Leon Dajaku

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Leon Dajaku
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Dajaku with VfB Stuttgart in December 2018
Personal information
Full name Leon Dajaku
Date of birth (2001-04-12) 12 April 2001 (age 20)
Place of birth Waiblingen, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Sunderland
(on loan from Union Berlin)
Number 7
Youth career
0000 Spvgg Rommelshausen
0000–2014 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– Union Berlin 0 (0)
2021– → Sunderland (loan) 20 (4)
National team‡
2017–2018 Germany U17 14 (3)
2018–2019 Germany U18 3 (1)
2019 Germany U19 6 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:07, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
‡ 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 forward for EFL League One club Sunderland, on loan from Union Berlin.[1]

Club career[]

VfB Stuttgart[]

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[]

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[]

On 16 January 2021, Dajaku signed a six-month loan deal with Union Berlin with the option to purchase.[5]

Union Berlin[]

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]

Loan to Sunderland AFC[]

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]

International career[]

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.[9] However, the German team was eliminated in the group stage.[10]

Personal life[]

Dajaku was born in Waiblingen, Germany to Kosovo Albanian parents from Skenderaj.[11][12]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 30 January 2021[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal 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 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
Career total 50 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 51 7

Honours[]

Bayern Munich

References[]

  1. ^ Leon Dajaku at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Bor. Mönchengladbach – VfB Stuttgart 3:0 (Bundesliga 2018/2019, 14. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Leon Dajaku wechselt zum FC Bayern". fcbayern.de. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Leon Dajaku completes move to Union from Bayern". fc-union-berlin.de. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Hoffmann loaned to Sunderland - Dajaku makes permanent switch to Union". fcbayern.com. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Leon Dajaku signs for English side Sunderland". Union Berlin. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Sunderland 5-0 Cheltenham". BBC. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Under-17: Serbia v Germany". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ Leon Dajaku at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

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