Albanian footballer
Orestis Menka (born 27 July 1992) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Swedish Ettan-Norra club Vasalund.[1]
Club career
Early career
Menka moved to Levadeia, Greece, at the age of four and started his youth career at age 10, with the city's football-club Levadiakos, where he stayed five years before signing with PAOK together with a fellow Albanian compatriot Ergys Kaçe, where he stayed two years, then moved to Doxa Drama's youth team, was loaned for a year at Glyfada F.C. and then returned to Doxa Drama.[2]
Doxa Drama
On 6 January 2013, Menka gained entry with the first team of Doxa Drama as he called up for the match against Panachaiki, but he was an unused substitute.[3]
He called up in total of 7 times, but all of them was an unused substitute.[4]
He made it his debut on 15 December 2013, by being included in the starting line-up in an away match against Anagennisi Giannitsa F.C. finished in the victory 1–2.[5] He played 2 consecutive games by keeping the clean sheet, on 12 January 2014 against Anagennisi Karditsas[6] and against Tyrnavos 05 on 19 January 2014,[7] with both games finishing in goalless draws.
Menka played a half-time match on 29 March 2014 against Vataniakos, match finished in the victory 2–3 where he conceded 1 goal as the 2nd was conceded by his substitute Kostas Davkos.[8]
PANACHAIKI
Since the summer of 2020, he has been playing for Panachaiki.
International career
He played his first match for Albania national under-21 football team on 6 February 2013 against Macedonia U21, an friendly match finished in goalless draw 0-0.[citation needed]
In the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship he played two matches against Hungary U21 on 7 June 2013 [9] and Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 on 11 June 2013.[10]
International games and goals
Youth national team
Career statistics
Club
- As of 19 October 2014[11]
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