Amet Korça
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amet Ylber Korça | ||
| Date of birth | September 16, 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Arlington, Texas, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Dallas | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2019 | Solar SC | ||
| 2019–2020 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | → NK Dubrava (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | NK Dubrava | 57 | (6) |
| 2022–2023 | HNK Gorica | 2 | (0) |
| 2023– | FC Dallas | 4 | (0) |
| 2023– | North Texas SC | 19 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 29, 2024 | |||
Amet Ylber Korça (born September 16, 2000) is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club FC Dallas.
Early life
[edit]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]
Career
[edit]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]
Personal life
[edit]Both his parents are Albanian who left Albania initially for New York, before moving to Texas where Korça was born.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Amet Korça". FC Dallas. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ "FC Dallas Signs Defender Amet Korça from HNK Gorica". Bigdsoccer.com.
- ^ "FC Dallas sign defender Amet Korça from Croatian side HNK Gorica". 90min.com. January 11, 2023.
- ^ "Novi branič u HNL-u bivšem klubu za rastanak kupio perilicu za rublje". Index.hr.
- ^ "Amet Korça je nakon prelaska u Goricu bivšem klubu Dubravi kupio poklon. Vešmašinu". telesport.telegram.hr. August 3, 2022.
- ^ "Two players left Gorica in the same day". Dalmatinskiportal.hr.
- ^ "FC Dallas acquires center back Amet Korca from HNK Gorica, says goodbye to Franco Jara". Thestriker.com.
- ^ "GORICA BROUGHT CAPTAIN DUBRAVA: 'MY FATHER AND MOTHER LEFT ALBANIA WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG, FIRST TO NEW YORK, THEN TEXAS...'". sportske.jutarnji.hr. June 24, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Amet Korça at Soccerway.com
- Amet Korça at FBref.com
- Amet Korça at Major League Soccer
- Living people
- 2000 births
- Sportspeople from Arlington, Texas
- American people of Albanian descent
- American men's soccer players
- Men's association football defenders
- Croatian Football League players
- MLS Next Pro players
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
- NK Dubrava players
- HNK Gorica players
- FC Dallas players
- North Texas SC players
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- Major League Soccer players