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

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who played as a forward.

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. History The current Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1988. Geography Choisy-le-Roi is located southeast from the center of ...

, a suburb of Paris, Hodža was signed by

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

club

Udinese Udinese Calcio (; "Udinese Football") is a professional football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The team currently competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sport ...

youth team in January 2007. He also wore no.23 shirt of the first team and appeared as unused sub in round 37 against

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. 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 Comune, 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 of Manf ...

, then on 2 February 2008 sold to

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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 highest level of semi-professional football in Italy, and the fourth tier of the Italian national league system. It sits beneath the third and lowest fully professional league, Serie C, and feeds in to it through promotion ...

club Real Nocera Superiore, which also his 4th

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based club. In January Hodža signed for

Albanian Superliga Kategoria Superiore (), also known as Abissnet Superiore for sponsorship reasons with internet service provider, Abissnet, is a professional league for men's association football clubs in Albania. At the top of the Albanian football league syste ...

side

Flamurtari Vlorë Flamurtari Football Club is an Albanian professional football club based in Vlorë, Albania. The club plays in the Kategoria Superiore, which is the first tier of football in the country. Founded in 1923, the club is one of the oldest in Alba ...

as a free agent after leaving SHB Đà Nẵng.Flamurtari, Pepa dhe Hoxha u bashkohen kuqezinjve

Personal life

Born in France, Hodža is of

descent.

References

External links

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Albin Romain Hodza
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 21st-century French sportsmen