Ador Gjuci

Ador Gjuci
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-29) 29 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Aversa, Campania, Italy
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-winger
Team information
Current team
 Portici
Youth career
–2012 Sassoferrato Genga
2012–2014 Reggina
2015–2017 Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Reggina 10 (1)
2017–2018 Torino 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Akragas (loan) 22 (0)
2018–2019 Monterosi 18 (1)
2019–2020 Fano 6 (0)
2020 Torres 7 (3)
2020–2022 Carbonia 55 (11)
2022 Matera 9 (0)
2022–2023 Aprilia 18 (5)
2023– Portici 6 (0)
International career
2015 Albania U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2023

Ador Gjuci (born 29 January 1998) is an Italian-born Albanian footballer who plays as a left-winger for Portici in Serie D. His family is originally from Burrel, Albania.

Club career

Early career

Gjuci was born in Aversa, Campania, Italy to Albanian parents from Burrel. He grow up as a player at Sassoferrato Genga from where he was signed by Reggina.

He made it his debut for Reggina at the age of 16 and 8 months during a derby match on 5 October 2014 against Cosenza which was won 3–0 by Reggina, becoming the third youngest debutant in the Reggina's history after Vincenzo Camilleri and Giandomenico Mesto. After Roberto Insigne scored his third personal goal and third goal of the match even, the coach Francesco Cozza decided to give Gjuci the great opportunity to make it his professional debut. [1][2][3]

On 6 January 2015 he managed to score his first professional goal against Martina Franca after playing as a starter and scored in the 25th minute also to give his side the 1–0 victory.[4]

Monterosi

On 13 November 2018, he joined Monterosi in Serie D.[5]

Fano

On 14 August 2019, he returned to Serie C, signing a one-year contract with Fano.[6] On 3 January 2020, his Fano contract was terminated by mutual consent.[7]

International career

In an interview after his debut in Reggina, Gjuci admitted that he wanted to play for Albania at international level and would welcome an invitation by FSHF.[1]

He received his first call up at the Albania national under-19 football team by the coach Arjan Bellaj for a 7 days gathering in Durrës, Albania from 29 August to 5 September 2015.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 September 2017 [9]
Club Season League Cup Europe[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Reggina 2014–15 Lega Pro 10 1 — — — 10 1
Total 10 1 — — — 10 1
Akragas 2017–18 Serie C 0 0 — — — 0 0
Total 0 0 — — — 0 0
Career total 10 1 — — — 10 1
  1. ^ Including continental competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

References

  1. ^ a b Ador Gjuci, shqiptari 16 vjeç që hyn në historinë e Rexhinës Archived 20 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Sport Ekspres
  2. ^ Reggio Calabria vs. Nuova Cosenza - 5 October 2014 - Soccerway
  3. ^ G Factor: Ador Gjuci, l’attaccante che a 16 anni è già nella storia della Reggina GianlucaDiMarzio.com
  4. ^ Reggio Calabria vs. Martina Franca - 6 January 2015 - Soccerway
  5. ^ "Esordio con gol lampo. Ador Gjuci si presenta così al Monterosi: "Non poteva sperare di meglio"" (Press release) (in Italian). Monterosi. 13 November 2018.
  6. ^ "L'ESTERNO D'ATTACCO ADOR GJUCI E' GRANATA!" (Press release) (in Italian). Fano. 14 August 2019.
  7. ^ "RISOLUZIONE CONSENSUALE CON IL CALCIATORE GJUCI" (Press release) (in Italian). Fano. 3 January 2020.
  8. ^ Grumbullohet Kombetarja U-19 Archived 31 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine Sportpress.al
  9. ^ Ador Gjuci at Soccerway