Elis Bakaj
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Elis Ermal Bakaj | ||
| Date of birth | 25 June 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Tirana, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Vllaznia Shkodër | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996 | KF Kristali | ||
| 1997–2002 | Partizani Tirana | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2009 | Partizani Tirana | 136 | (23) |
| 2009–2011 | Dinamo Tirana | 58 | (30) |
| 2011–2012 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 27 | (5) |
| 2012–2014 | Chornomorets Odessa | 33 | (9) |
| 2014–2015 | Tirana | 27 | (13) |
| 2015 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Tirana | 27 | (14) |
| 2016 | RNK Split | 10 | (1) |
| 2017– | Vllaznia Shkodër | 3 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005 | Albania U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Albania U21 | 8 | (2) |
| 2008– | Albania | 27 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 June 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 August 2015 |
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Elis Flamur Bakaj (born 25 June 1987 in Tirana) is an Albanian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Vllaznia Shkodër and the Albania national team.
Bakaj began his career as a youth player for KF Kristali, before moving to Partizani Tirana. In 2002, he started his professional career with Partizani, playing until 2009 before moving to rivals of Dinamo Tirana. After playing with them for two years, he moved outside of Albania and signed with the Romanian club Dinamo Bucureşti. After one season with White and Reds, he moved in Ukraine and signed with Chornomorets Odessa. Due to the civil unrest caused by the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, Bakaj returned to Albania and signed with KF Tirana, his third club inside of Tirana.
An international footballer for Albania since 2008, Bakaj has earned over 25 caps for his country. He debuted in 2008 and scored his first goal with Red and Blacks four years later.
Bakaj joined his first club KF Kristali in May 1996 at the age of eight, where he would only remain until October. Despite only playing for the club for less than six months, he still managed to be named the player of the year in the youth league.
For the next six months, Elis was trained personally by former Albanian international and Dinamo Tirana player Andrea Marko. In June 1997 he joined Partizani Tirana under the guidance of coach Gazmend Kraja, where he worked his way up the ranks of the club. He amazed the club, including its president Albert Xhani, who in January 2002 sent Bakaj into the club's senior side.
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