Drilon Shala
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Drilon Shala (born 20 March 1987) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is of Albanian origin. His brother Driton is also a footballer.
Club career
Shala progressed playing while at the Reipas youth academy.[1] He made his breakthrough as a senior player for Lahti, playing for the club from 2006 to 2012.
On 17 January 2013, Shala moved to TFF First League club Tavşanlı Linyitspor.[2] At the end his first season at the club, his contract was terminated by mutual agreement.[3] Eventually he returned to Lahti, signing a two-year contract with his former club on 5 November 2013.[4] There, he won the Finnish League Cup in 2016 with a 4–3 victory against SJK in the final; his third League Cup playing for Lahti. He retired from professional football in February 2020 returning for only one more season to play for his childhood club Reipas in the third-tier Kakkonen.[5]
International career
On 27 February 2006, five months after having been granted Finnish nationality, Shala made his debut for the Finland U19s as a substitute for Jami Puustinen during a 1–0 win against Norway.[6]
Career statistics
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| Club | Season | League | CupTemplate:Efn | League cupTemplate:Efn | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lahti | 2006 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2007 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2008 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 4 | – | – | – | 20 | 4 | ||||
| 2009 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6Template:Efn | 0 | 41 | 10 | |
| 2010 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 4 | – | – | – | 21 | 4 | ||||
| 2011 | Ykkönen | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 9 | |||
| 2012 | Veikkausliiga | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 35 | 8 | ||
| Total | 122 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 144 | 35 | ||
| PP-70 (loan) | 2006 | Ykkönen | 15 | 2 | – | – | – | 15 | 2 | |||
| City Stars (loan) | 2007 | Kakkonen | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| Hämeenlinna (loan) | 2010 | Ykkönen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| Tavşanlı Linyitspor | 2012–13 | TFF 1. Lig | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | |||
| PK-35 Vantaa | 2013 | Ykkönen | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| Lahti | 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | 30 | 6 | |
| 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2Template:Efn | 0 | 32 | 3 | |
| 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | 14 | 2 | ||
| 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 65 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 10 | ||
| Reipas Lahti | 2019 | Kakkonen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | Kakkonen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | Kakkonen | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Kuusysi | 2024 | Kolmonen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 244 | 43 | 17 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 291 | 49 | ||
Honours
Lahti
References
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External links
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lahti
- Finnish people of Albanian descent
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- FC Lahti players
- FC Hämeenlinna players
- TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor footballers
- PK-35 Vantaa (men) players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Ykkönen players
- Kakkonen players
- TFF 1. Lig players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Shala (tribe)
- Naturalized citizens of Finland
- Finnish people of Kosovan descent
- FC City Stars players
- Tampereen Peli-Pojat-70 players