Herdi Prenga
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Herdi Besnik Prenga | ||
| Date of birth | 31 August 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Zadar, Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Lokomotiva Zagreb | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2013 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2013– | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Sesvete (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2014– | → Lokomotiva Zagreb (loan) | 24 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011 | Croatia U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2013 | Croatia U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2014 | Croatia U21 | 0 | (0) |
| 2015– | Albania U21 | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 December 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Herdi Besnik Prenga (born 31 August 1994) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Croatian club Lokomotiva Zagreb and the Albania national under-21 football team. He is the son of Besnik Prenga, former Albanian international footballer in years 1992–1994.[1]
Club career
Early career
Herdi Prenga was born in Zadar, Croatia from parents of Albanian descent originary from Kosovo. Also his father Besnik was a footballer and played for their descence national team Albania in years 1992–1994.[1] He started his youth career at GNK Dinamo Zagreb Academy. In 2013 he became professional gaining entry with the first team of GNK Dinamo Zagreb.
Sesvete
In Summer 2013 Prenga was loaned out for 6 months to NK Sesvete in Druga HNL (2. HNL) for the first-half of the 2013–14 season.
2013–14 season
He made it his first senior debut with Sesvete on 17 August 2013 playing full 90-minutes in the opening match against Gorica, finished in a clean 3–0 victory.[2] He scored 1 goal during the season, concretly on 28 September 2013 in the 8th game week against Solin finished in the 2–0 victory where Prenga scored the opening goal in the 17th minute.[3] He became a regular and important player for the team as he played in total 17 matches out 19 all full 90-minutes and missed out just 2 matches due to the suspension for completing the number of yellow cards (3) exactly two times as he received in total 6 yellow cards.
Lokomotiva Zagreb
2013–14 season second-half
For the second half of the 2013–14 season, also another full season (in total for 1 year and a half), Prenga was loaned to Lokomotiva Zagreb this time in the major Prva HNL. He made it his professional debut with Lokomotiva Zagreb on 22 February 2014 against Hajduk Split coming on as a substitute in the 23rd minute in place of Dino Perić and the match finished in the 0–2 loss.[4] Then until the end the season he played 9 other matches all as a full 90-minutes and was as an unused substitute for 4 matches.
International career
Croatia
Prenga first was called-up at the Croatia national under-17 football team to participate in the 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round. He played every minute in the entire tournament.[5][6][7]
He was called up by the coach Dinko Jeličić at Croatia national under-19 football team to participate in the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification. In the tournament Prenga played just one match against Poland on 7 June 2013, where he played as a starter and got substituted off in the 60th minute for Tomislav Kiš as the match finished in the 2–0 victory.[8]
Prenga was called up once at Croatia national under-21 football team by the coach Nenad Gračan for the match valid for the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification against Latvia on 3 September 2014, where he remained on the bench for the entire match.[9]
Albania
In January 2015 Prenga declared to the Albanian media that he wish to continue his father's Besnik footsteps to wear red and black shirt of Albania and it would be great honor for him. Given this, the Albania national under-21 football team coach Skënder Gega has taken on a tour of the immediate and contacted the 20-year-old and his family. Meanwhile learned that among with Prenga will be collected also Elvir Maloku another Albanian talent tempted by Croatia. In February the coach Skënder Gega announced to have sented invitation to Prenga, declaring that he has seen him as a good reinforcement for the Albania U21.[10]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 13 December 2014 [11]
| Season | Club | League country | League | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2013–14 | Sesvete | Druga HNL | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 17 | 1 |
| Total | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Prva HNL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 16 | 1 | ||
| Total | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2 | ||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Besnik Prenga National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ Radnik Sesvete vs. Gorica - 17 August 2013 - Soccerway
- ↑ Radnik Sesvete vs. Solin - 28 September 2013 - Soccerway
- ↑ Lokomotiva Zagreb vs. Hajduk Split - 22 February 2014 - Soccerway
- ↑ Portugal U17 vs. Croatia U17 - 24 March 2011 - Soccerway
- ↑ Croatia U17 vs. Netherlands U17 - 26 March 2011 - Soccerway
- ↑ Austria U17 vs. Croatia U17 - 29 March 2011 - Soccerway
- ↑ Poland U19 vs. Croatia U19 - 7 June 2013 - Soccerway
- ↑ Latvia U21 vs. Croatia U21 - 3 September 2014 - Soccerway
- ↑ Gega thërret Prengën dhe Malokun Panorama Sport
- ↑ Herdi Prenga profile at Soccerway
External links
- Herdi Prenga profile at Soccerway
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