Romeo Shahinas (born 25 February 1996) is an Albanian professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian club Arce and the

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Club career

Early career

Shahinas was born in

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and at age of 9 he moved to

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alongside his family. A year after he made his first steps to football as he was registered at Fabrica Carbognano, a (municipality) in the

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in the Italian region of

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, located about northwest of

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, where he played for 3 years. During his time with Fabrica Carbognano he caught attention of

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scouts and when they saw him during a tournament they invited him for a trial. During his trial Roma's scouts said that they were pleasured with his form and will offer him to sign a contract after a year. He had offers from different Italian clubs such as

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and

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but decided to sign with Roma in 2009.Ekskluzive: Romeo Shahinas, rrugëtimi nga amatorizmi deri tek AS Roma
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Latina

On 28 July 2014 he signed for

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and was put into the primavera team. During the second half of the 2014–15 season of

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he gained entry with the first team and participated in 4 matches.Romeo Shahinas matches
at Soccerway He made it his professional debut on 2 April 2016 against

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coming on as a substitute in place of Pasquale Schiattarella.

Partizani Tirana

Following arrival of

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as a head coach of

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, he brought along Shahinas and Andrea Selvaggio with parameters 0. Shortly after the departure of coach Mark Iuliano, Partizani announced to have interrupted contracts by mutual consensus with Shahinas along Andrea Selvaggio, Eric Herrera and

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. In summer 2019, Shahinas signed for US Arce after a spell at Rotonda Calcio.

International career

Shahinas received his first Albania under-17 call-up by manager

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for a friendly tournament developed in August 2012 in

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. Shahinas participated with the

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in the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round during October 2012. Under the national coach Dzemal Mustedanagić he played in 2 matches, 1 as a starter and 1 as a substitute, also being an unused substitute on the bench for 1 match. He was invited once at the

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by coach

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for the friendly match against Italy U19 on 14 May 2014.

Personal life

Shahinas has declared that he is a fan of

and that was the reason that he signed immediately with them in first offer, despite other offers. His inspirations are

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at Roma and

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, the Albania national team's

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for their style of warriors on the pitch.

Career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shahinas, Romeo 1996 births Living people Footballers from Korçë Albanian men's footballers Albania men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Latina Calcio 1932 players SS Racing Club Roma players FK Partizani Tirana players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Albanian expatriate men's footballers Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy 21st-century Albanian sportsmen