Albin Romain Hodža (also spelled Hodzha; born 7 February 1988) is an

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who played as a

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Career

Born in

Choisy-le-Roi Choisy-le-Roi () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department, in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. Geography Choisy-le-Roi is located southeast from the center of Paris, on both banks of the river Seine. The neighbouring commu ...

, a suburb of Paris, Hodža was signed by

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...

club Udinese youth team in January 2007. He also wore no.23 shirt of the first team and appeared as unused sub in round 37 against A.C. Milan. In January 2008, he was loaned to Paganese along with Alessandro Osso Armellino. In the next season, at first he left for

Manfredonia Manfredonia is a town and commune of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Foggia, from which it is northeast by rail. Manfredonia is situated on the coast, facing east, to the south of Monte Gargano, and gives its name to the gulf to the east of i ...

, then on 2 February 2008 sold to

Sorrento Sorrento (, ; nap, Surriento ; la, Surrentum) is a town overlooking the Bay of Naples in Southern Italy. A popular tourist destination, Sorrento is located on the Sorrentine Peninsula at the south-eastern terminus of the Circumvesuviana rail ...

in co-ownership deal, as part of the transfer that Giovanni Barreca joined the Udine-based club. On 25 June 2008 Sorrento signed him outright and Hodža signed a new 2-year deal with club. On 28 August 2009 he was loaned to

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along with Pasquale Chiariello. In summer 2010, he was released, and he joined

Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...

club Real Nocera Superiore, which also his 4th

Campania Campania (, also , , , ) is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the i ...

based club. In January Hodža signed for

Albanian Superliga The Kategoria Superiore, officially known as Abissnet Superiore for sponsorship reasons, is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Albanian football league system, it is the country's primary football compet ...

side

Flamurtari Vlorë Flamurtari FC is a professional football club based in Vlorë, Albania. The club plays in the Kategoria e Parë, which is the second tier of football in the country. Founded in 1923, the club is one of the oldest in Albania, and it is also one ...

as a free agent after leaving

SHB Đà Nẵng SHB Da Nang Football Club (), simply known as SHB Da Nang, is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Da Nang that plays in the top division in Vietnamese football, V.League 1. The club was known as Quang Nam-Da Nang FC ( vi, Câu l� ...

.Flamurtari, Pepa dhe Hoxha u bashkohen kuqezinjve

Personal life

Born in France, Hodža is of Albanian descent.

References

External links

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at Football.it
Albin Romain Hodza
at LaSerieD.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Hodza, Albin French men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers French people of Albanian descent Udinese Calcio players Manfredonia Calcio players Sorrento Calcio 1945 players FC Pirin Gotse Delchev players FC Lyubimets players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Men's association football forwards Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria French expatriate sportspeople in Italy Footballers from Val-de-Marne 1988 births Living people