Leon Dajaku
 Dajaku with VfB Stuttgart in December 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leon Dajaku[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 April 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Waiblingen, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger, forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hajduk Split | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Spvgg Rommelshausen | |||
| –2014 | FSV Waiblingen | ||
| 2014–2019 | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| 2019–2020 | Bayern Munich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | VfB Stuttgart | 2 | (0) |
| 2019 | VfB Stuttgart II | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Bayern Munich II | 43 | (7) |
| 2019–2021 | Bayern Munich | 2 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Union Berlin (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Union Berlin | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Sunderland (loan) | 22 | (4) |
| 2022–2023 | Sunderland | 10 | (0) |
| 2023 | → St. Gallen (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2023– | Hajduk Split | 23 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | Germany U17 | 14 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | Germany U18 | 3 | (1) |
| 2019 | Germany U19 | 6 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2019 | |||
Leon Dajaku (born 12 April 2001) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger and forward for SuperSport HNL club Hajduk Split.
Club career
[edit]VfB Stuttgart
[edit]Dajaku began his youth career with Spvgg Rommelshausen and FSV Waiblingen, before moving to the youth team of VfB Stuttgart in 2014.[2]
Dajaku made his professional debut for VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga on 9 December 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 75th minute for Anastasios Donis in the 0–3 away loss against Borussia Mönchengladbach.[3]
Bayern Munich
[edit]On 16 July 2019, Dajaku joined Bayern Munich on a four-year contract. He was subsequently assigned to the reserve team in the 3. Liga.[4] On 21 December 2019, he made his first team debut in a Bundesliga 2–0 home win against VfL Wolfsburg.
Loan to Union Berlin
[edit]On 16 January 2021, Dajaku signed a six-month loan deal with Union Berlin with the option to purchase.[5]
Union Berlin
[edit]On 31 August 2021, Union Berlin activated the purchase clause in the loan agreement for Dajaku. The fee was rumoured to be €1 million.[6]
Sunderland
[edit]On 31 August 2021, Dajaku signed a season-long loan deal with EFL League 1 club Sunderland AFC.[7] He scored his first goal for Sunderland against Cheltenham Town on 28 September 2021.[8]
Following the loan, Dajaku moved to Sunderland on a permanent basis in June 2022 and signed a two-year contract.[9]
On 26 January 2023, Dajaku joined Swiss Super League club St. Gallen on loan until the end of the season.[10][11]
Hajduk Split
[edit]On 26 June 2023, Dajaku joined Croatian club Hajduk Split on a free transfer. Upon his arrival, Dajaku was assigned the 22 shirt and agreed to a four-year contract.
International career
[edit]Dajaku was included in Germany's squad for the 2018 edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship in England, where he scored twice in the 3–0 win against Serbia.[12] However, the German team was eliminated in the group stage.[13]
Personal life
[edit]Dajaku was born in Waiblingen, Germany to Kosovo Albanian parents from Skenderaj.[14][15]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 14 January 2023[16]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| VfB Stuttgart II | 2018–19 | Regionalliga Südwest | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| VfB Stuttgart | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bayern Munich II | 2019–20 | 3. Liga | 29 | 4 | — | — | — | 29 | 4 | |||
| 2020–21 | 3. Liga | 14 | 3 | — | — | — | 14 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 43 | 7 | ||||
| Bayern Munich | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Union Berlin | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Sunderland (loan) | 2021–22 | League One | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 27 | 4 |
| Sunderland | 2022–23 | Championship | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Career total | 82 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 11 | ||
Honours
[edit]Bayern Munich
Sunderland
References
[edit]- ^ "EFL Squad List 2022/23: Sunderland – Under 21 Contract players" (PDF). English Football League. 7 September 2022. p. 127. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "Markus Weinzierl befördert zwei 17-Jährige" [Markus Weinzierl promotes two 17-year-olds]. stuttgarter-zeitung.de (in German). Stuttgart: Stuttgarter Zeitung. 15 November 2018. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ "Bor. Mönchengladbach – VfB Stuttgart 3:0 (Bundesliga 2018/2019, 14. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ "Leon Dajaku wechselt zum FC Bayern". fcbayern.de. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Leon Dajaku completes move to Union from Bayern". fc-union-berlin.de. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ "Hoffmann loaned to Sunderland - Dajaku makes permanent switch to Union". fcbayern.com. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Leon Dajaku signs for English side Sunderland". Union Berlin. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Sunderland 5-0 Cheltenham". BBC. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "SEASON TWO: Dajaku ready to go". Sunderland. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Dajaku joins FC St. Gallen". www.safc.com. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "Leon Dajaku leihweise zum FCSG" [Leon Dajaku on loan to FCSG]. www.fcsg.ch (in German). 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "Under-17: Serbia v Germany". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ "Das ist der Kader für die U 17-EM" [This is the squad for the European Under-17 Championship]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ Engstrom, Aineias (1 December 2017). "Spieler-Portrait: Leon Dajaku, 16 Jahre" [Player portrait: Leon Dajaku, 16 years old]. lattenkreuz.de (in German). Lattenkreuz – Aktuelle Fußballnachrichten. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ "ZYRTARE: Talenti nga Skenderaj transferohet tek Bayern Munich" [OFFICIAL: The talent from Skenderaj is transferred to Bayern Munich]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 16 July 2019.
- ^ Leon Dajaku at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ Paddy, Chris (21 May 2022). "Sunderland 2–0 Wycombe". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
External links
[edit]- Leon Dajaku – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Profile at DFB.de
- Profile at kicker.de
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Waiblingen
- Footballers from Stuttgart (region)
- Men's association football forwards
- German men's footballers
- Germany men's youth international footballers
- German people of Kosovan descent
- VfB Stuttgart players
- VfB Stuttgart II players
- FC Bayern Munich footballers
- FC Bayern Munich II players
- 1. FC Union Berlin players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- FC St. Gallen players
- HNK Hajduk Split players
- Bundesliga players
- 3. Liga players
- Regionalliga players
- English Football League players
- Croatian Football League players
- German people of Albanian descent
- Sportspeople of Albanian descent
- German expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- German expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- 21st-century German sportsmen