51 Facts About Daniel Xhafaj

Daniel Xhafaj was born on 8 March 1977 and is an Albanian retired professional footballer.

Daniel Xhafaj spent the majority of career playing in Albania where he enjoyed success with Dinamo Tirana, Teuta Durres, Tirana, Besa Kavaje and Skenderbeu Korce.

An Albania international, Daniel Xhafaj has been capped only once with Albania in 2007.

Daniel Xhafaj found more space to play in the next season, appearing in 11 league matches, but still went goalless.

Daniel Xhafaj went on to score two more times during that season, as Flamurtari avoided relegation for only three points.

Daniel Xhafaj impressed during his short spell at Ballsh, scoring 8 times in 12 league appearances.

Daniel Xhafaj's performances earned him a transfer to capital club Dinamo Tirana.

Daniel Xhafaj scored 10 goals in 25 league appearances as Dinamo Tirana finished 3rd.

Daniel Xhafaj scored only 4 goals in 21 league appearances during his second spell with The Red and Blacks.

Daniel Xhafaj joined Teuta Durres in the autumn of 2003 where he went to play in the next four years.

Daniel Xhafaj scored his first league goal on 25 October 2003 in the matchday 9 versus Besa Kavaje.

Daniel Xhafaj then scored a hat-trick, his second in the Albanian Superliga, to give Teuta all three points against the same opponent.

Daniel Xhafaj finished his first season at Durres by scoring 21 goals in 24 league matches as Teuta finished 5th which qualified them to the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup first round.

Daniel Xhafaj scored another winner three weeks later in the matchday 8 against Dinamo Tirana.

Daniel Xhafaj played two cup matches and returned to Teuta in the summer of 2006.

On 9 July 2006, Daniel Xhafaj was sent on loan to Elbasani for the club UEFA Champions League campaign.

Daniel Xhafaj finished his spell at Teuta with 65 goals in 96 appearances in all competitions.

Daniel Xhafaj completed a transfer to Albania most successful club Tirana as a free agent.

Daniel Xhafaj endured a slow start to the season and was out of form in the first matches.

Daniel Xhafaj however was able to score 4 cup goals as Tirana lost in final to Vllaznia Shkoder.

Daniel Xhafaj was sent on loan at fellow capital side Dinamo for their Champions League campaign.

Daniel Xhafaj begun his domestic season on 24 August 2008 by appearing in the goalless draw of Albania derby versus Vllaznia Shkoder.

Daniel Xhafaj scored his first goal of the season in matchday 3 against Partizani Tirana in the capital derby.

Daniel Xhafaj eventually finished the season with 10 league goals as Tirana clinched their 24 championship in history; this was Daniel Xhafaj second Albanian Superliga title.

Daniel Xhafaj's spell with the capital club was marred by his wrong positioning on the field and poor relationship with manager Sulejman Mema.

Tirana's failure to qualify to the next round lead to Daniel Xhafaj considering his options, one of those came from Besa's president Nexhat Bizhdili who had great ambitions to make Besa one of Albania's top sides.

Daniel Xhafaj's goal was ranked the fourth fastest ever in the championship behind Stevan Racic, Gjergji Muzaka and Migen Memelli.

Daniel Xhafaj begun second part of the season on prolific form; he scored in each of three four league matches as Besa collected 12 points to remain in second position 12 points behind the leader Dinamo.

Daniel Xhafaj eventually finished the season by netting 21 goals between league and cup, as Besa finished runner-up in league to Dinamo to secure a spot to Europe for next season.

Daniel Xhafaj was presented on the same day where he was given squad number 22.

Daniel Xhafaj himself scored an impressive 12 goals in 15 matches.

Daniel Xhafaj went to publicly accuse the referee for deciding the game.

For Daniel Xhafaj it was a good season in personal terms, as he managed to win Golden Boot for the second consecutive season after netting 19 goals in 31 matches.

Daniel Xhafaj was named Player of the Year by UEFA.

Daniel Xhafaj made 2 cup appearances as Flamurtari was eliminated in the second round.

Daniel Xhafaj was released by the Flamurtari chairman Shpetim Gjika on 19 July 2011, along with three other main players, Sebino Plaku, Bledar Devolli and Julian Ahmataj.

Daniel Xhafaj scored 15 goals in all competitions, including 11 in league as the team won the championship for the second successive year.

Daniel Xhafaj was important in the team's run in cup, scoring 4 goals in 10 appearances as Skenderbeu lost to Tirana in the final.

Daniel Xhafaj continued to be part of the team in the Champions League second qualifying round.

Daniel Xhafaj left the club in the first days of August 2012 after failing to find a way for the new contract.

On 2 August 2012, Daniel Xhafaj returned to Teuta Durres after a 5-year absence by signing a one-year contract.

Daniel Xhafaj wasted the chance to score a penalty in 61st minute but his attempt was saved by Elvis Kotorri.

Daniel Xhafaj signed a new one-year contract with Teuta on 16 July 2013, lengthening his career at Durres.

Daniel Xhafaj was named Albanian Superliga Player of the Month for September 2013 after bagging two goals in four matches which gave Teuta six points.

In December 2013, Daniel Xhafaj performances were rewarded with Albanian Footballer of the Year award, becoming the first Teuta Durres to win it.

Daniel Xhafaj played 4 times in cup as Teuta was eliminated in the semi-finals to Kukesi.

Daniel Xhafaj left the team on 30 May 2014 at the end of the season after his contract expired and the club's directors decided not to renew his contract.

Daniel Xhafaj finished his third spell with Sea Boys by scoring 25 goals in 64 matches in all competitions.

In November 2014, Daniel Xhafaj begun training with Dinamo Tirana as he was a free agent at that time.

Daniel Xhafaj continued to be part of the team for the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying matches against Luxembourg.

Daniel Xhafaj received another call-up in January 2008 for gathering between 14 and 23 January in Antalya, Turkey.