Albi Doka (born 26 June 1997) is an

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n professional

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who plays as a

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for Hungarian club Újpest and the Albania national team.

Club career

Early career

Doka started his youth career at

KF Tirana Klubi i Futbollit Tirana (KF Tirana) is an Albanian football club based in the country's capital city, Tirana. The men's football club is part of the multi-disciplinary sports club SK Tirana, and is the most successful in Albania, having won 54 ...

local academy Xheraldina, playing principally with under-15 side. In 2013 he moved at KF Tirana Academies to play for under-17 team.Albi Doka profile
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Tirana

Doka was promoted to

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senior team at the start of 2017. On 5 February 2017 Doka made his Kategoria Superiore debut playing the full 90 minutes match against Laçi in a 1–0 loss. He played in an

Albanian Cup The Albanian Cup ( sq, Kupa e Shqipërisë) is the main "knockout" competition in Albanian football. The competition started in 1939 as Kupa e Mbretit (English:"The King's Cup"). Just after a year the cup was suspended as the Second World War st ...

match against Kukësi helping his team winning 2–1.

Honvéd

On 11 February 2022, Doka joined Budapest Honvéd in Hungary on loan. Honvéd made the transfer permanent in June 2022.

International career

Albania U21

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Following an impressive season with

for being an undisputed starter, Doka received his first international call up at the

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by coach

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for the

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against France U21 on 5 June 2017 and the

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification The 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-21 football competition that determined the 11 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Italy in the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tour ...

opening match against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017. He made his competitive debut for Albania U21 against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017 playing the full 90-minutes match in a goalless draw.

Albania national team

Doka made his international debut for

on 11 November 2020 in a

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match against

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

;Tirana * Kategoria Superiore: 2019–20 *

: 2016–17 * Albanian Supercup:

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Kategoria e Parë Kategoria e Parë is the second level of professional football in Albania, behind the Kategoria Superiore and above the Kategoria e Dytë. Format Kategoria e Parë was founded in 1930. It is made up of 14 teams. The 2 best ranked teams gain prom ...

: Winner Group B *

: 2017-2018

References

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* 1997 births Living people Footballers from Tirana Albanian men's footballers Albania men's international footballers Albania men's youth international footballers Albania men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football fullbacks Kategoria Superiore players Croatian Football League players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players KF Tirana players HNK Gorica players Budapest Honvéd FC players Újpest FC players Albanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary {{Albania-footy-defender-stub