Marsel Ismailgeci
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marsel Ismailgeci | ||
| Date of birth | 14 March 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Tirana, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ballkani (loan) | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2019 | Tirana | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2023 | Tirana | 105 | (7) |
| 2019–2022 | → Tirana B | 4 | (0) |
| 2023– | Zrinjski Mostar | 8 | (0) |
| 2023– | → Ballkani (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Albania U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019– | Albania U21 | 10 | (0) |
| 2020– | Albania | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2020 | |||
Marsel Ismailgeci (born 14 March 2000) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for ALBI MALL Superleague of Kosovo club Ballkani and the Albania national team.
Club career[edit]
In July 2017, Ismailgeci signed his first professional contract with Tirana until June 2021.[1]
Ismailgeci spent most of the 2019–20 Kategoria Superiore season on the bench, however he managed to appear in 21 matches, including 13 as starter, as Tirana won the championship title for the 25th time in their 100th anniversary.[2] His only goal in the league came on 18 July in the 2–0 home win over Flamurtari.[3] In 2019–20 Albanian Cup, where Tirana reached the final,[4] Ismailgeci scored once in eight appearances; the goal, which was his first as a professional, came on 29 January against Kastrioti.[5]
On 19 August 2020, Ismailgeci made his UEFA Champions League debut in Tirana's first qualifying round match against Dinamo Tbilisi; in the 86th minute, he scored from a rebound to make the score 2–0 and help Tirana progress to the next round, also achieving their first win in the competicion after 14 years.[6]
International career[edit]
Ismailgeci made his international debut for Albania on 11 November 2020 in a friendly match against Kosovo.[7]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of 19 August 2020[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tirana B | 2018–19 | Kategoria e Dytë | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Tirana | 2017–18 | Kategoria e Parë | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Kategoria Superiore | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 29 | 2 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 24 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 28 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3 | ||
- ^ All appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
Honours[edit]
Club[edit]
- Tirana[8]
- Zrinjski Mostar
References[edit]
- ^ "Tirana "blindon" 2 talente, firmosin për 3 vjet..." [Tirana "armores" 2 talents, they sign for 3 years...] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ "Nga Egbo te Ngo, ja notat e sezonit te kampionët e Tiranës" [From Ebgo to Ngoo, here are the season's grades for the champions of Tirana] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "Tirana vs. Flamurtari 2 – 0". Soccerway. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ "Teuta është fituesja e Kupës së Shqipërisë për edicionin 2019–2020" [Teuta is the winner of Albanian Cup for the 2019–2020 edition]. fshf.org (in Albanian). Albanian Football Association. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ "Kastrioti Krujë vs. Tirana 1 – 3". Soccerway. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ "Dinamo Tbilisi 0–2 Tirana". UEFA. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ Albania v Kosovo
- ^ a b "Marsel Ismailgeci". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
External links[edit]
- Marsel Ismailgeci at Soccerway