Amarildo Zela

Amarildo Zela
Personal information
Full nameAmarildo Zela
Date of birth25 August 1972
Place of birthTirana, Albania
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1991–1993KF Partizani26(1)
1993–1994VfL Osnabrück?(?)
1993–1995SK Tirana17(2)
1995–1996Neretva Metković28(8)
1996–1997Šibenik1(0)
1996–1997Marsonia25(4)
1997–2000Vukovar '9128(10)
2000–2001Hapoel Be'er Sheva?(?)
2000–2001Hapoel Jerusalem?(?)
2001–2002KF Partizani2(0)
2001–2002Kamen Ingrad11(3)
2002–2003NK Čakovec?(?)
2002–2004DSV Leoben28(3)
2004–2005Vorwärts Steyr?(?)
2005–2006Blau-Weiß Linz?(?)
2006–2008Vorwärts Steyr?(?)
National team
1992–1997Albania2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Amarildo Zela (born 25 August 1972 in Tirana) is a retired Albanian footballer. The attacking midfielder played two games for Albania in 1992 and in 1997.[1]

Career

Zela has played in 5 different countries through his career, and playing for 14 different teams in the process. He started his footballing career with KF Partizani Tirana before moving to Germany with Oberliga Nord side VfL Osnabrück.[2][3] His first experience abroad was only a short one as he only spent 6 months at the club before moving back to Albania with SK Tirana in January 1994. After a season and a half back in Albania Zela decided to move to Croatia and the 1.HNL for the first time with NK Neretva Metković.[4] Zela then moved to HNK Šibenik the next season where he teamed up with former Partizani team mate Ylli Shehu.[5][6] It took just 6 months before his next move, this time i was to another Croatian club NK Vukovar '91[7][8] During his time with NK Vukovar Zela won promotion twice[9] and teamed up with fellow Albanian Fatmir Vata for the 1999–2000 season after they were promoted to the top division in Croatia. He scored 10 goals that season in the 1.HNL.[10] After 5 seasons and 4 clubs in Coatia, Zela moved to Israel with second tier side Hapoel Jerusalem F.C..[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ International caps. Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved on 12 January 2012.
  2. ↑ VfL Osnabrück 1993–94. National-football-teams.com. Retrieved on 12 January 2012.
  3. ↑ VfL Osnabrück 1993–94. Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved on 12 January 2012.
  4. ↑ NK Neretva Metković 1995–1996. National-football-teams.com (1972-08-25). Retrieved on 12 January 2012.
  5. ↑ HNK Šibenik 1996–97. National-football-teams.com. Retrieved on 12 January 2012.
  6. ↑ HNK Šibenik 1996–97. Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved on 12 January 2012.
  7. ↑ NK Vukovar 1997–98. National-football-teams.com (1972-08-25). Retrieved on 12 January 2012.
  8. ↑ NK Vukovar 1997–98. Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved on 12 January 2012.
  9. ↑ NK Vukovar 1998–99. National-football-teams.com (1972-08-25). Retrieved on 12 January 2012.
  10. ↑ NK Vukovar 1999-00. National-football-teams.com. Retrieved on 12 January 2012.
  11. ↑ Hapoel Jerusalem 2000–2001. National-football-teams.com. Retrieved on 12 January 2012.
  12. ↑ Jerusalem 2000–2001. Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved on 12 January 2012.

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