Sebastjan Spahiu

Albanian footballer

Sebastjan Spahiu
Personal information
Full name Sebastjan Spahiu[1]
Date of birth (1999-10-30) 30 October 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Mouscron, Belgium
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Mes Rafsanjan
Number 8
Youth career
2007–2013 Brussels
2013–2017 Lierse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Mouscron 12 (1)
2020–2021 Guijuelo 3 (0)
2021 → Izarra (loan) 5 (0)
2021–2023 Laçi 49 (2)
2023–2024 Egnatia 33 (4)
2024– Mes Rafsanjan 2 (0)
International career‡
2018 Albania U21 1 (0)
2024– Albania 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2024

Sebastjan Spahiu (born 30 October 1999) is a professional footballer who plays for Iranian club Mes Rafsanjan. Born in Belgium, he represents Albania internationally.

Club career

Spahiu scored his first goal in the Belgian First Division A on 18 May 2018, against OH Leuven.[3] Spahiu left Royal Excel Mouscron on 14 January 2020, where his contract was terminated.[4]

He remained without club until 5 August 2020, where he joined Spanish Segunda División B for CD Guijuelo.[5] After only 14 minutes of playing time at Guijuelo, Spahiu was loaned out to CD Izarra for the rest of the season, on 27 January 2021.[6]

International career

Spahiu was born in Belgium to parents from Shkodër, Albania.[7] On 6 June 2018, Spahiu debuted for the Albania U21s against Belarus U21[8]

Spahiu made his debut for the senior Albania national team on 10 September 2024 in a Nations League game against Georgia at the Arena Kombëtare. He substituted Jasir Asani in the 73rd minute, Georgia won 1–0.[9]

Honours

Egnatia

References

  1. ^ "Belgium - S. Spahiu - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  2. ^ "Football : tout sur Sebastjan Spahiu - Not found". www.proximus11.be.
  3. ^ "Royal Excel Mouscron vs. OH Leuven – 18 May 2018 – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  4. ^ "Mouscron: Bossaerts à l'essai, Spahiu libéré". sudinfo.be (in French). 14 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Sebastjan Spahiu, nuevo jugador del CD Guijuelo". El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). 5 August 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  6. ^ Spahiu, jugador del CD Guijuelo, se marcha cedido al Izarra hasta final de temporada, tribunasalamanca.com, 27 January 2021
  7. ^ "Quhet Sebastjan, është nga Shkodra dhe ëndërron Barcelonën". Eduasportin (in Albanian). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  8. ^ Sport, Shkodra (6 June 2018). "Flet shkodrani i kombëtares U-21, Spahiu (Shpuza): Emocione për fanellën kuqeblu. Mund të jap më tepër".
  9. ^ "Albania v Georgia game report". ESPN. 10 September 2024.
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