*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:59, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
Herdi Besnik Prenga (born 31 August 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for RFS in Latvian Optibet Virslīga.[1] Born in Croatia, he represents Albania internationally.
He made it his first senior debut with Sesvete on 17 August 2013 playing full 90-minutes in the opening match against Gorica, finished in a clean 3–0 victory.[3] He scored 1 goal during the season, concretely on 28 September 2013 in the 8th game week against Solin finished in the 2–0 victory where Prenga scored the opening goal in the 17th minute.[4] He became a regular and important player for the team as he played in total 17 matches out 19 all full 90-minutes and missed out just 2 matches due to the suspension for completing the number of yellow cards (3) exactly two times as he received in total 6 yellow cards.
Lokomotiva Zagreb
2013–14 season second-half
For the second half of the 2013–14 season, also another full season (in total for 1 year and a half), Prenga was loaned to Lokomotiva Zagreb this time in the major Prva HNL. He made it his professional debut with Lokomotiva Zagreb on 22 February 2014 against Hajduk Split coming on as a substitute in the 23rd minute in place of Dino Perić and the match finished in the 0–2 loss.[5] Then until the end the season he played 9 other matches all as a full 90-minutes and was as an unused substitute for 4 matches.
2014–15 season
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2015–16 season
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Inter Zaprešić
On 3 July 2017 Prenga signed with fellow Croatian First League side Inter Zaprešić among Marko Bencun and Tomislav Haramustek.[6] Prenga was unable to play in two first games of the season due to a leg injury. He was an unused substitute in next match against Slaven Belupo on 29 July 2017. He made his debut a week later on 5 August against Rudeš playing the full 90-minutes match to help his team to take a clear away 0–2 victory.[7]
In January 2015 Prenga declared to the Albanian media that he wish to continue his father's (Besnik Prenga) footsteps to wear red and black shirt of Albania and that it would be great honor for him. Given this, the Albania national under-21 football team coach Skënder Gega contacted the 20-year-old and his family. In February then, coach Skënder Gega announced to have sent an invitation to Prenga, declaring that he has seen him as a good reinforcement for the Albania U21 squad.[15]
2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
Prenga received his first official call-up by coach Skënder Gega for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification opening match against Liechtenstein on 28 March 2015.[16] However Prenga couldn't play in this match as he was ineligible due to the absence of respective documents.
He scored his first international goal for Albania U21 on 28 March 2016 against Hungary U21 to give his side the important 2–1 victory in the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.[20] Prenga made his debut for the senior Albania national football team in a 1–0 UEFA Nations League win over Israel on 7 September 2018.[21]
Senior
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