Uendi Vecaj (born 18 February 1997), is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Skënderbeu.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 February 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Shkodër, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right winger[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Skënderbeu | ||
| Number | 97 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2012 | Vraka | ||
| 2012–2015 | Vllaznia Shkodër | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Vllaznia | 25 | (0) |
| 2017 | Vllaznia B | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Dinamo Zagreb II | 3 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Teuta Durrës | 29 | (2) |
| 2020 | Laçi | 6 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Burreli | 19 | (2) |
| 2021– | Skënderbeu | 13 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2016 | Albania U-21 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2023 | |||
Club career
Early career
Dinamo Zagreb
On 31 August 2017 Vecaj completed a transfer to Croatian First Football League giants GNK Dinamo Zagreb.[3]
International career
He received his first international level call up to the Albania national under-21 team by coach Redi Jupi for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification closing match against Israel U21 on 10 October 2016.[4] He debuted for the under-21 national side against Israel U21 playing as a starter until half time where he was replaced by Ardit Hoxhaj in a 4–0 loss.[5]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe[a] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vllaznia Shkodër | 2015–16 | Albanian Superliga | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||||
| Vllaznia Shkodër B | 2016–17 | Albanian Second Division | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dinamo Zagreb II | 2017–18 | Croatian Second League | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | ||||
Personal life
He is a cousin of Stivi Vecaj, also a football player. In February 2016 they were both omitted from their squads due to a blood feud after a remote family member killed a member from another family.[8]