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Revision as of 15:39, 4 November 2018
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arton Zekaj | ||
| Date of birth | 16 April 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Subotica, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lille | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2018 | Partizan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016 | Partizan | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | → OFK Bačka (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | Sopot | ||
| 2018– | Lille | 1 | (0) |
| 2018– | → Lille II | 5 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2014–2016 | Serbia U15 | ||
| 2016– | Serbia U16 | ||
| 2017– | Serbia U17 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2018 | |||
Arton Zekaj (Serbian Cyrillic: Артон Зекај; born 16 April 2000) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for French club Lille.
Early life
Zekaj was born in Subotica, FR Yugoslavia from Kosovo Albanian parents from Prizren.
Club career
Partizan and OFK Bačka
Zekaj has played with the youth teams of Partizan.[1] During the 2016–17 season he was on loan to OFK Bačka and licensed for the senior team, but failed to make a debut in the Serbian SuperLiga.
Sopot
On 14 February 2018. Zekaj joined Serbian League Belgrade side Sopot.[2]
Lille
First team
On 4 July 2018, Zekaj joined Ligue 1 side Lille, on a three-year contract.[3][4] On 11 August 2018, he made his debut as professional footballer in a 3–1 home win against Stade Rennais after coming on as a substitute at last minutes in place of Lebo Mothiba.[5]
Reserve team
On 18 August 2018, Zekaj made his debut with Lille II in a Championnat National 2 match against Épinal after being named in the starting line-up.[citation needed]
International career
Serbia
"Zeka expected be invited to one of the upcoming clusters of Kosovo U21 and guessed this is very big talent, because an Albanian would had it impossible to play for Partizan or Serbia national teams."
Youth
Zekaj was a member of Serbia U15 from 2014 until 2016, when he was promoted to Serbia U16. In 2017, he became part of Serbia U17 and in some matches played with the Serbia national youth teams was squad captain.[citation needed]
Kosovo
On 3 April 2017, Zekaj visited Pristina together with his father, a consultant and a representative of Partizan and met with the leaders of the Football Federation of Kosovo. The meeting was held to clarify procedures to enable him to play for Kosovo national team.[6][7]
References
- ^ ""Đavolčići" ponovo poklekli u finišu: Partizan nosi tri boda iz Kragujevca" ["Devils" clapped again in the final: Partizan wears three points from Kragujevac]. SrbijaSport (in Serbian). 24 August 2017.
- ^ "Регистрације" [Registrations] (PDF) (in Serbian). Football Association of Serbia. 14 February 2018.
- ^ "Arton Zekaj rejoint le LOSC" [Arton Zekaj joins the LOSC] (in French). Lille OSC. 4 July 2018.
- ^ "Kapiten Orlića Arton Zekaj iz Sopota u Lil!" [Eagle's captain Arton Zekaj from Sopot to Lille!]. MozzartSport (in Serbian). 4 July 2018.
- ^ "#LOSCSRFC (3-1) Tout part de là" [#LOSCSRFC (3-1) Everything starts from there] (in French). Lille OSC. 11 August 2018.
LOSC: Maignan – Çelik (Ié, 86'), Soumaoro (cap.), Dabila, Ballo-Touré – Xeka, Mendes – Pépé, Benzia (Ikoné, 90'), Bamba – Mothiba (Zekaj, 90'+3)
- ^ "Reprezentuesi i Serbisë shpreh dëshirën të luajë për Kosovën" [Representative of Serbia expresses the desire to play for Kosovo] (in Albanian). Koha Ditore. 13 April 2017.
- ^ @kosovanfooty (14 April 2017). "Arton Zekaj (16) part of..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links
- Arton Zekaj at Soccerway
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