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Driton Camaj
Camaj with Montenegro in 2023
Personal information
Full name Driton Camaj
Date of birth (1997-03-07) 7 March 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Podgorica, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger, Forward
Team information
Current team
 Kisvárda
Number 7
Youth career
Budućnost
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Budućnost 1 (1)
2015 Inter Zaprešić 2 (0)
2015–2016 Dečić 11 (0)
2016–2018 Budućnost 41 (1)
2018–2019 Lovćen 34 (5)
2019–2020 Iskra Danilovgrad 29 (5)
2020– Kisvárda 115 (19)
International career‡
2014 Montenegro U17 3 (0)
2016 Montenegro U19 5 (1)
2016–2018 Montenegro U21 4 (0)
2022– Montenegro 17 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2024

Driton Camaj (Montenegrin: Дритон Цамај; born 7 March 1997) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Nemzeti Bajnokság II club Kisvárda and the Montenegro national team.

Club career

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Camaj first played competitive football with Budućnost in Podgorica. In July 2015, Camaj went on a trial with Croatian club Inter Zaprešić at the age of 18, during which he scored in a friendly match against NK Rudeš.[1] As a result, he signed with Inter Zaprešić.[1] However, he only played two league matches with Inter Zaprešić, and subsequently returned to Montenegro where he spent a half season with Dečić from Tuzi. In the summer of 2016, Camaj returned to Budućnost.[2] On 29 January 2018, Camaj signed a new three-year contract with Budućnost.[3]

International career

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Camaj was elegible to play for the Albania national football team due to being an ethnic Albanian[4] and the Montenegro national football team.Camaj played for Montenegro's U19 team in the 2016 UEFA Euro U19 Championship qualifiers, scoring a goal against Hungary in the group stage of qualification.

Camaj debuted for the Montenegro U21 in 2016. He played in a friendly match with Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 on 10 November 2016, which Bosnia won 2–0.[5] In May 2017, Camaj was called up by Montenegro U21 coach Mojaš Radonjić for the Valeriy Lobanovskyi tournament in Ukraine.[6] In the tournament, Camaj played against Slovenia U21[7] and Ukraine U21.[8] After the tournament, Camaj played in a friendly match against Georgia U21 on 12 June 2017.[9] In 2021 the Albania national football team was interested in calling Camaj up.[10]

Camaj scored his first goal for Montenegro in a friendly match against the Czech Republic on 20 June 2023.[11]

On 18 October 2023 a clash broke out at a international friendly as Montenegrin fans were breaking chairs and throwing them at the Serbian police, who retaliated.The clash was thought to have been caused due to Montenegro having 3 players on the pitch who were of Albanian descent, one of whom was Camaj [12]

Career statistics

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International

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List of international goals scored by Driton Camaj
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 20 June 2023 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro  Czech Republic 1–2 1–4 Friendly
2 9 September 2024 Gradski stadion, Nikšić, Montenegro  Wales 1–2 1–2 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B

References

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  1. ^ a b Mihaela Bradovski (July 24, 2015). "Sportnet: Napadač iz Budućnosti u Interu, Osječanima poziv iz Sjeverne Koreje" (in Croatian). Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  2. ^ [1] e-Vijesti: Počinje Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga, titulu brani Mladost (in Serbian). August 6, 2016. Accessed August 1, 2017.
  3. ^ "Vijesti: Profesionalni ugovori za petoricu igrača Budućnosti" (in Serbian). January 29, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  4. ^ https://www.koha.net/en/sport/kapiteni-i-malit-te-zi-me-fjale-te-medha-per-camajn-e-kucin
  5. ^ [2] Vijesti.ba: Mladi bh. nogometaši savladali vršnjake iz Crne Gore (in Bosnian). November 10, 2016. Accessed August 1, 2017.
  6. ^ [3] Šansasport: Radonjić objavio spisak mlade reprezentacije (in Serbian). May 26, 2017. Accessed August 1, 2017.
  7. ^ [4][usurped] Fudbal.info: U21: „Sokoli“ savladali Sloveniju (in Serbian). Accessed August 1, 2017
  8. ^ [5] Vijesti: Mlada reprezentacija izgubila od Ukrajine (in Serbian). June 6, 2017. Accessed August 1, 2017.
  9. ^ [6] portalanalitika: Crna Gora poslije preokreta i pogotka u finišu do pobjede (in Serbian). June 13, 2017. Accessed August 1, 2017.
  10. ^ http://www.malesia.org/2021/03/24/kombetarja-shqiptare-syte-kah-futbollisti-driton-camaj/
  11. ^ "MONTENEGRO VS. CZECHIA 1 – 4". 20 June 2023.
  12. ^ https://gazeta-shqip.com/sport/shqiperi-shqiperi-tensione-ne-beograd-tifozet-malazeze-perplasen-me-serbet-video/
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