Elvis Prençi (born 26 June 1993 in

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) is an Albanian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Prençi is a product of the KF Tirana academy which he had joined as a child but left in 2011 to join

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professional. He played for the side in their successful promotion campaign into the

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during the 2011–12 season where he played in 20 league games scoring 2 goals in the process. The following season FK Kukësi brought in many new faces at the club which meant that spaces were limited for the young players such as Prençi so he left on loan back to the

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where he again gained promotion through

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, where his loan spell was extended for the following season where he featured in the top flight for the first time. In June 2014, Prençi joined

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as a free agent by penning a two-year contract. Prençi stayed at

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only one season. Due to a ligament injury he did not play for next season. In 2016 he signed with the childhood club, Korabi. Prenci played 26 games and scored 1 goal. Then Prençi signed a 1-year contract with Lushnja where he played 24 matches and scored only 1 goal. In January 2019, Prençi transferred to Llapi as a free agent. It was part of the first eleven in the first season, and Llapi reached the 3rd position in the

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. In the season 2019–20 he played 31 matches and scored 1 goal. The 2020–21 season was the most successful for Prençi, as he scored 6 very important goals that helped Llapi to win the

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and

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Honours

Club

Llapi *

: 2020–21, 2021–22 *Kosovar Supercup: 2021

References

1993 births Living people People from Peshkopi Sportspeople from Dibër County Albanian men's footballers Albania men's youth international footballers Albania men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders FK Kukësi players FK Partizani Tirana players KF Teuta players KF Korabi Peshkopi players KS Lushnja players KF Llapi players KF Skënderbeu Korçë players Kategoria Superiore players Kategoria e Parë players Football Superleague of Kosovo players Albanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Kosovo Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo 21st-century Albanian sportsmen {{Albania-footy-defender-stub