Fabio Sakaj | |
Birth Date: | 2 February 1998 |
Birth Place: | Alatri, Frosinone, Italy |
Height: | 1.81m |
Currentclub: | Progresso |
Youthyears2: | –2016 |
Years1: | 2014–2017 |
Clubs1: | Modena |
Caps1: | 11 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2017–2018 |
Caps2: | 4 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2018–2019 |
Clubs3: | Pianese |
Caps3: | 17 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs4: | Vis Artena |
Caps4: | 24 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2021 |
Caps5: | 11 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2022 |
Caps6: | 13 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Years7: | 2023 |
Clubs7: | Bagnolese |
Caps7: | 5 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 2023– |
Clubs8: | Progresso |
Caps8: | 3 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2016 |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 8 October 2023 |
Fabio Sakaj (born 2 February 1998) is an Italian-born Albanian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie D club Progresso. He represented the Albania national under-19 team.
Sakaj was born in Alatri, a comune of province of Frosinone in the Italian region of the Lazio, to Albanian parents originally from Lezhë, Albania.[1] He started his football at the Virtus Pavullese, a small football team in the town of Pavullo Nel Frignano, in the Italian province of Modena.[2] He moved at Modena academy and in 2014 became part of the Primavera team under coach Simone Barone.[3]
Sakaj gained entry with the first team of Modena F.C. as he was included in the team by the coach Simone Pavan to participate in the match against Brescia on 3 March 2015.[4] Then he continued to participate regularly in 6 another matches, until he managed to make its debut against Virtus Entella on 11 April 2015 by coming on as a substitute in the stoppage time 90'+2 minute in place of Pablo Granoche.[5]
On 5 November 2017, Modena declared bankrupt after failing to pay player wages or stadium bills which brought about a player strike and a stadium lockout.[6] The club had not attended the previous three Serie C matches, including not attending the match against Santarcangelo Calcio; with a total of four matches not attended, the club were officially excluded from "Lega Pro" on 6 November.[7]
On 11 December 2017, he signed with Racing Fondi as a free agent.[8]
Sakaj received his first call up to the Albania national under-19 team by coach Arjan Bellaj for the friendly tournament Roma Caput Mundi from 29 February–4 March 2016.[9]
Sakaj received his first call up at Albania national under-21 football team by coach Alban Bushi for a gathering in Durrës, Albania from 18 to 25 January 2017.[10]
He received his first call up for the Albania under-20 side by coach Alban Bushi for the double friendly match against Azerbaijan U-21 on 21 & 26 January 2018.[11]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe[12] | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
4 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||||
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||||
— | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Total | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Career total | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |