Mehmet Hetemaj

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Mehmet Hetemaj
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-12-08) 8 December 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Skenderaj, SFR Yugoslavia
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Position(s) Centre-back, Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 SJK
Number 58
Youth career
1996-2006 HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 HJK 17 (1)
2007 → Viikingit (loan) 10 (0)
2008–2010 Panionios 11 (0)
2009 → Thrasyvoulos (loan) 9 (0)
2009–2010 → AlbinoLeffe (loan) 23 (1)
2010–2014 AlbinoLeffe 76 (0)
2012–2013 → Reggina (loan) 29 (0)
2014 → Honka (loan) 16 (1)
2014 → Monza (loan) 17 (0)
2015– SJK 29 (1)
International career‡
–2009 Finland U21 18 (2)
2009– Finland 3 (0)
2014– Kosovo 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 October 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2014

Mehmet Hetemaj (born 8 December 1987), is a Finnish professional football centre-back and defensive midfielder of Albanian descent who plays for Finnish Veikkausliiga side SJK and has represented Finland national team. He started his football career in HJK youth team.

Club career

HJK Helsinki

Hetemaj started his career in Finland in HJK Helsinki where he made 17 appearances between 2006 and 2007. During 2007 season he was loaned to Viikingit for 9 matches.

Panionios

In 2008 he agreed a move to Greek club Panionios F.C.. On June 2009 he was loaned out to Serie B outfit AlbinoLeffe, where he established himself as a regular.

AlbinoLeffe

In June 2010 AlbinoLeffe announced to have completed a bid to sign the player on a permanent basis from Panionios.[1][2] He signed a 4-year contract. On July 2012 he was loaned out to Serie B outfit Reggina Calcio.[3] The loan contract with Reggina ended after the 2012/13 season and Hetemaj returned to AlbinoLeffe.[4] In January 2014 it was announced that Hetemaj had signed a loan contract until the end of August 2014 with a Finnish Premier League team Honka.[5] in July 2014 before Hetemaj´s loan contract with Honka had ended AlbinoLeffe loaned Hetemaj to Monza.[6]

International career

Finland Under-21

Hetemaj, along with his older brother Përparim Hetemaj, was called up to represent Finland U-21 at the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.[7]

Finland

Hetemaj made his senior debut for Finland against Japan in February 2009. After a convincing season in AlbinoLeffe he was called up again in 21 May 2010 for a match against Estonia.

Personal life

With an Albanian descent, Hetemaj was born in Skenderaj, SFR Yugoslavia, and moved to Finland in 1992. His family first arrived at Oulu but they moved to Helsinki, looking for a milder climate, due to his father, Miftar, having asthma. He has an older brother, the footballer Perparim, and two sisters, Fatlume and Fatbardhe.[8]

Honours

Club

HJK Helsinki

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 March 2015[9][10]
Club Season Division League Domestic Cups Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Klubi-04
2005 Kakkonen 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2006 Ykkönen 13 2 0 0 0 0 13 2
Klubi-04 Total 29 2 0 0 0 0 29 2
HJK Helsinki
2006 Veikkausliiga 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2007 Veikkausliiga 8 1 0 0 0 0 8 1
HJK Total 17 1 0 0 0 0 17 1
Viikingit
2007 Veikkausliiga 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Viikingit Total 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Panionios
2007-08 Superleague 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Panionios Total 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Thrasyvoulos
2008-09 Superleague 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Thrasyvoulos Total 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
AlbinoLeffe
2009-10 Serie B 23 1 1 0 0 0 24 1
2010-11 Serie B 36 0 2 0 0 0 38 0
2011-12 Serie B 35 0 2 0 0 0 37 0
AlbinoLeffe Total 94 1 5 0 0 0 99 1
Reggina
2012-13 Serie B 29 0 2 0 0 0 31 0
Reggina Total 29 0 2 0 0 0 31 0
AlbinoLeffe
2013-14 Lega Pro 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
AlbinoLeffe Total 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Honka
2014 Veikkausliiga 16 1 3 1 2 0 21 2
Honka Total 16 1 3 1 2 0 21 2
Monza
2014-15 Lega Pro 17 0 2 0 0 0 19 0
Monza Total 17 0 2 0 0 0 19 0
SJK
2015 Veikkausliiga 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0
SJK Total 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0
Career Total 230 5 15 1 2 0 247 6

International

As of 28 March 2015[11]
Finland national team
Year Apps Goals
2009 1 0
2010 1 0
2011 0 0
2012 0 0
2013 0 0
2014 1 0
Total 3 0

References

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  9. ↑ http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/29772/Jukka_Raitala.html
  10. ↑ http://nr.soccerway.com/players/mehmet-hetemaj/8488/
  11. ↑ http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/30459/Mehmet_Hetemaj.html

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