Leon Dajaku
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leon Dajaku | ||
Date of birth | 12 April 2001 | ||
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 | |||
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– | 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]
Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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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[]
- ^ Leon Dajaku at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
External links[]
- Leon Dajaku – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Profile at DFB.de
- Profile at kicker.de
- 2001 births
- Living people
- People from Waiblingen
- Footballers from Baden-Württemberg
- Association football forwards
- German footballers
- Germany 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
- Bundesliga players
- 3. Liga players
- Regionalliga players
- English Football League players
- German people of Albanian descent