Rubin Hebaj

Rubin Hebaj
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-07-30) 30 July 1998
Place of birth Shkodër, Albania
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Vllaznia Shkodër
Number 20
Youth career
2012– Vllaznia Shkodër
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Vllaznia Shkodër 4 (1)
National team
2014 Albania U17 3 (0)
2015 Albania U19 3 (0)
2016– Albania U21 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 October 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2016

Rubin Hebaj (born 30 July 1998), is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Albanian club Vllaznia Shkodër and the Albania national under-21 football team.

Club career

Early career

Hebaj started his youth career at age of 14 with Vllaznia Shkodër in September 2012 and was placed in under-15 team. With under-15 side Hebaj won the National Regional Championship and was voted as the best player of the tournament.[1] After spending 1 season with under-15 he advanced in others youth teams of Vllaznia. So far in the 2015–16 season he has scored 4 goals in 8 matches for under-19 side.[2]

Vllaznia Shkodër

He made his debut with the Vllaznia Shkodër first team under the coach Armir Grimaj in the 2015–16 Albanian Cup match against Apolonia Fier on 28 October 2015 in a goalless draw, coming on as a substitute in the 70th minute in place of Santiago Martinez.[3]

International career

Hebaj was called up by Albania national under-17 football team coach Džemal Mustedanagić to participate in the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round on match-dates 8-13 October 2014.[4] In the opening match against Norway U17 Hebaj came in as a substitute in the 59th minute n place of Agim Zeka. Then in two other next matches he played both for full 80-minutes.[5]

He was invited at Albania national under-19 football team for the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification from 12–17 November 2015 by coach Arjan Bellaj but he didn't managed to participate in any match.[6] Same as with Albania U17, in the opening match against Austria U19 Hebaj played as a substitute and in other two matches he played full 90-minutes.[5]

He received the first call-up at Albania national under-21 football team by coach Redi Jupi for the closing 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Israel U21 on 10 October 2016.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 October 2016 [8]
Season Club League country League League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2015–16 Vllaznia Shkodër Albanian Superliga 0010--10
2016–17 4100--41
Total 41100051
Career total 41100051

References

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