Isuf Çela (born 18 September 1996, in
Elbasan
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) is an Albanian former professional
footballer
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who last played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for Italian club
San Donato.
Career
He gained entry at the first team of
A.C. Prato
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Prato currently plays in Serie D/E, having last been in Serie B in 1964.
History
The club was founded in 1908.
In season 2010–11 the team played i ...
in the
2013–14 season as he called up by the coach
Vincenzo Esposito
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to participate in the opening match against
L'Aquila
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on 1 September 2013. In this match Çela was an unused substitute for the entire match. He made it his debut three weeks later on 22 September 2013 against
Gubbio
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History
The city's origins are very ancient. ...
coming on as a substitute in the 89th minute in place of
Matteo Serrotti and the match finished as a goalless draw. He finished the first half of the season with a total of 5 matches played then was loaned out to
Bologna F.C. 1909
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during the January 2014.
Career statistics
Club
References
1996 births
Living people
Footballers from Elbasan
Albanian footballers
Albania youth international footballers
Association football midfielders
A.C. Prato players
U.S. Poggibonsi players
Serie C players
Albanian expatriate footballers
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Italy
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