Emiljano Vila

Emiljano Vila
Personal information
Full nameEmiljano Vila
Date of birth12 March 1988
Place of birthDurrës, Albania
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionAttacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Partizani Tirana
Number88
Youth career
–2005Teuta Durrës
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2009Teuta Durrës70(30)
2009–2010Dinamo Zagreb0(0)
2009Lokomotiva Zagreb (loan)6(0)
2010–2011Dinamo Tirana45(15)
2011–2014PAS Giannina79(8)
2014–Partizani Tirana26(3)
National team
2003–2004Albania U171(0)
2005–2006Albania U193(1)
2007–2010Albania U219(0)
2009–Albania27(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2014

Emiljano Vila (born 12 March 1988 in Durrës) is an Albanian footballer who plays as Midfielder for Partizani Tirana in the Albanian Superliga and the Albania national football team.

Career

Vila started his career with his hometown team, Teuta Durres in 2006. He made his debut on 26 November 2006 in an away match against Partizani Tirana. Vila came on for Bledar Mancaku in the 77th minute of the game.[1] His first goal came in only his 8th career appearance on 10 March 2007 against KS Luftetari Gjirokaster. Vila was on the pitch for the full 90 minutes and scored the opening goal in the 47th minute. The match ended 3–0 for Teuta Durres after two further goals by Daniel Xhafa and Bledar Mancaku.[2]

He signed a 4-year contract with Croatian champions NK Dinamo Zagreb on 19 June 2009.

PAS Giannina

He reached a verbal agreement to join international team mate Andi Lila at Greek side PAS Giannina on 30 June 2011, and completed a medical the next day to complete his move.He scored his 1st goal in the Greek Superleague in the match against Panaitolikos,by scoring the winning goal of his team in the 71st minute.He also helped his team achieve its 2nd away consecutive win against PAOK,by scoring his 1st goal of his team on the 7th minute.[3][4]

Partizani

In August 2014, Vila signed with the second most successful team in Albania, Partizani Tirana, returnig in Albania after three years absence. He signed a one year contrat with an option to renew for another year.[5] During his presentation, he said that he returned in Albanian to win the league with Partizani.[5] One day later, he and his friend Idriz Batha then went in Bulgary where they team was doing the pre season training.[6] After summer transfer window was closed, Partizani had bought 32 players, a record in Albanian football.[7] National team coach, Gianni De Biasi, asked about transferring of Vila, the said that Vila made a mikstake for returning in Albania.[8] But, however, Albanian Football Association president Armando Duka turned against his opinion, saying that Villa did not make a mistake by moving to Partizani.[9]

2014–15 season

He made his debut for the club on 24 August in week 1 of 2014–15 Albanian Superliga against KF Laçi, where he played 78 minutes in a 1–1 away draw.[10] In second match against Apolonia Fier, he ended in a 1–0 away disappointing lose, after a penaly missed by capitain Nderim Nexhipi, Villa was chosen as the new penalties taker.[11] Vila debuted in Qemal Stafa Stadium with Partizani in third match of the league against current champions of Skënderbeu, scoring a penalty kick that was won by serbian forward Stevan Račić in the 90th minute, that was his first goal of the season and the first win for Partizani.[12] After the match, he dedicated the goal to his coach Shpëtim Duro and to the club's fans.[13] On 26 October, in week 9 against KS Elbasani at Qemal Stafa, he had a chance to score his second goal of the season from penalty kick, but his powerful shot was saved by veteran goalkepper Elvis Kotorri, however, Partizani still managed to get a 1–0 win against newly promoted club, thanks to a goal by Stevan Račić.[14] He ended his first part of the league with one goal in nine appearances, with Partizani who finished the first part of the season with 18 points, tied with rivals of KF Tirana as a leader.[15]

International career

Vila made his debut for the full national team in 2009 in a friendly against Georgia. He also played for the national team in a friendly against AC Milan which ended 3-3. Vila scored one of the goals however that goal may not count for statistics of the Albanian National Team A, because the match was not played against another national team A.Vila scored his third goal for Albania on 8 June 2014, playing as a starter against San Marino and scoring the third goal in the 73rd minute.

International goals

Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 12 August 2009 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania  Cyprus 6–1 6–1 (Win) Friendly
2 27 May 2012 BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Iran 1–0 1–0 (Win) Friendly
3 8 June 2014 Serravalle Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino  San Marino 0–3 0–3 (Win) Friendly

Statistics

Clubs

As of 30 October 2014[16][17][18]

Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Teuta 2006–07 17200172
2007–08 2400020260
2008–09 3115223317
Total 72 17 2 2 2 0 0 0 76 19
NK Lokomotiva 2009–10 800080
Total 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Dinamo Tirnana 2009–10 1522000172
2010–11 30137321104017
Total 45 15 9 3 2 1 1 0 57 19
PAS Giannina 2011–12 22500225
2012–13 32061391
2013–14 29320313
Total 84 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 92 9
Partizani Tirana 2014–15 10200102
Total 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2
Career total 217 41 19 6 4 1 1 0 241 48

International

As of 21 October 2014[19]
Albania national team
YearAppsGoals
200941
201030
201130
201281
201330
201441
Total253

References

  1. Vila's debut
  2. First career goal
  3. "Pas Janina merr edhe Vilën" (in Albanian). Futbolli Shqiptar. 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  4. Στα Ιωάννινα αύριο οι Λεάντρο Ντιέγκο Μπεσέρα και Εμιλιάνο Βίλα (in Greek). PAS Giannina. 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Cara, Ilir (6 August 2014). "Partizani prezanton Vilën: Erdha për t’u shpallur kampion! Do të flas në fushë". Gazeta e Sportit. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  6. "Vila, Batha dhe Rrahmani i bashkohen ekipit në Bullgari". Panorama Sport. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  7. "Rekordi i Partizanit, 32 lëvizje gjatë merkatos". Panorama Sport. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  8. "De Biazi: Do thërras Avdijajn, Vila gaboi që u kthye". Panorama Sport. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  9. "Duka del kundër De Biazit: Vila nuk gaboi me Partizanin". Panorama Sport. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  10. "“Luftë” për një pikë, Partizani barazon në Laç. Trajneri Duro: Raçiç, “bast” im i fituar". Panorama Sport. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  11. "Apolonia merr fitoren e parë, Partizani pa “busull”. Duro: Humbja s’është fundi i botës". Panorama Sport. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  12. "Partizani i falet penalltisë së Vilës në fund, merr edhe fitoren e parë në kampionat". Panorama Sport. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  13. "Vila: Goli për trajnerin dhe tifozët e kuq. Duro: Kësaj radhe fati ishte me Partizanin". Panorama Sport. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  14. "Partizani nuk i ndahet kreut, vendos serbi Raçiç". Panorama Sport. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  15. "Mbyllet faza e parë e Superiores, Tirana dhe Partizani kryesojnë me nga 18 pikë". Panorama Sport. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  16. "Albania - E. Vila - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  17. "Football : Emilian Vila". Football DataBase. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  18. "Profile of Emiliano Vila at footballzz.co.uk". footballzz.co.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  19. Emiljano Vila at National-Football-Teams.com

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