Emanuele Ndoj (born 20 November 1996) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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for club

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. Born in Italy, he plays for the Albania national team.

Club career

Roma

On 22 September 2015, Ndoj renewed his contract with

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until 2020.

Brescia

On 1 February 2016, Ndoj was sold to

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and was loaned back to Roma Primavera to play until the end of the season. On 31 January 2022, Ndoj was loaned to

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. On 11 January 2024, his contract with Brescia was terminated by mutual consent. On 9 August 2024, Ndoj signed for

International career

Albania U17

Ndoj received his first Albania under-17 call-up by manager

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for a friendly tournament developed in August 2012 in

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Albania U21

He was called up at the

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by coach

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for a double

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against Moldova U21 on 25 & 27 March 2017. He made his debut for Albania under-21 against Moldova on 25 March playing as a starter in a goalless draw. In other match against the same opponent two days later, Ndoj played as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 victory.

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Ndoj was called up for the

against France U21 on 5 June 2017 and the

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opening match against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017. During the gathering for these matches Ndoj among

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suffered injures and coach

called up Agim Zeka and

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as a replacement. Ndoj was expected by Albania U21 to recover in time for the opening match of the qualifiers against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017, but medical staff said that he couldn't play in this match.

Albania senior team

Following his good running form at Brescia during the 2017–18 season, Ndoj received his first senior international call up to Albania senior team by coach

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for the

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matches against

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and

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on 6 and 9 October 2017. On 29 May 2018 he did his debut for the senior national team in a 3–0 loss against

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in a friendly.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first.''

References

External links

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Emanuele Ndoj
Serie A TIM * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ndoj, Emanuele 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Catania Footballers from Sicily Italian people of Albanian descent Italian men's footballers Albanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Albania men's youth international footballers Albania men's international footballers Albania men's under-21 international footballers Brescia Calcio players Cosenza Calcio players Catania FC players Serie B players Serie A players