Shaqir Tafa

Quick Facts

Full Name	Shaqir Tafa
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 14, 1998(1998-11-14)
Age	26
Birthplace	Fondi
Country	Italy
Birth City	Lazio
Horoscope	Scorpio

Shaqir Tafa Biography

Shaqir Tafa is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on November 14, 1998 in Fondi, Lazio, Italy. Tafa was born in Fondi the province of Latina, Lazio from Albanian parents who were originally born in Luz i Vogel, Kavaje who emigrated to Italy from 1994 to Italy. Tafa was the fourth child of the family and was the son who came after three daughters. When he was 2 years old, the family relocated to the comune in Portogruaro located in Veneto and then to Belfiore close to Venezia. He began his career in football in the area by playing forward at Annonese for three seasons.

Tafa moved to the position of centre-back after his move to Liventina. He was a success in Liventina and won the Veneto national championship in 2013. After numerous tests in 2014 the player was enlisted by Palermo initial loan. In the years following, Tafa moved through the Palermo youth squads, and was also voted Palermo primavera’s top athlete of 2017, with 47% of the votes. Tafa was selected to the team for the very first time in the senior team in the 2017 season.

Tafa was called up by coach Alban Bushi for the Friendly match against France U21 on 5 June 2017 and the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification opening match against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017. He made his competitive debut for Albania U21 against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017 under coach Alban Bushi playing the full 90-minutes match to help his side to take a goalless draw. He received his first call up for the Albania under-20 side by same coach of the under-21 team Alban Bushi for the friendly match against Georgia on 14 November 2017. He debuted for under-20 team against Georgia by playing as a starter, where he was granted as team captain, to play until 55th minute when he was substituted off for Rei Nuriu with score at 1–0 and the entire match finished in an eventual 3–0 loss.

Since he had not debuted yet for Albania in international competitive matches, in April 2017 Tafa was asked again by Italy for their national under-19 team but Tafa answered indirectly to have refused their invitation by posting on social media Facebook a picture while singing the national anthem of Albania during a March’s match against Moldova U21.

The beginning of 2013 Tafa participated in a gathering with the Italy national team for under-17s which led to him being selected by Paolo Tramezzani the Albania national football team’s assistant coach Gianni De Biasi. In January of 2016, Tafa was invited to play to the Albania national team for under-19s from coach Arjan Bellaj, for an event located in Verona, Italy.

Shaqir Tafa Net Worth

Shaqir Tafa is one of the richest Association Football Player from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Shaqir Tafa 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Shaqir Ejup Tafa (born 14 November 1998) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays the position of center-back with Italian team Sicula Leonzio and the Albania under-21 team.

Tafa mostly plays as center-back, but can also play as a right defender and defensive midfielder. Tafa is known as Shaq similar to the former NBA player Shaquille O’Neal due his size. Tafa has been compared to the 2006 FIFA World Cup winner Andrea Barzagli because of his strong physique and strength. Tafa himself has also cited his role model as Slovakian player Milan Skriniar.

Tafa received his first international call up to Albania national under-21 football team by coach Redi Jupi for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification closing match against Israel U21 on 10 October

2016. He didn’t featured in the game as he wasn’t included in the final 18-man squad.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Facts & Trivia

Shaqir Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Shaqir Tafa celebrates birthday on November 14 of every year.