en Klisman Cake

Klisman Cake
Personal information
Date of birth	2 May 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Pogradec, Albania
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Shkëndija
Number	5
Youth career
2007–2016	Tirana
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017–2019	Tirana B
2017–2019	Tirana
2019–2022	Struga
2022–	Shkëndija
International career‡
2017–	Albania U19
2018–	Albania U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 April 2017

Klisman Cake (born 2 May 1999) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Shkendija in the Macedonian First Football League and the Albania national under-21 football team.

Club career

Early career & progress through ranks

Cake started his youth career with KF Tirana at age of 8. In 2011 he was placed at under-17 side. In the 2015–16 season he was named Captain and on 10 February 2016 he scored 1 goal via a Penalty kick to help his team to win the under-17 national cup beating 2–1 Olimpic U17 in the final. Then in the 2016–17 season he made an amazing progress through ranks playing with 3 different levels of KF Tirana's from under-19 to senior team. He started by playing with Under 19 side in the first half of the season during where he was called up to play with Tirana B in two occasions. Then in the second half of the season he became a regular member of the senior team under coach Mirel Josa following a "Window winter transfers bann" received from the club which made them to believe at academies products such as Cake, Grent Halili, Albi Doka and Marlind Nuriu.^[1]^[2]

International career

Cake received his first international level call up at the Albania national under-19 football team by coach Erjon Bogdani for a gathering in Durrës, Albania in April 2017 where they also played two friendly matches.^[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 December 2017 ^[4]^[1]

Club statistics
Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe^[a]		Other^[b]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tirana B	2016–17	Albanian Second Division	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
	2017–18	Albanian Second Division	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
	Total		4	0	—		—		—		4	0
Tirana	2016–17	Albanian Superliga	9	0	2	0	—		—		11	0
	2017–18	Albanian First Division	5	0	0	0	0	0	—		5	0
	Total		14	0	2	0	0	0	—		16	0
Career total			18	0	2	0	0	0	—		20	0