Esat Mala

Esat Reshat Mala (born 18 October 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Albanian club Teuta Durrës. Born in Yugoslavia, he represented Albania internationally.

Club career Ballkani Mala spent the first part of the 2017–18 season in the First Football League of Kosovo representing Ballkani. In the meantime, he also trained with Partizani B squad. He made 12 appearances and scored 8 goals, also giving 10 assists during his spell at the club K.F.C Ballkani. He made his competitive debut on 4 February 2018 by playing in the second half of a 2–1 home win over Kamza. He quickly won his place in the starting lineup under Sulejman Starova, winning the league's player of the month award in March. Mala finished the season with 17 league appearances, including one cup appearance, as Partizani finished 5th in the league. Following the end of the season, he was named as one of the talents of the season by the association Sporti na bashkon.

International career On 28 May 2018. Mala made his debut with Albania U21 in a friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 after being named in the starting line-up.

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Honours Individual Albanian Superliga Player of the Month: March 2018 Albanian Superliga Talent of the Season: second place 2017–18