Jahmir Hyka

Football player infobox
playername= Jahmir Hyka
fullname =
nickname = Maradona of Balkan , New Messi , Albanian Messi , The Perfect
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1988|03|8
cityofbirth = Tirana
countryofbirth = Albania
height = height|m=1.69
weight =
position = Left Midfielder, Central Midfielder
currentclub = 1. FSV Mainz 05
clubnumber = 23
youthyears = 2000-2006
youthclubs = Dinamo Tirana
years = 2006-2007
2007-2008
2007-2008 2008-present
clubs = Rosenborg BK
Olympiakos FC
→ KF Tirana "(loan)"
Mainz 05
caps(goals) = 3 (0)
0 (0)
32 (4)
2 (0)
nationalyears = 2007-present
nationalteam = Albania U18
Albania U19
Albania U21
Albania
nationalcaps(goals) =? (?)
? (?)
? (?)
9 (1)
pcupdate = May 13 2007
ntupdate = 14 September 2008

Jahmir Hyka (born 8 March 1988) is an Albanian footballer, who plays as a midfielder for 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the German Bundesliga and the Albanian national team.He is 168 cm tall and weighs 57 kg. Hyka has been nicknamed the Albanian Maradona also Messi of Barcelona for his incredible speed and dribbling. He is also a very good playmaker. He is often compared with Luka Modric

Club career

He started his career playing for Dinamo Tirana youth team in Albania. He was then signed for the Norwegian giants Rosenborg BK in 2006. Hyka was ble to break out and make the Rosenborg Senior team at the age of 16. Rosenborg BK in 2007 had reached the maximum number of Non EU players its roster could have, but despite this fact Rosenborg still wanted to keep Hyka but Hyka decided to leave the club and signed with Greek Giants in 2007 where he faced the same problem at the from Piareus. Hyka practiced with the senior team in Olymiacos despite being only 18. Hyka came to late to the club and a loan deal was done to loan Hyka to the Albanian Champions SK Tirana. He was signed by Olympiacos FC in 2007 but was then loaned out to the Albanian champions SK Tirana for the 2007-2008 season. In Albania Hyka played 32 games and scored 2 goals. Overall it was a very good loan spell were he matured and improved his talents even further. He signed for 1. FSV Mainz 05 in May 2008 from Olympiacos FC. Although the Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb have shown their interest to sign him. He was very close to signing for the Croatia club but he decided to sign a 4 year deal with1. FSV Mainz 05 for 3.7 million Euros.

Albania national Team

He also plays in the Albania national football team and has made 5 appearances so far. He came on as a substitute in the 78th minute in an embarasing 6-1 defeat to Romania. He also featured in a recent freindly against Poland. Jahmir Hyka scored his first goal for Albania football national team against Lichtenstein in August 20th. [http://www.tifozatkuqezi.com/sporti-lajme.php?id=1660] His goal came in just 46 seconds after the game had begun, making the quickest goal to be scored by Albania in their entire history.

Career Stats

References

[http://www.tifozatkuqezi.com/sporti-lajme.php?id=1660] [http://youtube.com/watch?v=7X-MABzVtGY Jahmir Hyka dribbling 7 players in Rosenborg Bk]