- Mehmet Hetemaj
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Mehmet Hetemaj Personal information Date of birth 8 December 1987 Place of birth Srbica, SFR Yugoslavia Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Playing position Defender, Midfielder Club information Current club AlbinoLeffe Number 58 Youth career 1996-2006 HJK Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2006–2007 HJK 17 (1) 2007 → Viikingit (loan) 9 (0) 2008–2010 Panionios 6 (0) 2008 → Thrasyvoulos (loan) 9 (0) 2009–2010 → AlbinoLeffe (loan) 23 (1) 2010– AlbinoLeffe 48 (0) National team ?–2009 Finland U21 18 (2) 2009– Finland 2 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 November 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).Mehmet Hetemaj (born 8 December 1987) is a Finnish footballer of Albanian descent playing for Italian Serie B outfit AlbinoLeffe.
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Club career
Hetemaj started his career in his native in Finland, and then agreed a move to Greek club Panionios F.C. in 2008. On June 2009 he was loaned out to Serie B outfit AlbinoLeffe, where he established himself as a regular. In June 2010 AlbinoLeffe announced to have completed a bid to sign the player on a permanent basis from Panionios.[1][2] He signed a 4-year contract.
International career
The younger brother of Finnish international footballer Perparim Hetemaj, Mehmet was a regular for Finland U21 in the qualifying process to the Under 21 European Championships in 2009.
References
- ^ "UFFICIALE: AlbinoLeffe, acquistato Mehmet Hetemaj dal Panionios" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 2010-06-28. http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/?action=read&id=215278. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ "Mehmet Hetemaj acquistato a titolo definitivo dal Panionios FC" (in Italian). UC AlbinoLeffe. 28 June 2010. http://www.albinoleffe.com/societa/archivio-news/1779-mehmet-hetemaj-acquistato-a-titolo-definitivo-dal-panionios-fc.html. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
External links
- (German) Profie at Welt Fussball
Finland squad – 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 1 Jaakkola • 2 Jalasto • 3 Raitala • 4 Portin • 5 Turunen • 6 Sparv • 7 Hämäläinen • 8 M.Hetemaj • 9 Sadik • 10 Otaru • 11 Parikka • 12 Masalin • 13 Kärkkäinen • 14 Aho • 15 Äijälä • 16 P.Hetemaj • 17 Hakola • 18 Vasara • 19 Kokko • 20 Pukki • 21 Viljanen • 22 Toivio • 23 Lehtovaara • Coach: Kanerva
U.C. AlbinoLeffe – current squad 1 Tomasig · 3 Bergamelli · 5 Lebran · 6 Previtali · 7 Germinale · 8 Martínez · 9 Cocco · 10 Cissé · 11 Foglio · 13 Malomo · 14 Salvi · 16 Luoni · 18 Cristiano · 21 Laner · 22 Taugourdeau · 23 Pacilli · 25 Daffara · 27 Offredi · 29 Girasole · 32 Torri · 33 Ambra · 55 Maino · 58 Hetemaj · 64 D'Aiello · 72 Chimini · 77 Piccinni · 79 Regonesi · Head coach: Fortunato
Categories:- 1987 births
- Living people
- Finnish footballers
- Finland international footballers
- Panionios G.S.S. players
- Thrasyvoulos F.C. players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- U.C. AlbinoLeffe players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Kosovar emigrants to Finland
- Finnish people of Albanian descent
- Finnish football biography stubs
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