Afrim Taku
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 August 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Tirana, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Tirana | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2010 | Tirana | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2015 | Tirana | 111 | (4) |
| 2008–2009 | → Skrapari (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2016– | Tirana | 34 | (9) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:30, 27 May 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2015 |
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Afrim Taku (born 4 August 1989) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Albanian club Tirana in the Albanian Superliga. He made his debut for the club in 2010 and has since become an integral part of the first team, which led to an international call up by Albania head coach Gianni De Biasi for a friendly match against France on 13 June 2015.
Taku began his football career as a 13 year old when he joined the KF Tirana academy, where he progressed through the ranks before eventually being loaned out to Albanian First Division side Skrapari for the 2008–09 campaign in order to gain first team experience. He made his professional debut in the First Division with Skrapari, where he featured in 11 league games as he helped the side narrowly avoid the relegation playoff places by a single point.
He returned to his parent club Tirana but did not feature at all in the club's 2009–10 campaign, but he was promoted to the first team by head coach Nevil Dede ahead of the 2010–11 season, and he made his debut for the club in the Albanian Cup against his former side Skrapari on 20 October 2010 in a 1–0 away win in which Taku played the full 90 minutes of. He made his Albanian Superliga debut on 20 November 2010 in a 3–1 home win over Elbasani, where he came on as a 76th-minute substitute for Mladen Žižović. Dede left the club soon after and Mišo Krstičević took charge of the team, and the Croatian coach handed Taku his first Superliga start on 30 April 2011 in a 2–1 loss to Flamurtari Vlorë. He made 5 league appearances in his debut season with Tirana as the club finished in a disappointing 5th place, and he made 4 cup appearances as Tirana went on to beat local rivals Dinamo Tirana in the final to win the trophy, which was the first major trophy of Taku's career.
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