Jahmir Hyka
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 8 March 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Tirana, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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San Jose Earthquakes | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2005 | Dinamo Tirana | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | Rosenborg | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Tirana | 32 | (2) |
| 2008–2010 | Mainz 05 | 15 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Panionios | 9 | (0) |
| 2011 | Tirana | 11 | (4) |
| 2011–2017 | Luzern | 161 | (17) |
| 2017– | San Jose Earthquakes | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Albania U-17 | 3 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Albania U-19 | 6 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Albania U-21 | 7 | (1) |
| 2007– | Albania | 42 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:23, 2 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2016 |
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Jahmir Hyka (born 8 March 1988) is an Albanian footballer who plays as a midfielder for San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer and the Albanian national team.
Hyka joined local side Dinamo Tirana at the age of 12, where he played for the youth teams for four years, until he entered on the first team at 2004. He was being tracked by a number of European clubs despite never having made a competitive appearance for Dinamo Tirana before joining Norwegian side Rosenborg BK in 2005 on loan. At Rosenborg, Hyka did not manage to break through into the first team, failing to make a single league appearance, only featuring twice as an unused substitute in August and September 2006.
In 2007, Hyka left Dinamo Tirana to sign with Greek club Olympiacos for a fee of €600,000. At Olympiakos, he found opportunities in the first team limited and so he moved on loan to KF Tirana, the then champions of the 2006–07 Albanian Superliga in time for the 2007–08 season.
Back in Tirana, Hyka played 32 games, scoring two goals and his good form did not go unnoticed. Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb showed interest and Hyka was close to the move but eventually he signed a four-year deal with German side 1. FSV Mainz 05.
In 2010, after just 13 appearances with the German team, most of them as a substitute, Hyka was once again on the move, this time back to Greece, transferring to Greek team, Panionios, for a €120,000 fee.
After a difficult time in Greece, he returned to Albania, returning to former side KF Tirana where he had previously had a loan spell. The deal was completed on 29 January 2011, while Hyka was still in Greece. Tirana president Refik Halili had previously expressed his desire to sign the young national team winger at the unveiling of new signing Bekim Balaj.
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