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{{Short description|Albanian footballer (born 1976)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Adrian Aliaj
| image = 
| caption = <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people – see [[WP:NONFREE]] -->
| full_name = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1976|04|24}}
| birth_place = [[Vlorë]], [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania|Albania]]
| height = 
| position = [[Left-back]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1992–1995
| years2 = 1995–1996
| years3 = 1996–1998
| years4 = 1998–1999
| years5 = 2000
| years6 = 2000–2002
| years7 = 2002–2003
| years8 = 2003–2005
| years9 = 2005–2006
| years10 = 2006–2007
| years11 = 2007
| clubs1 = [[FK Partizani Tirana|Partizani]]
| clubs2 = [[Hannover 96]]
| clubs3 = [[Hajduk Split]]
| clubs4 = [[Standard Liège]]
| clubs5 = [[Maccabi Petah Tikva]]
| clubs6 = [[R.A.A. Louviéroise|La Louvière]]
| clubs7 = [[R. Charleroi S.C.|Charleroi]]
| clubs8 = [[Rot-Weiß Oberhausen]]
| clubs9 = [[Stade Brestois 29|Brest]]
| clubs10 = [[NK Solin]]
| clubs11 = [[Al Nassr FC|Al Nassr]]
| caps1 = 9
| caps2 = 2
| caps3 = 3
| caps4 = 24
| caps5 = 17
| caps6 = 31
| caps7 = 23
| caps8 = 45
| caps9 = 13
| caps10 = 11
| caps11 = 
| goals1 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| goals4 = 1
| goals5 = 2
| goals6 = 2
| goals7 = 1
| goals8 = 7
| goals9 = 0
| goals10 = 2
| goals11 = 
| nationalyears1 = 2002–2006
| nationalteam1 = [[Albania national football team|Albania]]
| nationalcaps1 = 29
| nationalgoals1 = 8
}}

'''Adrian Aliaj''' (born 24 April 1976) is an Albanian former professional [[association football|football]]er who played as a [[left-back]].

==Club career==
Aliaj started his career at [[FK Partizani Tirana|Partizani Tirana]] in Albania where he made his first team debut at the young age of 16. He then left for [[Hannover 96]] in 1995,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/2-bundesliga/1969-70/rot-weiss-oberhausen-101/29759/spieler_adrian-aliaj.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160401160808/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/2-bundesliga/1969-70/rot-weiss-oberhausen-101/29759/spieler_adrian-aliaj.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 1 April 2016 | title = Aliaj, Adrian | language = German | publisher = [[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]] | access-date = 24 February 2012}}</ref> then moved to Croatia the season later. He also played for [[Standard Liège]] in Belgium for two years until he moved to Israel to play for [[Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.|Maccabi Petah Tikva]]. He then returned to Belgium with [[R.A.A. Louviéroise|La Louviere]] and then [[Royal Charleroi S.C.|Charleroi]]. He left [[Stade Brestois 29|Brest]] in the summer of 2006 and later played in the Croatian Second Division for [[NK Solin]].

==International career==
For the [[Albania national football team|Albania national team]] Aliaj made 29 appearances between 2002 and 2006, scoring eight goals.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/alba-recintlp.html | title = Goalscoring for Albania National Team | date = 6 April 2011 | first1 = Florent | last1 = Hoxha | first2 = Roberto | last2 = Mamrud | publisher = RSSSF | accessdate = 24 February 2012}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | [[Albania national football team|Albania national team]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|-
|2002||1||0
|-
|2003||10||3
|-
|2004||6||4
|-
|2005||7||0
|-
|2006||5||1
|-
!Total||29||8
|}

''Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=310 | title = Adrian Aliaj – national football team player | publisher = eu-football.info | accessdate = 24 February 2012}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Goal !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 11 October 2003 || [[Estádio do Restelo]], Lisbon, Portugal || {{fb|POR}} || 1–'''1''' || 5–3 || [[Exhibition match|Friendly match]]
|-
| 2. || 11 October 2003 || Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal || {{fb|POR}} || 4–'''3''' || 5–3 || Friendly match
|-
| 3. || 15 November 2003 || [[Qemal Stafa Stadium]], Tiranë, Albania || {{fb|EST}} || '''1'''–0 || 2–0 || Friendly match
|-
| 4. || 18 February 2004 || Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tiranë, Albania || {{fb|SWE}} || '''2'''–1 || 2–1 || Friendly match
|-
| 5. || 31 March 2004 || Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tiranë, Albania || {{fb|ISL}} || '''1'''–0 || 2–1 || Friendly match
|-
| 6. || 28 April 2004 || [[A. Le Coq Arena]], Tallinn, Estonia || {{fb|EST}} || 0–'''1''' || 1–1 || Friendly match
|-
| 7. || 4 September 2004 || Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tiranë, Albania || {{fb|GRE}} || '''2'''–0 || 2–1 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying]]
|-
| 8. || 1 March 2006 || Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tiranë, Albania || {{fb|LIT}} || '''1'''–0 || 1–2 || Friendly match
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{NFT player|44}}

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[[Category:Footballers from Vlorë]]
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