Hysen Memolla (born 3 July 1992) is an Albanian professional

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who plays as a

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for Albanian club Egnatia Rrogozhinë and the Albania national team.

Club career

Early career

Born in Kavajë,

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, Memolla moved to

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at the age of one with his parents. ALBANAC NA POLJUDU NAPOKON PROGOVORIO ZA SN 'Hajduku nisam mogao reći ne, a Dinamo i Rijeka nisu bolji'
at Sportske Novosti He started training football in his hometown Pezze di Greco, before moving to the youth ranks of ASD Esperia in nearby

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. In 2010 he moved to the academy of

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, recently promoted to Eccellenza. The following year, he joined the first-team squad, now in fifth-tier

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and featured in the squad that achieved another promotion, to

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. After two further seasons in the fourth-tier, Memolla signed a contract with the

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side Hellas Verona.

Hellas Verona and loans

Memolla wouldn't feature for the first-team however, partly due to non-EU citizenship. He was sent immediately back on loan to Martina Franca, now in third-tier

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. His next loan would be of a higher profile as he moved on loan to the

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n top-tier side

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. He played in 17 matches for the club, scoring twice, but did not feature after mid-March 2016.

Hajduk Split

He signed as a free agent for

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on 4 July 2016, after passing successfully a trial. Memolla made his Hajduk debut in a Round 3

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match against

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at Park Mladeži in a 0-1 win for Hajduk. His contract was prolonged for two further years after he established himself as a first-team player.

Salernitarna

Memolla did not feature in a single game in the 2018-19 season after being replaced in the starting line up by André Fomitschow and

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. He was eventually moved to Hajduk's 2nd team and placed on transfer list. On 24 January 2019, he terminated his contract with Hajduk and joined the Serie B side Salernitana.

KPV

On 12 August 2019, he moved to Finland and signed with

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Diósgyőr

Half year later, he signed to Hungary with Diósgyőr.

Lahti

On 21 January 2022, he returned to Finland and signed with Lahti for the 2022 season.

Egnatia

On 15 April 2023, Memolla signed a contract extension with the club until June 2025.

International career

Memolla received his first international call up at the

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by coach Skënder Gega for a 3 days testing from 7–10 May 2012.

Albania senior side

Following his good form at Hajduk Split mostly in the

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, progressing through 3 rounds and qualifying for play-off, Memolla received his first call for the Albania senior team by newly appointed coach

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for the

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matches against Liechtenstein and

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on 2 and 5 September 2017. He was an unused substitute against the former and made his debut against the later, coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute in place of national team's

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, Ansi Agolli.

Career statistics

Club

International

Hysen Memolla - national football team player
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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Memolla, Hysen 1992 births Living people Footballers from Kavajë Albanian men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks ASD Martina Calcio 1947 players FC Koper players HNK Hajduk Split players US Salernitana 1919 players Kokkolan Palloveikot players Diósgyőri VTK players FC Lahti players Serie B players Serie C players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Croatian Football League players Veikkausliiga players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Albania men's youth international footballers Albania men's under-21 international footballers Albania men's international footballers Albanian expatriate men's footballers Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary