Dajan Shehi (born 19 March 1997) is an

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

professional

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who plays as a

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for Albanian club Vora.

Club career

Early career

Shehi started his youth career aged 15 with

KF Elbasani Klubi i Futbollit Elbasani was an Albanian professional football club based in the city of Elbasan, that last competed in the Kategoria e Dytë, the third tier of football in the country. History The club was formed in 1929 as Klubi i Futbol ...

in September 2012. In his first 2012–13 season with under-17 side he played 9 matches. In the next season he managed to appear for both under-17 & under-19 side playing 21 matches and scoring 1 goal for U17 and 6 matches for U19.

Elbasani

During the 2014–15 season he gained entry with the first team and made his debut on 17 May 2015 against Laçi playing the full 90-minutes match which finished in the 2–0 loss. He played another match for Elbasani and moved to

Teuta Durrës Klubi i Futbollit Teuta, commonly referred to as ''Teuta'', is an Albanian professional football club based in Durrës. The club competes in the Kategoria Superiore, the top tier of Albanian football. Their home ground is the Niko Dovana Stadiu ...

during the Window Summer Transfers.

Teuta Durrës

He made it his debut for

against Ada Velipojë on 16 September 2015, valid for the

2015–16 Albanian Cup 2015–16 Albanian Cup () was the sixty-four season of Albania's annual cup competition. KF Laçi are the most recent winners of the competition, that being their second Cup trophy. Ties are played in a two-legged format similar to those of Europ ...

, coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute in place of Nertil Ferraj, where the match finished in the 1–5 victory.

International career

He was called up for the first time at international level in the Albania national under-19 football team by coach

Arjan Bellaj Arjan Bella (born 1 February 1971) is an Albanian professional football manager and a former midfielder. He is the manager of Vora. Club career Bellaj played for PAS Giannina, Kalamata F.C., Apollon Athens F.C., Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. and Pa ...

for two friendly matches against Kosovo U19 on 13 & 15 October 2015.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shehi, Dajan 1997 births Living people Footballers from Elbasan Albanian men's footballers Albania men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards Kategoria Superiore players Kategoria e Parë players First Football League (Croatia) players Football Superleague of Kosovo players KF Elbasani players KF Teuta players KF Besa Kavajë players KS Kastrioti players KF Vllaznia Shkodër players FK Partizani Tirana players SC Gjilani players Albanian expatriate men's footballers Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo Expatriate men's footballers in Kosovo 21st-century Albanian sportsmen