Albi Doka
Albanian footballer
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Albi Doka (born 26 June 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Albanian club Teuta.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 June 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Tirana, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Teuta | ||
| 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) |
| 2023–2024 | Tirana | 18 | (1) |
| 2024 | Újpest | 5 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Skënderbeu | 21 | (0) |
| 2025– | Teuta | 7 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2019 | Albania U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2020– | Albania | 7 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals 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
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]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe[a] | Other[b] | 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[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 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
