Klisman Cake (born 2 May 1999) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Shkendija in the Macedonian First Football League and the Albania national under-21 football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 May 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Pogradec, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Shkëndija | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2016 | Tirana | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Tirana B | 5 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Tirana | 31 | (1) |
| 2019–2022 | Struga | 63 | (7) |
| 2022– | Shkëndija | 58 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017– | Albania U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018– | Albania U21 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 April 2017 | |||
Club career edit
Early career & progress through ranks edit
Cake started his youth career with KF Tirana at age of 8. In 2011 he was placed at under-17 side. In the 2015–16 season he was named Captain and on 10 February 2016 he scored 1 goal via a Penalty kick 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 Mirel Josa 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.[1][2]
International career edit
Cake received his first international level call up at the Albania national under-19 football team by coach Erjon Bogdani for a gathering in Durrës, Albania in April 2017 where they also played two friendly matches.[3]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe[a] | Other[b] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tirana B | 2016–17 | Albanian Second Division | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Tirana | 2016–17 | Albanian Superliga | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Albanian First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |||
- ^ Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
- ^ Including other competitions, such as Albanian Supercup
Honours edit
Club edit
- Tirana
References edit
- ^ a b "Klisman Cake profile". FSHF.org. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ^ Tirana fiton Kupën e Shqipërisë Sportal
- ^ Bogdani nis grumbullimin e kombetares U-19 Archived 2017-08-19 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
- ^ Klisman Cake at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
External links edit
- Klisman Cake profile at KFTirana.al
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