Esin Hakaj
Albanian footballer
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Esin Hakaj (born 6 December 1996) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Vllaznia Shkodër in the Albanian Superliga.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 December 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Shkodër, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vllaznia Shkodër | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2015 | Vllaznia Shkodër | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Vllaznia Shkodër | 28 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Partizani Tirana | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Teuta Durrës | 55 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Partizani Tirana | 46 | (1) |
| 2021 | Samsunspor | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | Vllaznia Shkodër | 91 | (4) |
| 2024–2025 | Elbasani | 18 | (0) |
| 2025– | Vllaznia Shkodër | 8 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Albania U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Albania U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2022 | Albania | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 April 2023 | |||
Career
Vllaznia
Hake began his career with local side Vllaznia Shkodër, where he progressed through the academy before being promoted to the first team during 2014–15 winter break,[2][3] and he was an unused substitute in an Albanian Superliga game against FK Kukësi on 24 January 2015 in a 2–1 loss.[4] He made his professional debut the following week on 31 January against Teuta Durrës where he started the game, received a yellow card and was subsisted off in the 89th minute for Arsen Hajdari in the 2–1 loss for his side.[5] In total he made 5 league and 1 Albanian Cup appearance during the 2014–15 campaign before becoming a regular squad member the following season as he made 23 league appearances, including 9 starts.
International career
Hakaj was called up for the first time in international level at the Albania national under-21 football team by coach Skënder Gega in an Albanian Superliga selection to participate in a 3-days mini preparatory stage in Durrës, Albania from 22 to 25 February 2015.[6]
He was called up by coach Redi Jupi in two occasions for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, first against Hungary U21 on 13 October 2015[7] and then against Greece U21 and Hungary U21 on 24 and 28 March 2016 respectively, but however he didn't feature in any occasion.[8]
