010–11 29 1 2 0 2 0 — 33 1
2011–12 20 4 9 2 — — 29 6
Total 69 6 13 2 2 0 0 0 84 8
Skënderbeu Korçë 2012–13 — — 2 0 0 0 2 0
Laçi 2012–13 24 9 10 3 — — 34 12
2013–14 29 8 6 2 2 0 1 0 33 10
2014–15 — — 3 0 — 3 0
Total 53 17 16 5 5 0 1 0 75 22
Flamurtari Vlorë 2014–15 32 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 34 0
Total 32 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 34 0
Tirana 2015–16 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 155 23 32 7 11 0 2 6 201 30
  1. ↑ Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Including other competitions, such as Albanian Supercup

Honours

Clubs

Vllaznia Shkodër[19]
Laçi[19]

References

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