Mehmet Hetemaj
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| Date of birth | 8 December 1987 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Srbica, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Centre-back, Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||
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| Current club | Honka | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 1996-2006 | HJK | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||
| 2005–2006 | HJK | 17 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2006-2007 | Viikingit | 10 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2007-2008 | Panionios | 11 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2008-2009 | Thrasyvoulos | 9 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2009– | AlbinoLeffe | 99 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2012–2013 | → Reggina (loan) | 29 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2014– | → Honka (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||
| –2009 | Finland U21 | 18 | (2) | |||||||||
| 2009– | Finland | 2 | (0) | |||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 October 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | ||||||||||||
Mehmet Hetemaj (born 8 December 1987) is a Finnish footballer of Albanian descent playing for Finnish Premier League team Honka.
Club career
HJK Helsinki
Hetemaj started his career in Finland in HJK Helsinki where he made 17 appearances between 2006 and 2007. During 2007 season he was loaned to Viikingit for 9 matches.
Panionios
In 2008 he agreed a move to Greek club Panionios F.C.. On June 2009 he was loaned out to Serie B outfit AlbinoLeffe, where he established himself as a regular.
AlbinoLeffe
In June 2010 AlbinoLeffe announced to have completed a bid to sign the player on a permanent basis from Panionios.[1][2] He signed a 4-year contract. On July 2012 he was loaned out to Serie B outfit Reggina Calcio.[3] The loan contract with Reggina ended after the 2012/13 season and Hetemaj returned to AlbinoLeffe.[4] In January 2014 it was announced that Hetemaj had signed a loan contract until the end of August 2014 with a Finnish Premier League team Honka.[5]
International career
Finland Under-21
Hetemaj, along with his older brother Përparim Hetemaj, was called up to represent Finland U-21 at the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.[6]
Finland
Hetemaj made his senior debut for Finland against Japan in February 2009.
Personal
Hetemaj was born in Srbica, SAP Kosovo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. He is the younger brother of Përparim Hetemaj.
Honours
Club
- HJK Helsinki
- Finnish Cup: 2006
Career statistics
International
- As of 17 June 2013[7]
| Finland national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 |
References
- ↑ "UFFICIALE: AlbinoLeffe, acquistato Mehmet Hetemaj dal Panionios" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 2010-06-28. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ↑ "Mehmet Hetemaj acquistato a titolo definitivo dal Panionios FC". UC AlbinoLeffe (in Italian). 28 June 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
- ↑ "Mehmet Hetemaj vaihtaa seuraa". mtv3.fi (in Finnish). 7 July 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ↑ "Mehmet Hetemaj'n siirto jumissa". iltasanomat.fi (in Finnish). 9 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ↑ "Hongan tuore vahvistus: "Maajoukkuetta on ollut ikävä"" (in Finnish). Iltalehti. 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ↑ "Finland squad". Uefa.com. 2010-09-17. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
- ↑ http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/30459/Mehmet_Hetemaj.html
External links
- Mehmet Hetemaj at U.C. AlbinoLeffe (Italian)
- Mehmet Hetemaj at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mehmet Hetemaj at transfermarkt.co.uk (English) (German) (Italian)
- Mehmet Hetemaj at Soccerway.com
- (German) Profie at Welt Fussball
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