Albi_Doka
Albi Doka
Albanian footballer
Albi Doka (born 26 June 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Hungarian club Újpest and the Albania national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1997-06-26) 26 June 1997 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Tirana, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Újpest | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| 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) |
| 2023–2024 | Tirana | 18 | (1) |
| 2024– | Újpest | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2019 | Albania U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2020– | Albania | 7 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2020 | |||
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]
Albania U21
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]
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe[lower-alpha 1] | Other[lower-alpha 2] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tirana B | 2016–17 | Kategoria e Dytë | 13 | 5 | — | — | — | 13 | 5 | |||
| Tirana | 2016–17 | Kategoria Superiore | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Kategoria e Parë | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | Kategoria Superiore | 31 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 4 | |||
| 2019–20 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 91 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 5 | ||
| HNK Gorica | 2020–21 | 1. HNL | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | ||
| Budapest Honvéd | 2021–22 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 153 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 182 | 11 | ||
- Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
- Including other competitions, such as Albanian Supercup
- Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- One appearance in the 2017 Albanian Supercup
Club
- Tirana
- Albi Doka profile Archived 2017-08-01 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
- Albi Doka profile[permanent dead link] Tirana.al
- 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. - "VÁLOGATOTT VÉDŐ ÉRKEZIK" [DEFENDER ARRIVES] (in Hungarian). Budapest Honvéd. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- "HOSSZABBÍTOTTUNK NÉGY JÁTÉKOSUNKKAL" [WE EXTENDED WITH FOUR OF OUR PLAYERS] (in Hungarian). Budapest Honvéd. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- "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.
