Aldo Teqja (born 4 May 1995) is an Albanian professional

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who plays as a

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for Albanian club Dinamo City.

Club career

Anorthosis Famagusta

Teqja joined Cypriot club

Anorthosis Famagusta Anorthosis Famagusta (), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Famagusta multi-sport club founded in 1911 in Varosha, Famagusta.

in January 2011 from

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for a reported fee of €60,000 as the side's first winter signing. He initially joined the youth team at the club before being promoted to the first team ahead to the 2013–14 season, where he acted as an understudy for Mathieu Valverde and Mario Vega. He made his professional debut on 3 May 2014 in a home tie against

Omonia Nicosia Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia (; ''Athlitikós Sýllogos Omónoia Lefkosías''), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia (also transliterated as Omonoia), is a Cypriot professional multi-sport club, established on 4 June 1948 in Nico ...

which ended in a 2–1 defeat. Until the end of the season 2013-14 Teqja counted 3 appearances with Anorthosis Famagusta with one match without conceded a goal. In the penultimate game of the season he conceded 8 goals against

APOEL FC APOEL FC (; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a Cypriot professio ...

as he finished the season with 3 league appearances.

Loaned to Elpida Xylofagou

On 22 August 2014 he was loaned out to

Elpida Xylofagou Elpida Xylofagou is a Cypriot football club based in the village of Xylofagou in Larnaca district. The club, which was established in 1959, currently competes in the Cypriot Second Division, after a successful campaign in the Cypriot Third Divi ...

in order to gain more first team experience, especially following the arrival of

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from

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Albania

After more than 5 years spent in

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, Teqja was returned in

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singing for

Albanian Superliga Kategoria Superiore (), also known as Abissnet Superiore for sponsorship reasons with internet service provider, Abissnet, is a professional league for men's association football clubs in Albania. At the top of the Albanian football league syste ...

side

FK Kukësi Futboll Klub Kukësi is an Albanian professional football club based in the city of Kukës. The club plays its home games at the Kukës Arena and currently competes in the Kategoria e Parë, the second highest division of Albanian football. The ...

managed by

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on 18 June 2016. On 4 July 2019

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confirmed, that Teqja had joined the club on a one-year deal.

International career

Albania U15

Teqja received his first international level call-up at age of 14 by coach Sulejman Demollari of the

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, which were just founded in 2009 for participating in the

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(

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). He made his under-15 debut on 17 October by featuring full-90 minutes in the semi-final qualification round match against

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which ended in a 2–0 win. Then the team advanced to the final where they faced

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two days later, losing 1–2 as Teqja played another full-90 minute match, missing their participation in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics finals.

Albania U17

Aldo Teqja has played 3 matches on the European Under-17 Championship in 2011. He has also played in the same competition in 2012. In 2012 he and his team also played on the EURO U-17 Elite round where he played 3 matches.

Albania U19

Teqja was called up to the

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to participate in the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, coached by

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. Teqja didn't manage to play any minutes in the

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matches as coach Foto Strakosha played with

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as an undisputed starter.

Albania U20

Teqja was called up at

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by coach Skënder Gega to participate in the 2013 Mediterranean Games football tournament which began on 19 June 2013 in

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. Teqja played in all 5 Albania U20s matches in which 4 of them were full 90-minutes, 1 as starter until second-half where he was substituted off for

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. Albania U20 was ranked in the last place out of 8 teams.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

;Skënderbeu Korçë *

Albanian Cup The Albanian Cup () is the main "knockout" competition in Albanian football. The competition started in 1939 as Kupa e Mbretit ( English:"The King's Cup"). The cup was suspended for the next eight years as the Second World War started. It start ...

Runner-up: 2016–17 *

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Runner-up:

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;Dinamo *

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**Winner: 2024–25

References

External links

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Anorthosis.com - Player ProfileCfa.com.cy - Player Profile

Aldo Teqja profile
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FSHF The Albanian Football Federation (; FSHF) is the governing body of football in Albania. Headquartered in Tirana, it organises the national football leagues of Kategoria Superiore, Kategoria e Parë, Kategoria e Dytë, Kategoria e Tretë, Albania ...

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