Antonio Marku

Antonio Marku
Personal information
Full name Antonio Marku
Date of birth 24 March 1992 (1992-03-24) (age 19)
Place of birth Shkodër, Albania
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Dinamo Tirana
Number 6
Youth career
-2010 Vllaznia Shkodër
2010-2011 Dinamo Tirana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010– Dinamo Tirana 5 (0)
National team
2010-2011 Albania U-19 3 (0)
2011- Albania U-21 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Antonio Marku (born 24 March 1992 in Shkodër) is an Albanian footballer who currently plays as a defender for Dinamo Tirana in the Albanian Superliga.

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.

References

  1. ^ "Marku përforcimi i radhës, nuk priten afrime të tjera" (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 2011-06-20. http://sportekspres.com/contenti.aspx?id=0&idd=0&iddd=708&idjadok=5746. Retrieved 2011-10-23. 
  2. ^ "Flamurtari 6-2 Dinamo". Soccer Way. 2011-04-20. http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2011/04/20/albania/super-league/ks-flamurtari-vlore/ks-dinamo-tirana/1089380/. Retrieved 2011-10-16.