Enri Tafaj
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 May 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Albania | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | KS Dinamo | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005-2007 | KF Tirana | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | KF Tirana | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | KS Kamza | 61 | (5) |
| 2010 | → KF Laçi (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | KS Tomori | 13 | (0) |
| 2013 | KF Partizani | 8 | (0) |
| 2013- | KS Dinamo | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007-2008 | Albania U-19 | 0 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 September 2012. | |||
Enri Tafaj is an Albanian footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for Dinamo Tirana in the Albanian Superliga.
Club career
Tafaj began his career in 2007 with KF Tirana after working his way up through the youth setup at the club. He joined up with the first team during the winter break in the 2006–07 season. He made his league debut with KF Tirana in round 32 of the 2006–07 Albanian Superliga season on 12 May 2007. The match was against Teuta Durres at the Niko Dovana Stadium. Tafaj started the game and played the whole 90 minutes.[1]
He made no further Superliga appearances for KF Tirana, and in January 2009 he joined KS Dajti on loan[2] for the rest of the season to gain experience.
He then moved to KS Kamza, as KS Dajti had been renamed. He spent the early part of the 2010–11 season on loan at KF Laçi, but played only once, in a 7–1 defeat in the second leg of the Europa League first qualifying round match against Dnepr Mogilev.[3][4] In the 2011–12 Superliga season, Tafaj played regularly for Kamza.[5] He scored only once, a late consolation in a 2–1 defeat at Pogradeci.[6] He took part in the relegation "play-out", as Kamza lost to Besa Tavaje to return to the First Division after just one season.[7]
Tafaj returned to pre-season training with Kamza,[8] but joined Superliga side KS Tomori before the start of the 2012–13 season.[5]
International career
Tafaj was called up to the Albania under-19 team for the Slovakia Cup tournament in April and May 2007,[9] and also played twice in qualifying for the UEFA under-19 championships.[10] In October 2008, he was called up to the Albania under-21 team to face their Macedonian counterparts,[11] but took no part in the match.[12]
References
- ↑ "Match Kategoria superiore: Teuta Durres vs. KF Tirana". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ↑ "Kategoria e Parë, merkato - Dajti" [First Division transfers – Dajti] (in Albanian). Albania Sport. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ↑ "E.Tafaj: Kamza, çdo javë dhe më e fortë" [E.Tafaj: Kamza getting stronger every week]. Sporti Shqiptar (in Albanian). 17 February 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ↑ "2010/11 UEFA Europa League Dnepr-Laç". UEFA. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- 1 2 "E. Tafaj". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ↑ "Pogradeci-Kamza 2–1, vendosin maqedonasit" [Pogradeci-Kamza 2–1, the Macedonians decide it] (in Albanian). Albania Sport. 27 November 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ↑ Çakshiri, Albana (19 May 2012). "Besa fundos Kamzën në "play-out", vetë rikthehet pas një viti në Superiore" [Besa sink Kamza in the "play-out", back down after one year in Superliga] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ↑ "Mziu mbyll stadiumin, Qarri e nis me Malkon" [Behind closed doors, Qarri presents Malko] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ↑ "U-19 zbardh listën e turneut të Sllovakisë" [U19 squad published for Slovakia tournament] (in Albanian). Albania Sport. Albania Sport Agency. 27 April 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ↑ "Profile: Enri Tafaj". UEFA. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ↑ "Bushati shpall emrat e rinj të U-21" [Bushati announces new names for the U21s]. Sporti Shqiptar (in Albanian). 22 October 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ↑ "Shqipëria, leksion Maqedonisë në Ohër" [Albanian lesson for Macedonia in Ohrid]. Sporti Shqiptar (in Albanian). 20 November 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2012.