Albi Doka

Albi Doka (born 26 June 1997) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Albanian club Teuta.

Albi Doka

Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-06-26) 26 June 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Tirana, Albania
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position	Right back
Team information
Current team	Teuta
Number	17
Youth career
2007–2016	Tirana
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2020	Tirana B	13	(5)
2017–2020	Tirana	91	(5)
2020–2022	HNK Gorica	36	(1)
2022	→ Budapest Honvéd (loan)	13	(0)
2022–2023	Budapest Honvéd	22	(0)
2023–2024	Tirana	18	(1)
2024	Újpest	5	(0)
2024–2025	Skënderbeu	21	(0)
2025–	Teuta	0	(0)
International career‡
2017–2019	Albania U21	5	(0)
2020–	Albania	7	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 November 2020

Club career

Early career

Doka started his youth career at KF Tirana local academy Xheraldina, playing principally with under-15 side. In 2013 he moved at KF Tirana Academies to play for under-17 team.^[1]

Tirana

Doka was promoted to Tirana senior team at the start of 2017.^[2] On 5 February 2017 Doka made his Kategoria Superiore debut playing the full 90 minutes match against Laçi in a 1–0 loss. He played in an Albanian Cup match against Kukësi helping his team winning 2–1.^[3]

Honvéd

On 11 February 2022, Doka joined Budapest Honvéd in Hungary on loan.^[4] Honvéd made the transfer permanent in June 2022.^[5]

International career

Albania U21

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Following an impressive season with Tirana for being an undisputed starter, Doka received his first international call up at the Albania national under-21 football team by coach Alban Bushi for the Friendly match against France U21 on 5 June 2017 and the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification opening match against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017.^[6] He made his competitive debut for Albania U21 against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017 playing the full 90-minutes match in a goalless draw.^[7]

Albania national team

Doka made his international debut for Albania on 11 November 2020 in a friendly match against Kosovo.^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 May 2022 ^[1][9]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe[a]		Other[b]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tirana B	2016–17	Kategoria e Dytë	13	5	—		—		—		13	5
Tirana	2016–17	Kategoria Superiore	17	0	5	0	—		—		22	0
	2017–18	Kategoria e Parë	13	1	4	0	2[c]	0	1[d]	0	20	1
	2018–19	Kategoria Superiore	31	4	6	0	—		—		37	4
	2019–20		30	0	6	0	—		—		36	0
	Total		91	5	21	0	2	0	1	0	115	5
HNK Gorica	2020–21	1. HNL	23	1	2	0	—		—		25	1
	2021–22		13	0	2	0	—		—		15	0
	Total		36	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	40	1
Budapest Honvéd	2021–22	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	13	0	1	0	—		—		14	0
Career total			153	11	26	0	2	0	1	0	182	11

1. Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
2. Including other competitions, such as Albanian Supercup
3. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
4. One appearance in the 2017 Albanian Supercup

Honours

Club

Tirana

• Kategoria Superiore: 2019–20
• Albanian Cup: 2016–17
• Albanian Supercup: 2017
• Kategoria e Parë : Winner Group B
• Kategoria e Parë : 2017-2018