Ymer Shaba (born 21 July 1998) is an Albanian professional

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who plays as a defender for Maltese club Pembroke Athleta and the Albania national under-21 team.

Club career

Early career

Shaba started his youth career at age of 13 at

FK Dinamo Tirana Futboll Club Dinamo Tirana is an Albanian professional football club based in the country's capital Tirana. They play in the Kategoria e Parë, the second tier of Albanian football, in the 2022–23 season. Founded in 1950 during the communist r ...

academy in September 2011. He spent the 2011–12 season with under-15 side. Then he played with the under-17 side for two consecutive seasons, 2012–13 & 2013–14. From 2014 until January 2016 he was part of the under-19 side where during the first half of the 2015–16 season he played 12 matches and scored 1 goal.

Dinamo Tirana

In January 2016 he moved to the first team of FK Dinamo Tirana in the

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. He made it his first professional debut on 12 March 2016 against Turbina Cerrik playing the full 90-minutes match finished in the 1–1 draw.

Pembroke

In summer 2019, Shaba moved abroad to play for Maltese second tier side Pembroke Athleta.

International career

Shaba was called up at Albania national under-19 football team by coach Arjan Bellaj to participate in the Roma Caput Mundi Tournament from 29 February-4 March 2016. Shaba received his first call up at the Albania national under-21 football team by coach Alban Bushi for a gathering in

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from 18–25 January 2017. He received his first call up for the Albania under-20 side by coach Alban Bushi for the double

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against Azerbaijan U-21 on 21 & 26 January 2018.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

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Ymer Shaba profile

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