Elvir Maloku

Elvir Maloku
Personal information
Full name Elvir Maloku
Date of birth (1996-05-14) 14 May 1996
Place of birth Rijeka, Croatia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Gimnàstic
Number 16
Youth career
2004–2007 Lokomotiva Rijeka
2007–2011 Stari Grad Rijeka
2008–2010 → Mune (loan)
2010–2011 → Klana (loan)
2012–2013 Rijeka
2013–2014 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Hajduk Split 48 (4)
2016– Gimnàstic 0 (0)
National team‡
2013 Croatia U17 2 (0)
2013–2014 Croatia U18 6 (0)
2014–2015 Croatia U19 4 (1)
2016– Albania U21 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 October 2015.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2015

Elvir Maloku (born 14 May 1996) is an Albanian footballer who plays for Spanish club Gimnàstic de Tarragona as a forward.

Club career

Early career

Born in Rijeka, Maloku passed through various clubs in his native region, before moving to the youth setup of the local Prva HNL side HNK Rijeka in early 2012. In the 2012–13 season he was the top scorer of the club's under-17 team, scoring 13 goals in 26 appearances.

Hajduk Split

In the summer of 2013, Maloku moved to HNK Hajduk Split along with his younger brother Trojan. He made his first team debut on 28 August 2013 in his team's 3-1 away win against NK Lokomotiva Zagreb, coming in the 83rd minute for Anton Maglica. [1]

During his first two seasons under coach Igor Tudor, Maloku was used mostly as a bench player. His pace would sometimes prove good in the last minutes of the game. When Damir Burić took over the club in 2015, Maloku made his way into the first lineup but after some bad performances, he was benched again and used as a substitute. Out of his 69 total caps for Hajduk, he made it only 13 times in the starting lineup and was used 35 times as a substitute. In only 4 matches during his Hajduk career, he managed to play the entire game for 90 minutes. After the end of the season, he was released by Hajduk and given the option to search for his new club.

Gimnàstic

On 18 July 2016, Maloku signed a four-year contract with Spanish Segunda División club Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[2]

International career

Maloku is a Croatian youth international, playing for the under-17 team in the summer of 2013.[3] Also eligible to play for Albania,[4] he accepted a call-up from head coach Skënder Gega to play for Albania national under-21 football team in 2015, later stating that he would play for Albania at senior international level should a chance arise.[5]

Career statistics

As of 24 April 2016[6]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hajduk Split 2013–14 1. HNL 1102100131
2014–15 1523130213
2015–16 2225180353
Total 484103110697
Gimnàstic 2016–17 Segunda División 0000—00
Career total 484103110697

References

  1. ↑ "Video: Hajduk slavio na gostovanju kod Lokomotive i stigao na drugu poziciju na tablici" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Elvir Maloku, nuevo jugador del Nàstic" [Elvir Maloku, new player of Nàstic] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Gudelj objavio sastav U17 reprezentacije za turnir u Japanu" (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Gati 80 futbollistë shqiptarë luajnë për shtetet e huaja" (in Albanian). Lajmi. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Supersport Elvir Maloku zgjedh Shqiperine
  6. ↑ Elvir Maloku profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
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