1. Elseid Hysaj grew up in Shkoder with his mother and grandparents while his father worked in Italy as a bricklayer.
22 Facts About Elseid Hysaj
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Elseid Hysaj himself started his youth career aged 7 with KF Shkodra, an amateur club based in his birthplace Shkoder and managed by Taip Piraniqi.
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When Elseid Hysaj had turned 14 he traveled to Italy where he was assessed by Piccioli and attended trials at various clubs, including Fiorentina before eventually joining the Empoli academy.
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Elseid Hysaj scored his first professional goal on 17 April 2014 in the match against Virtus Lanciano.
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Later on 31 October, Elseid Hysaj signed a new contract keeping him at the club until June 2017.
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Elseid Hysaj appeared in 3 Coppa Italia matches, where Empoli was eliminated in Round of 16 by Roma in extra-time.
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In July 2015, Elseid Hysaj concluded a deal with the fellow Serie A side Napoli, following former Empoli coach Maurizio Sarri and player Mirko Valdifiori to the club.
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Elseid Hysaj showed an impressive form at the club to become a regular starter under the coach Maurizio Sarri and playing the entire 90-minute matches, substituting off in just a few cases and leaving behind the Italian international Christian Maggio.
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On 8 February 2016 Elseid Hysaj was included in the best 11 of Serie A youth players by football analyst Gianluca Di Marzio among big names such as Juventus players, Paul Pogba, Paulo Dybala, Inter Milan player Mauro Icardi and Milan player M'Baye Niang.
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Elseid Hysaj was ranked third at Napoli for most minutes played during the entire season including all competitions.
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Elseid Hysaj was considered at the time one of the best players in his position in the world.
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Elseid Hysaj made 29 appearances and contributed 3 assists in all competitions.
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Elseid Hysaj chose to sing left-wing associated song, Bella ciao at his teammate initiation.
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Elseid Hysaj netted one goal, helping guide Lazio to a 5th-place finish and a subsequent qualification for next years edition of the Europa League.
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Elseid Hysaj netted one goal and contributed one assist, helping guide Lazio to a second-place finish behind eventual winners Napoli.
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Elseid Hysaj was called up to the squad for the double-away matches against Slovenia and Iceland on 6 and 10 September 2013.
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Elseid Hysaj was called up for the senior team for a friendly match against Belarus on 15 November 2013.
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Elseid Hysaj was part of the list for the candidates to win award as the best young player of the tournament, rated for his extraordinary ability in attack and defence, involvement in decisive action in attack and defence, tactical maturity and efficiency during appearances in the match and a fair-play attitude during the tournament.
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Elseid Hysaj retained his starting place in the Albania's 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign playing three first matches as the full 90-minutes.
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Elseid Hysaj was substituted off in the 79th minute for striker Edgar Cani as coach Gianni De Biasi placed a trio forwarding line to attempt to score.
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On 9 June 2015, Elseid Hysaj got engaged with Miss Albania 2013 Fiorenza Lekstakaj.
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Elseid Hysaj is a supporter of Socialist Party of Albania, having taken part in 2017 electoral campaign in Shkoder.