Hysen Memolla

Hysen Memolla
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-07-03) 3 July 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Kavajë, Albania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Suhareka
Youth career
USD Pezze di Greco
–2010 ASD Esperia Monopoli
2010–2011 Martina Franca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Martina Franca 52 (0)
2014–2016 Hellas Verona 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Martina Franca (loan) 27 (0)
2015–2016 → Koper (loan) 17 (2)
2016–2019 Hajduk Split 40 (0)
2019 Salernitana 4 (0)
2019 KPV 10 (3)
2020–2021 Diósgyőr 19 (0)
2022–2023 Lahti 27 (0)
2023–2024 Egnatia 22 (0)
2024 → Chindia Târgoviște (loan) 9 (0)
2024– Suhareka 10 (0)
International career‡
2017–2021 Albania 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2021

Hysen Memolla (born 3 July 1992) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Kosovo Superleague club Suhareka.

Club career

Early career

Born in Kavajë, Albania, Memolla moved to Apulia, Italy at the age of one with his parents.[1] He started training football in his hometown Pezze di Greco, before moving to the youth ranks of ASD Esperia in nearby Monopoli. In 2010 he moved to the academy of Martina Franca, recently promoted to Eccellenza. The following year, he joined the first-team squad, now in fifth-tier Serie D and featured in the squad that achieved another promotion, to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.[2] After two further seasons in the fourth-tier, Memolla signed a contract with the Serie A side Hellas Verona.[3]

Hellas Verona and loans

Memolla wouldn't feature for the first-team however, partly due to non-EU citizenship.[1] He was sent immediately back on loan to Martina Franca, now in third-tier Lega Pro.[1]

His next loan would be of a higher profile as he moved on loan to the Slovenian top-tier side FC Koper.[4] He played in 17 matches for the club, scoring twice, but did not feature after mid-March 2016.

Hajduk Split

He signed as a free agent for HNK Hajduk Split on 4 July 2016, after passing successfully a trial.[5] Memolla made his Hajduk debut in a Round 3 Prva HNL match against RNK Split at Park Mladeži in a 0–1 win for Hajduk.[6] His contract was prolonged for two further years after he established himself as a first-team player.[7]

Salernitarna

Memolla did not feature in a single game in the 2018–19 season after being replaced in the starting line up by André Fomitschow and Domagoj Bradarić. He was eventually moved to Hajduk's 2nd team and placed on transfer list. On 24 January 2019, he terminated his contract with Hajduk and joined the Serie B side Salernitana.[8]

KPV

On 12 August 2019, he moved to Finland and signed with Kokkolan Palloveikot (KPV) in Veikkausliiga.[9]

Diósgyőr

Half year later, he signed to Hungary with Diósgyőr.[10]

Lahti

On 21 January 2022, he returned to Finland and signed with Veikkausliiga side Lahti for the 2022 season.[11]

Egnatia

On 15 April 2023, Memolla signed a contract extension with the club until June 2025.[12]

International career

Memolla received his first international call up at the Albania national under-21 football team by coach Skënder Gega for a 3 days testing from 7–10 May 2012.[13]

Albania senior side

Following his good form at Hajduk Split mostly in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, progressing through 3 rounds and qualifying for play-off, Memolla received his first call for the Albania senior team by newly appointed coach Christian Panucci for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Liechtenstein and Macedonia on 2 and 5 September 2017.[14] He was an unused substitute against the former[15] and made his debut against the later, coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute in place of national team's captain, Ansi Agolli.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 December 2024 [17][18]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Martina Franca 2011–12 Serie D 20 0 — 20 0
2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 20 0 2 0 — 22 0
2013–14 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 12 0 2 0 — 14 0
Martina Franca (loan) 2014–15 Lega Pro 27 0 — 27 0
Total 79 0 4 0 — 83 0
Koper (loan) 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga 17 2 3 0 — 20 2
Hajduk Split 2016–17 1. HNL 24 0 2 0 2 0 — 28 0
2017–18 1. HNL 13 0 1 0 6 0 — 20 0
Total 54 2 6 0 8 0 — 68 2
Salernitana 2018–19 Serie B 3 0 — 1[b] 0 4 0
KPV 2019 Veikkausliiga 8 3 — 2[c] 0 10 3
Diósgyőr 2019–20 NB I 5 0 — 5 0
2020–21 NB I 14 0 1 0 — 15 0
Total 30 3 1 0 — 3 0 34 3
Lahti 2022 Veikkausliiga 26 0 5 1 — 1[c] 0 32 1
Egnatia 2022–23 Kategoria Superiore 13 0 3 0 — 16 0
2023–24 Kategoria Superiore 9 0 1 0 2 0 0[d] 0 12 0
Total 48 0 9 0 2 0 1 0 60 1
Chindia Târgoviște (loan) 2023–24 Liga II 9 0 — 9 0
Suhareka 2024–25 Kosovo Superleague 10 0 0 0 — — 10 0
Career total 230 5 20 1 10 0 4 0 264 6
  1. ^ Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in Serie B relegation play-offs
  3. ^ a b Appearances in Veikkausliiga relegation play-offs
  4. ^ Appearances in Albanian Supercup

International

As of 28 March 2021 [18][19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Albania 2017 2 0
2018 1 0
2019 0 0
2020 2 0
2021 1 0
Total 6 0

Honours

Martina Franca

Hajduk Split

Egnatia

References

  1. ^ a b c ALBANAC NA POLJUDU NAPOKON PROGOVORIO ZA SN 'Hajduku nisam mogao reći ne, a Dinamo i Rijeka nisu bolji' at Sportske Novosti
  2. ^ Hysen Memolla at tuttocalciatori.net
  3. ^ Il fasanese Hysen Memolla all’Hellas Verona at Fasano Live
  4. ^ Hysen Memolla si trasferisce al Koper at Hellas Live
  5. ^ "HYSEN MEMOLLA I SLUŽBENO HAJDUKOV!". HNK Hajduk Split (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  6. ^ Hysen Memolla - 2016-2017 HNK Hajduk Split official site
  7. ^ Hamza i Memolla ostaju u Hajduku at HNK Hajduk Split official site
  8. ^ [1] at HNK Hajduk Split official site
  9. ^ "SOPIMUSUUTISIA: Kova kaksikko KPV:n puolustukseen!" (Press release) (in Finnish). KPV. 12 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Hysen Memolla a DVTK első téli igazolása".
  11. ^ "FC Lahteen maajoukkueväriä" (in Finnish). Lahti. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Egnatia "blindon" për dy sezonet e ardhshme ish-mbrojtësin e Kombëtares" [Egnatia "armored" for the next two seasons the ex-defender of the national team] (in Albanian). Super Sport Albania. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  13. ^ "U-21/ Skender Gega testim tre ditor me lojtar te pa provuar me pare" (in Albanian). AlbaniaSoccer. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Trajneri Panucci shpall listën e lojtarëve për ndeshjet zyrtare eleminatore kundër Lihtenshteinit dhe Maqedonisë" (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 25 August 2017. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Albania vs. Liechtenstein - 2 September 2017". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  16. ^ "Macedonia and Albania national football teams played to a 1:1 draw, 5 September 2017". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  17. ^ Hysen Memolla at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  18. ^ a b "Hysen Memolla". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  19. ^ Hysen Memolla - national football team player EU-Football.info