Ardit Hila

Ardit Hila
Personal information
Date of birth	6 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Elbasan, Albania
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	AF Elbasani
Youth career
2005–2011	Elbasani
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2015	Elbasani
2015–2018	Teuta Durrës
2018–2019	Partizani Tirana
2019–2020	Prishtina
2020–2021	Gjilani
2021–2022	Kukësi
2022–2024	Tirana
2024–	AF Elbasani
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024

Ardit Hila (born 6 January 1993) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for AF Elbasani.^[1]^[2]

Club career

Elbasani

Hila made his professional debut on 16 May 2011 by playing full-90 minutes in a 1–2 home defeat to Shkumbini Peqin in the last championship game of 2010–11 season.^[3] Elbasani was eventually relegated after finishing in last position, collecting only 12 points.^[4]

Teuta Durrës

Following Elbasani's relegation from the Albanian Superliga, Hila signed a three-year contract with Teuta Durrës along with his teammate Emiljano Musta.^[5]

Hila scored his first goal for his new side on 4 October 2015 in a 3–0 league win over Bylis Ballsh.^[6] Later, he went on to score the only goal of both quarter-final legs of the Albanian Cup against Kukësi.^[7]

Hila enjoyed his most productive season in the 2017–18 under Gugash Magani and later Gentian Begeja, scoring 11 goals, including 9 in league, finishing it as team joint-top scorer along with Latif Amadu.^[8] In addition to that, he also had the worst disciplinary record among his teammates, receiving 13 yellow cards during the season.^[9]

He left the club on 26 May 2018 with the aim a pursuing a career outside of Albania.^[8]

Partizani Tirana

On 26 June 2018, fellow Superliga side Partizani Tirana announced to have acquired Hila on a 1+1 contract.^[10]

FC Prishtina

He signed with FC Prishtina for 2 years.

Career statistics

As of 23 May 2018^[11]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Elbasani	2010–11	Albanian Superliga	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2011–12	Albanian First Division	25	4	2	0	—		27	4
	2012–13		10	1	2	0	—		12	1
	2013–14		16	5	1	0	—		17	5
	2014–15	Albanian Superliga	30	0	1	0	—		31	0
	Total		82	10	4	0	—		86	10
Teuta Durrës	2015–16	Albanian Superliga	30	3	3	1	—		33	4
	2016–17		28	1	6	2	2^[a]	0	36	3
	2017–18		33	9	4	2	—		37	11
	Total		91	13	13	5	2	0	106	18
Partizani Tirana	2018–19	Albanian Superliga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			173	23	19	5	2	0	194	28

^ All appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Elbasani^[11]

Albanian First Division: 2013–14

Partizani^[11]

Kategoria Superiore: 2018–19

Prishtina^[11]

Kosovar Cup: 2019–20

Tirana

Kategoria Superiore: 2021–22
- Runner-up:2022–23
Kupa e Shqipërisë
- Runner-up:2022–23
Albanian Supercup: 2022

References

^ Footballdatabase profile
^ "Hila: Goli tripikësh për Elbasanin, një emocion i papërshkruar". Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
^ "Elbasani vs. Shkumbini 1 – 2". Soccerway. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ "Besa dhe Elbasani bien nga kategoria Superiore" [Besa and Elbasani relegated from Albanian Superliga] (in Albanian). Albania Soccer. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ "Teuta fillon të lëvizë në merkato, Musta dhe Hila janë firmat e para" [Teuta starts to move in transfer market, Musta and Hila are the first signatures] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
^ "Teuta mposht Bylisin dhe shkarkon trajnerin, Canaj: Ekipi më tradhtoi" [Teuta defeats Bylis and sack the coach, Canaj: The team betrayed me] (in Albanian). Java News. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ Ergis Tafalla (23 January 2016). "Teuta mposht Kukësin me 10 futbollistë" [Teuta defeats Kukësi with 10 players] (in Albanian). Telesport.al. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Ardit Hila largohet nga Teuta, mund të transferohet në Belgjikë" [Ardit Hila flee from Teuta, can be transferred in Belgium] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ "Disciplinary record". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ "Zyrtare: Partizani nis fushatën e përforcimeve, firmos Ardit Hila" [Official: Partizani starts the reinforcements campaign, Ardit Hila signs] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ardit Hila at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 May 2018.