Dardan Vuthaj (born 30 September 1995) is an Albanian

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Early career

Vuthaj started his career as part of the

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youth academy. He was loaned out to

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in the summer of 2012 in order to gain more experience, and he made his senior debut with the club in the

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on 11 November 2012 against Castiglione, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute for Ignazio Carta in a 2–1 loss. He made two appearances for the Savona first team during the 2012–13 campaign as they went on to finish second and earn promotion to the

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. He also played for the club's youth team, scoring 9 goals in 12 games during his loan spell. He returned to the Genoa Primavera side where he spent the first half of the 2013–14 season before joining

side Chiavari Calcio Caperana in January 2014, where he made 11 appearances and also scored his first senior career goal before leaving the club at the end of the season. Vuthaj joined another Serie D side AC Bra on 7 November 2014 as a free agent, making 7 appearances and scoring once during his short spell with the club. He then left to join fellow Serie D side San Donato in December 2014. Vuthaj featured in 14 games and scored once for San Donato during the second half of the campaign before leaving the club at the end of the season.

KF Laçi

After spending his entire youth and senior career in Italy, Vuthaj moved to Albania, the country of his parents' birth, to join

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side KF Laci.

Imolese

On 15 July 2019, he joined

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club Imolese on a one-year contract with an option to extend it for another year.

Novara

He played the 2021–22 season with

club

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, which he led to promotion to Serie C scoring 35 goals in 35 games, making him the most prolific football player in the Italian top four leagues.

Foggia

On 1 September 2022, Vuthaj signed a two-year contract with

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. On 26 January 2023, he returned to

on loan. Vuthaj's contract with Foggia was terminated by mutual consent on 28 August 2023.

Crotone

On 30 August 2023, Vuthaj signed with

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for one year, with an option to extend.

International career

Vuthaj was a youth international for Albania.

Personal life

Vuthaj was born in

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to Albanian parents, then moving to

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as a child with his family.

Career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vuthaj, Dardan 1995 births Living people Footballers from Patras Albanian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Serie C players Lega Pro Seconda Divisione players Serie D players Genoa CFC players Savona FBC players AC Bra players SS Monopoli 1966 players Imolese Calcio 1919 players Rimini FC 1912 players KF Laçi players Novara FC players Calcio Foggia 1920 players FC Crotone players SS Audace Cerignola players SSD Chieti FC 1922 players Kategoria Superiore players Albanian expatriate men's footballers Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Albania men's youth international footballers 21st-century Albanian sportsmen