Aristidi Kolaj (born 9 April 1999) is a professional

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who plays for Italian side

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on loan from

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. Born in Italy, he has represented Albania at youth level.

Club career

Como

He spent most of his youth career at

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club

Como Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label= Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Its proximity to Lake Como and to the Alps h ...

. He was called up to the senior squad in early 2017, but didn't make any appearances.

Sassuolo

In July 2017 he was transferred to

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club

Sassuolo Sassuolo (; egl, label= Modenese, Sasól ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna. Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town is best known f ...

, where he played for their Under-19 squad in the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons. He was called up to the senior squad once for a

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game, but remained on the bench.

Loan to Pro Patria

On 2 September 2019 he joined

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club Pro Patria on loan. He made his professional Serie C debut for Pro Patria on 22 September 2019 in a game against

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. He substituted Giuseppe Le Noci in the 89th minute and scored the only goal of the game in added time. The loan was renewed for the 2020–21 season on 26 August 2020.

Alessandria

On 15 July 2021, he signed with Alessandria.

Pescara

On 12 August 2022, he joined

. On 1 September 2023, Kolaj moved to

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on loan with an option to buy. On 17 January 2024, he was loaned to

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* 1999 births People from Marino, Lazio Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital Italian people of Albanian descent Living people Albanian men's footballers Albania men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football forwards Como 1907 players US Sassuolo Calcio players Aurora Pro Patria 1919 players US Alessandria Calcio 1912 players Delfino Pescara 1936 players FC Lumezzane players Sorrento Calcio 1945 players Serie B players Serie C players {{Albania-footy-forward-stub