Amet Korça | |
Fullname: | Amet Ylber Korça |
Birth Date: | 16 September 2000 |
Birth Place: | Arlington, Texas, United States |
Height: | 6ft 3in[1] |
Position: | Defender |
Currentclub: | FC Dallas |
Clubnumber: | 24 |
Youthyears1: | –2019 |
Youthclubs1: | Solar SC |
Youthyears2: | 2019–2020 |
Youthclubs2: | Dinamo Zagreb |
Years1: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs1: | Dinamo Zagreb |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2020 |
Clubs2: | → NK Dubrava (loan) |
Caps2: | 8 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2020–2022 |
Clubs3: | NK Dubrava |
Caps3: | 57 |
Goals3: | 6 |
Years4: | 2022–2023 |
Clubs4: | HNK Gorica |
Caps4: | 2 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2023– |
Clubs5: | FC Dallas |
Caps5: | 4 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2023– |
Clubs6: | North Texas SC |
Caps6: | 19 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Club-Update: | May 29, 2024 |
Amet Yiber Korça (born September 16, 2000) is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club FC Dallas.
Korça is from Arlington, Texas, where he attended The Oakridge School. He played youth soccer for Solar SC in North Texas. He joined Dinamo Zagreb in 2019.[2] [3]
Korça joined NK Dubrava from Dinamo Zagreb, initially on loan, before joining permanently and becoming club captain in his final season. When he left the club he bought a new washing machine for his former club as a farewell gift.[4] In June 2022 Korça was announced as a new signing for HNK Gorica, signing a three-year contract.[5] Playing for HNK Gorica in the Croatian Football League he only managed two appearances which included a red card away against HNK Hajduk Split.[6]
In January 2023 he agreed to join FC Dallas, signing a one-year contract with options for 2024 and 2025.[7]
Both his parents are Albanian who left Albania initially for New York, before moving to Texas where Korça was born.[8]