Bledar Mançaku

Bledar Mançaku

Personal information
Full name	Bledar Mançaku
Date of birth	(1982-01-05) 5 January 1982 (age 43)
Place of birth	Durrës, Albania
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1997–1999	Teuta Durrës
1999–2001	Gençlerbirliği
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2007	Teuta	165	(53)
2007–2010	Besa	86	(18)
2010–2011	Shkumbini	15	(0)
2011	Besa	12	(1)
2011–2014	Teuta	52	(8)
2014	→ Besa (loan)	13	(2)
2014–2015	Mamurrasi	18	(2)
Total		343	(82)
International career
2000–2003	Albania U21	6	(1)
2002–2003	Albania	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2010

Bledar Mançaku (born 5 January 1982) is an Albanian retired footballer who played as a forward.

He has previously played for Teuta Durrës, Shkumbini Peqin and Besa Kavajë at club level and the Albanian under-21 and senior sides internationally.[1]

Club career

On 9 June 2010, Mançaku joined Shkumbini Peqin by penning a two-year contract.[2] The transfer was made official one day later.[2]

On 5 January 2014, Mancaku was sent on loan to fellow Albanian Superliga side Besa Kavajë until the end of 2013–14 season.[3]

After two years as free agent, Mançaku announced his retirement on 9 September 2017.[4]

International career

He made his debut for Albania in a March 2002 friendly match against Mexico in San Diego and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His other international was a November 2003 friendly against Estonia.[5]

National team statistics

Albania national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2002	1	0
2003	1	0
Total	2	0

References

1. Soccerway profile
2. Irdi Haxhiu (9 June 2010). "Levizjet / Bledar Mancaku firmos per dy vite me Shkumbinin" [Movements / Bledar Mancaku signs for two years with Shkumbini] (in Albanian). Albania Soccer. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
3. Feriz Ferizaj (5 January 2014). "Batha te Teuta, Besa merr Mancakun, Deliallisin e Muriqin" [Batha to Teuta, Besa takes Mancaku, Delialliasi and Muqiri] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
4. "Mancaku e mbyll me futbollin, Teuta e nderon" [Mancaku closes with the football, Teuta honoures him] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
5. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

External links

• Bledar Mançaku at National-Football-Teams.com
• FSHF