Uerdi Mara (born 30 January 1999) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Turkish club Ankara Keçiörengücü.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1999-01-30) 30 January 1999 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Korçë, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Ankara Keçiörengücü | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2018 | Skënderbeu Korçë | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2022 | Skënderbeu Korçë | 92 | (3) |
| 2022– | Ankara Keçiörengücü | 4 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2016 | Albania U17 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 October 2022 | |||
Mara started his youth career at KF Skënderbeu Korçë in September 2011. During the 2015–16 season he debuted with the under-17 side, where he played 13 matches and scored also 10 goals. During the season he played a match for the under-19 side before he gained entry also with the first team.[1]
He made it his first professional debut on 12 October 2015 in the 2015–16 Albanian Cup match against Vllaznia Shkodër coming on as a substitute in the 27th minute in place of Bujar Shabani where the match finished in the 1–1 draw.[2]
On 24 May 2016 Mara went to a trial with Primavera team of Italian Serie A side Udinese, where he participated in a friendly tournament Medunarodni Omladinski Turnir in Rijeka, Croatia.[3]
Mara was called up for the first time at international level in the Albania national under-17 football team by coach Dzemal Mustedanagić for the two friendly match against Italy U-17 on 17 & 19 March 2015.[4]
He was called up also for a friendly tournament in Austria against Mexico, Austria & Brazil on match-dates 25–27 April 2015.[5] He made it his first international debut against Mexico on 25 April 2015 playing as a starter in the match finished in the 0–0 draw.[6] He played also in the next day against Austria, coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute, where the match finished in the 2–0 loss.[7]
| Season | Club | League country | League | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2015–16 | Skënderbeu Korçë | Albanian Superliga | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||