Dardan Vuthaj

Dardan Vuthaj (born 30 September 1995) is an Albanian footballer who plays as a forward.[1]

Dardan Vuthaj
Personal information
Full name Dardan Vuthaj
Date of birth (1995-09-30) 30 September 1995
Place of birth Patras, Greece
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
0000–2013 Genoa
2012–2013 → Savona (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Genoa 0 (0)
2012–2013 → Savona (loan) 2 (0)
2014 Chiavari Caperana 11 (1)
2014 Bra 7 (1)
2015 San Donato 14 (1)
2015–2016 KF Laçi 5 (0)
2017 Monopoli 12 (1)
2017–2018 Delta Rovigo 29 (11)
2018–2019 Campodarsego 34 (16)
2019–2020 Imolese 23 (2)
National team
2012 Albania U17 1 (0)
2012–2013 Albania U19 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 February 2020

Career

Early career

Vuthaj was born in Patras, Greece, to Albanian parents but later moved to Italy as a child, where he joined the Genoa youth academy. He was loaned out to Savona in the summer of 2012 in order to gain more experience, and he made his senior debut with the club in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione on 11 November 2012 against Castiglione, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute for Ignazio Carta in the 2–1 loss.[2] He made two appearances for the Savona first team during the 2012–13 campaign as they went on to finish second and earn promotion to the Lega Pro Prima Divisione, and he also played for the club's youth team, scoring 9 goals in 12 games during his loan spell. He returned to the Genoa Primavera side where he spent the first half of the 2013–14 season before joining Serie D side Chiavari Calcio Caperana in January 2014, where he made 11 appearances and also scored his first senior career goal before leaving the club at the end of the season. Vuthaj joined another Serie D side AC Bra on 7 November 2014 as a free agent,[3] making 7 appearances and scoring once during his short spell with the club, as he left to join fellow Serie D side San Donato in December 2014. Vuthaj featured in 14 games and scored once for San Donato during the second half of the campaign before leaving the club at the end of the season.

KF Laçi

After spending his entire youth and senior career in Italy, Vuthaj moved to Albania, the country of his parents' birth, to join Albanian Superliga side KF Laci.

Imolese

On 15 July 2019, he joined Serie C club Imolese on a one-year contract with an option to extend it for another year.[4]

Career statistics

Club
As of 30 January 2016
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
KF Laçi 2015–16 Albanian Superliga 0031—0031
Total 0031—0031
Career total 0031—-031

References
  1. Dardan Vuthaj at Soccerway
  2. "Castiglione vs. Savona - 11 November 2012 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  3. "COMUNICATO STAMPA UFFICIALE Serie D colpo Dardan Vuthaj". acbra.it. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  4. "UFFICIALE: VUTHAJ E' UN NUOVO CALCIATORE DELL'IMOLESE" (Press release) (in Italian). Imolese. 15 July 2019.
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