Arb Manaj

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Arb Manaj
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-07-23) 23 July 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Klina, FR Yugoslavia[1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position Centre-forward
Team information
Current team
 Drita
Number 9
Youth career
2004–2015 Dukagjini
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Dukagjini +11 (5)
2017–2020 Trepça '89 53 (24)
2020–2022 Ankara Keçiörengücü 17 (4)
2021 → Balıkesirspor (loan) 14 (6)
2021–2022 → Bandırmaspor (loan) 13 (1)
2022–2023 Slaven Belupo 23 (1)
2023–2024 Ballkani 4 (1)
2024– Drita 34 (10)
2024 → Zhenis (loan) 12 (2)
International career‡
2020 Kosovo U21 1 (0)
2020–2021 Kosovo 3 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 June 2021

Arb Manaj (born 23 July 1998) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Drita.[2]

Club career

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Dukagjini

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Manaj at the age of 6 started playing football in Dukagjini.[3] He before the start of the 2015–16 season was promoted to first team of First Football League of Kosovo club Dukagjini and suffered an ACL injury, two minutes after the start of the match against Ferizaj in third matchday of 2015–16 First Football League of Kosovo.[4] After ten months, Manaj returned from injury, and in the next ten games he scored five goals and assisted three times.[5]

Trepça '89

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On 22 July 2017, Manaj joined with Kosovo Superleague club Trepça '89.[6]

Ankara Keçiörengücü

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On 5 October 2020, Manaj signed a three-year contract with TFF First League club Ankara Keçiörengücü.[7] Twelve days later, he made his debut in a 1–2 away win against Ümraniyespor after being named in the starting line-up.[8] On 4 November 2020, Manaj scored his first goals for Ankara Keçiörengücü in his third appearance for the club in a 6–0 home win over Büyükçekmece Tepecikspor in 2020–21 Turkish Cup third round.[9]

Loan at Balıkesirspor

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On 1 February 2021, Manaj was loaned to TFF First League side Balıkesirspor until the end of the season.[10] Six days later, he made his debut in a 3–0 home win against Akhisarspor after being named in the starting line-up.[11] Seven days after debut, Manaj scored his first goal for Balıkesirspor in his second appearance for the club in a 1–1 away draw over Menemenspor in TFF First League.[12]

Loan at Bandırmaspor

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On 9 August 2021, Manaj joined TFF First League side Bandırmaspor, on a season-long loan.[13] Five days later, he made his debut in a 0–2 away win against Denizlispor after coming on as a substitute at 81st minute in place of Guy-Michel Landel.[14]

Slaven Belupo

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On 26 July 2022, Manaj signed a two-year contract with Croatian Football League club Slaven Belupo.[15] His debut with Slaven Belupo came on 14 August in a 0–1 away win against Rijeka after coming on as a substitute at 60th minute in place of Marko Žuljević.[16]

International career

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Youth

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Albania U19

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On 30 December 2014, Manaj received a call-up from Albania U19 for the unofficial friendly match against Italy U18,[17] but he was an unused substitute in that match.

Kosovo U21

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On 11 November 2019, Manaj received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Austria U21.[18] On 4 September 2020, he made his debut with Kosovo U21 in a 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against England U21 after being named in the starting line-up.[19]

Senior

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On 24 December 2019, Manaj received a call-up from Kosovo for the friendly match against Sweden,[20] and made his debut after coming on as a substitute at 84th minute in place of Elbasan Rashani.[21] On 8 June 2021, Manaj scored his first goal for Kosovo in his second appearance for the country in a 1–2 home defeat over Guinea.[22]

Honours

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Drita

Individual

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 19 August 2022[23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Trepça '89 2017–18 Kosovo Superleague 5 3 0 0 — 5 3
2018–19 16 4 0 0 — 16 4
2019–20 29 17 0 0 — 29 17
2020–21 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
Total 53 24 0 0 — 53 24
Ankara Keçiörengücü 2020–21 TFF First League 12 4 1 2 — 13 6
Balıkesirspor (loan) 2020–21 TFF First League 14 6 0 0 — 14 6
Bandırmaspor (loan) 2021–22 TFF First League 13 1 3 5 — 16 6
Ankara Keçiörengücü 2021–22 TFF First League 5 0 0 0 — 5 0
Slaven Belupo 2022–23 Croatian Football League 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
Career total 99 35 4 7 — 103 42

International

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As of 11 June 2021[24]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Kosovo 2020 1 0
2021 2 1
Total 3 1
Scores and results list Kosovo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Manaj goal.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
List of international goals scored by Arb Manaj
1 8 June 2021 Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex, Manavgat, Turkey File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 1–2 1–2 Friendly [22]

References

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