Personal information | |||
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Full name | Esat Reshat Mala | ||
Date of birth | 18 October 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Prizren, FR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Vllaznia Shkodër | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
2015–2017 | Shkëndija Tiranë | ||
2017 | Hajduk Split | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2017–2018 | Ballkani | 12 | (6) |
2018–2021 | Partizani Tirana | 103 | (9) |
2021–2022 | Giresunspor | 0 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Partizani Tirana (loan) | 33 | (2) |
2022– | Vllaznia Shkodër | 48 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2018–2020 | Albania U21 | 12 | (1) |
2022– | Albania | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 October 2022 |
Esat Reshat Mala (born 18 October 1998) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Albanian club Vllaznia Shkodër. [1]
Mala spent the first part of the 2017–18 season in the First Football League of Kosovo representing Ballkani. In the meantime, he also trained with Partizani B squad. [2] He made 12 appearances and scored 8 goals, also giving 10 assists during his spell at the club K.F.C Ballkani. [3]
On 27 December 2017, Partizani Tirana announced the acquisition of Mala, on a 2+1⁄2 years contract. [3] He made his competitive debut on 4 February 2018 by playing in the second half of a 2–1 home win over Kamza. [4] He quickly won his place in the starting lineup under Sulejman Starova, [5] winning the league's player of the month award in March. [6] Mala finished the season with 17 league appearances, including one cup appearance, as Partizani finished 5th in the league. [7] Following the end of the season, he was named as one of the talents of the season by the association Sporti na bashkon. [8]
On 28 May 2018. Mala made his debut with Albania U21 in a friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 after being named in the starting line-up. [9]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Partizani Tirana | 2017–18 | Albanian Superliga | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||||
Career total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 |
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Esat Reshat Mala | ||
Date of birth | 18 October 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Prizren, FR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Vllaznia Shkodër | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
2015–2017 | Shkëndija Tiranë | ||
2017 | Hajduk Split | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2017–2018 | Ballkani | 12 | (6) |
2018–2021 | Partizani Tirana | 103 | (9) |
2021–2022 | Giresunspor | 0 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Partizani Tirana (loan) | 33 | (2) |
2022– | Vllaznia Shkodër | 48 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2018–2020 | Albania U21 | 12 | (1) |
2022– | Albania | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 October 2022 |
Esat Reshat Mala (born 18 October 1998) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Albanian club Vllaznia Shkodër. [1]
Mala spent the first part of the 2017–18 season in the First Football League of Kosovo representing Ballkani. In the meantime, he also trained with Partizani B squad. [2] He made 12 appearances and scored 8 goals, also giving 10 assists during his spell at the club K.F.C Ballkani. [3]
On 27 December 2017, Partizani Tirana announced the acquisition of Mala, on a 2+1⁄2 years contract. [3] He made his competitive debut on 4 February 2018 by playing in the second half of a 2–1 home win over Kamza. [4] He quickly won his place in the starting lineup under Sulejman Starova, [5] winning the league's player of the month award in March. [6] Mala finished the season with 17 league appearances, including one cup appearance, as Partizani finished 5th in the league. [7] Following the end of the season, he was named as one of the talents of the season by the association Sporti na bashkon. [8]
On 28 May 2018. Mala made his debut with Albania U21 in a friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 after being named in the starting line-up. [9]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Partizani Tirana | 2017–18 | Albanian Superliga | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||||
Career total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 |