Klisman Cake (born 2 May 1999) is an Albanian professional

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who plays as a

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for Shkendija in the

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Club career

Early career & progress through ranks

Cake started his youth career with

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at age of 8. In 2011 he was placed at under-17 side. In the 2015–16 season he was named

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and on 10 February 2016 he scored 1 goal via a

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to help his team to win the under-17 national cup beating 2–1 Olimpic U17 in the final. Then in the 2016–17 season he made an amazing progress through ranks playing with 3 different levels of KF Tirana's from under-19 to senior team. He started by playing with Under 19 side in the first half of the season during where he was called up to play with Tirana B in two occasions. Then in the second half of the season he became a regular member of the senior team under coach

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following a "Window winter transfers bann" received from the club which made them to believe at academies products such as Cake, Grent Halili, Albi Doka and Marlind Nuriu.

International career

Cake received his first international level call up at the

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by coach

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for a gathering in

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in April 2017 where they also played two

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es.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

;Shkëndija *

: 2024–25 ;Tirana *

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: 2016–17 *

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: Winner Group B *

: 2017-2018

References

External links

Klisman Cake profile
at KFTirana.al 1999 births Living people People from Pogradec Footballers from Korçë County Albanian men's footballers Albania men's youth international footballers Albania men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football central defenders KF Tirana players FC Struga players KF Shkëndija players Kategoria Superiore players Kategoria e Dytë players Macedonian First Football League players Albanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia Albanian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia 21st-century Albanian sportsmen {{Albania-footy-defender-stub