Mehmet Hetemaj

Mehmet Hetemaj
Personal information
Date of birth8 December 1987
Place of birthSkenderaj, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionCentre-back, Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
SJK
Youth career
1996-2006HJK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2005–2007HJK17(1)
2007→ Viikingit (loan)10(0)
2008–2010Panionios11(0)
2009→ Thrasyvoulos (loan)9(0)
2009–2010→ AlbinoLeffe (loan)23(1)
2010–2014AlbinoLeffe76(0)
2012–2013→ Reggina (loan)29(0)
2014→ Honka (loan)16(1)
2014→ Monza (loan)17(0)
2015–SJK0(0)
National team‡
–2009Finland U2118(2)
2009–2014Finland3(0)
2014–Kosovo1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 December 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 June 2014

Mehmet Hetemaj (born 8 December 1987), is a Kosovo Albanian professional football centre-back and defensive midfielder of Albanian descent who plays for Finnish Veikkausliiga side SJK and has represented Finland national team. Hetemaj was born in Skenderaj, Kosovo. He started his football career in HJK youth team.

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] in July 2014 before Hetemaj´s loan contract with Honka had ended AlbinoLeffe loaned Hetemaj to Monza.[6]

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.[7]

Finland

Hetemaj made his senior debut for Finland against Japan in February 2009. After a convincing season in AlbinoLeffe he was called up again in 21 May 2010 for a match against Estonia.

Personal life

With an Albanian descent, Hetemaj was born in Skenderaj, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), and moved to Finland in 1992. His family first arrived at Oulu but they moved to Helsinki due to his father, Miftar, having asthma. He has an older brother, the footballer Perparim, and two sisters, Fatlume and Fatbardhe.[8]

Honours

Club

HJK Helsinki

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 March 2015[9][10]
Club Season Division League Domestic Cups Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Klubi-04
2005 Kakkonen 1600000160
2006 Ykkönen 1320000132
Klubi-04 Total 2920000292
HJK Helsinki
2006 Veikkausliiga 90000090
2007 Veikkausliiga 81000081
HJK Total 1710000171
Viikingit
2007 Veikkausliiga 90000090
Viikingit Total 90000090
Panionios
2007-08 Superleague 50000050
Panionios Total 50000050
Thrasyvoulos
2008-09 Superleague 90000090
Thrasyvoulos Total 90000090
AlbinoLeffe
2009-10 Serie B 2311000241
2010-11 Serie B 3602000380
2011-12 Serie B 3502000370
AlbinoLeffe Total 9415000991
Reggina
2012-13 Serie B 2902000310
Reggina Total 2902000310
AlbinoLeffe
2013-14 Lega Pro 50000050
AlbinoLeffe Total 50000050
Honka
2014 Veikkausliiga 1613120212
Honka Total 1613120212
Monza
2014-15 Lega Pro 1702000190
Monza Total 1702000190
SJK
2015 Veikkausliiga 00300030
SJK Total 00300030
Career Total 2305151202476

International

As of 28 March 2015[11]
Finland national team
YearAppsGoals
200910
201010
201100
201200
201300
201410
Total30

References

  1. ↑ "UFFICIALE: AlbinoLeffe, acquistato Mehmet Hetemaj dal Panionios" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 2010-06-28. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  2. ↑ "Mehmet Hetemaj acquistato a titolo definitivo dal Panionios FC". UC AlbinoLeffe (in Italian). 28 June 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
  3. ↑ "Mehmet Hetemaj vaihtaa seuraa". mtv3.fi (in Finnish). 7 July 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Mehmet Hetemaj'n siirto jumissa". iltasanomat.fi (in Finnish). 9 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Hongan tuore vahvistus: "Maajoukkuetta on ollut ikävä"" (in Finnish). Iltalehti. 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  6. ↑ "Shefki Kuqi: "Mehu lähtee"" (in Finnish). Iltalehti. 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2014-12-22.
  7. ↑ "Finland squad". Uefa.com. 2010-09-17. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  8. ↑ "Perhepoika ja suuri suu" (in Finnish). Ylioppilaslehti. 11 May 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  9. ↑ http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/29772/Jukka_Raitala.html
  10. ↑ http://nr.soccerway.com/players/mehmet-hetemaj/8488/
  11. ↑ http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/30459/Mehmet_Hetemaj.html

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