Uerdi Mara
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-30) 30 January 1999
Place of birth Korçë, Albania
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Ankara Keçiörengücü
Number 19
Youth career
2011–2018 Skënderbeu Korçë
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2022 Skënderbeu Korçë 92 (3)
2022– Ankara Keçiörengücü 10 (0)
2023Beroe (loan) 10 (1)
International career
2016 Albania U17 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2023

Uerdi Mara (born 30 January 1999) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Ankara Keçiörengücü.

Club career

Early career

Mara started his youth career at KF Skënderbeu Korçë in September 2011. During the 2015–16 season he debuted with the under-17 side, where he played 13 matches and scored also 10 goals. During the season he played a match for the under-19 side before he gained entry also with the first team.[1]

He made it his professional debut on 12 October 2015 in the 2015–16 Albanian Cup match against Vllaznia Shkodër coming on as a substitute in the 27th minute in place of Bujar Shabani where the match finished in the 1–1 draw.[2]

On 24 May 2016 Mara went to a trial with Primavera team of Italian Serie A side Udinese, where he participated in a friendly tournament Medunarodni Omladinski Turnir in Rijeka, Croatia.[3]

In January 2023, Mara joined First League club Beroe on loan until the end of the season.[4]

International career

Mara was called up for the first time at international level in the Albania national under-17 football team by coach Dzemal Mustedanagić for the two friendly match against Italy U-17 on 17 & 19 March 2015.[5]

He was called up also for a friendly tournament in Austria against Mexico, Austria & Brazil on match-dates 25–27 April 2015.[6] He made it his first international debut against Mexico on 25 April 2015 playing as a starter in the match finished in the 0–0 draw.[7] He played also in the next day against Austria, coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute, where the match finished in the 2–0 loss.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 12 October 2015 [9]
Season Club League country League League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2015–16Skënderbeu KorçëAlbanian Superliga --10--10
Total 00100010
Career total 00100010

References

  1. Uerdi Mara profile FSHF.org
  2. Sopoti Librazhd vs. Skënderbeu Korçë - 12 October 2015 Soccerway
  3. Udinese, occhi su Mara: il centrocampista classe '99 dello Skenderbeu in campo con la Primavera bianconera al "Medunarodni Omladinski Turnir" Gianluca Di Marzio
  4. "Уерди Мара ще играе в „Берое" до края на сезона" [Uerdi Mara will play at Beroe until the end of the season]. beroe.bg (in Bulgarian). 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  5. Grumbullohet kombëtarja U-17 FSHF.org
  6. U-17, turne ne Austri FSHF.org
  7. U17, Shqipëria barazon me Meksikën në turneun prestigjioz europian Panorama Sport
  8. U17/ Lojë e dobët, kuqezinjtë munden nga Austria Panorama Sport
  9. Uerdi Mara at Soccerway
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