Jurgen Vrapi (born 14 November 1998) is an Albanian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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for
Vora.
Club career
Early career
Vrapi started his youth career aged 13 at
KF Tirana Reserves and Academy in 2011. In the 2016–17 season he played for the under-19 side 11 matches and made 3 appearances for
KF Tirana B in the
2016–17 Albanian Second Division. In February 2017 he moved abroad at Croatian side
Lokomotiva Zagreb
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.
Dinamo Tirana
On 29 August 2018, fellow capital club
Dinamo Tirana
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signed Vrapi on a one-year contract.
International career
Vrapi received his first call up to the
Albania national under-19 team by coach
Altin Lala
Altin Dodë Lala (born 18 November 1975) is an Albanian former professional footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder, and former manager. He spent his entire playing career in Germany and represented the Albania national team.
He has a ...
for the friendly tournament Roma Caput Mundi in
Rome
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,
Italy
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between 8–13 March 2015 against
Malta U-19,
Wales U-19 and
Italy U-19. He was called up again to the Albania under-19 almost 1 year later 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 the next friendly tournament Roma Caput Mundi from 29 February–4 March 2016.
Career statistics
Club
References
Honours
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Albanian First Division
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:
2017–18
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1998 births
Living people
Footballers from Tirana
Albanian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Albania men's youth international footballers
KF Tirana players
FC Dinamo City players
Flamurtari FC players
KF Skënderbeu Korçë players
Vora FK players
Kategoria Superiore players
Kategoria e Dytë players
Kategoria e Parë players
Albanian expatriate men's footballers
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia
21st-century Albanian sportsmen