Antonio Marku

Antonio Marku
Personal information
Full name Antonio Marku
Date of birth (1992-03-24) 24 March 1992
Place of birth Shkodër, Albania
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Vllaznia Shkodër
Number 3
Youth career
2005-2010 Vllaznia Shkodër
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Dinamo Tirana 25 (1)
2012–2013 Laçi 7 (0)
2013 Vllaznia Shkodër 9 (0)
2013 Kukësi 1 (0)
2014– Vllaznia Shkodër 35 (1)
National team
2010–2011 Albania U19 3 (0)
2011–2013 Albania U21 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 January 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 January 2016

Antonio Marku (born 24 March 1992 in Shkodër) is an Albanian footballer who plays as a defender for Vllaznia Shkodër in the Albanian Superliga.[1]

Career

Early career

Marku began playing football with the youth teams of his local team Vllaznia Shkodër but in 2010 due to his university studies he moved to Tirana, where he began playing for Dinamo Tirana. He was part of the Dinamo Tirana U-19 side for the 2010-11 season where he was the team captain.[2]

Marku made his professional debut against Flamurtari Vlorë on 20 April 2011 in a 6-2 loss, coming on as a substitute in the 57th minute for Nurudeen Orelesi.[3] He was then prmooted to the starting line-up for the 2011–12 season because of Dinamo's extreme financial difficulties which resulted in nearly all of the senior players to leave the club in the summer. In the summer of 2013 he joined FK Kukësi.

Vllaznia Shkodër

On 24 January 2016, during the first leg of the quarter-finals of the 2015–16 Albanian Cup against Skënderbeu Korçë, Marku suffered a head-to-head collision with Skënderbeu's Ademir, forcing him to leave the field with a stretcher and was immediately sent to the nearest hospital along with Ademir.[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of 26 January 2016[5][6]
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other[lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Tirana 2010–11 Albanian Superliga 1010
2011–12 24100241
Total 25100251
Laçi 2012–13 Albanian Superliga 7050120
Total 7050120
Vllaznia Shkodër 2012–13 Albanian Superliga 9090
Total 9090
Kukësi 2013–14 Albanian Superliga 102030
Total 102030
Vllaznia Shkodër 2013–14 Albanian Superliga 200020
2014–15 16120181
2015–16 17030200
Total 35150401
Career total 7721200000892
  1. Including cup competitions, such as Albanian Cup
  2. Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  3. Including other competitions, such as Albanian Supercup

References

  1. Vllaznia profile
  2. "Marku përforcimi i radhës, nuk priten afrime të tjera" (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. "Flamurtari Vlorë vs. Dinamo Tirana 6 – 2". Soccerway. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  4. "Ademir dhe Marku përfundojnë në spital" (in Albanian). Albania Soccer. 26 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  5. "Albania - A. Marku - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  6. "Football : Antonio Marku". Football Database. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

External links

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