Realdo Fili

Realdo Fili (born 14 May 1996) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Romanian club FC Botoșani.

Club Career

Apolonia

An Apolonia academy product, Fili made his first-team debut on 11 May 2013 in the last league match of 2012–13 season against Flamurtari at the age of 16 years and 363 days, playing the last 7 minutes of the goalless home draw. Apolonia finished the league in the last position, meaning that they are relegated and would spend the 2013–14 season in the Kategoria e Pare.

During the whole 2013–14 season, Fili didn't make a single league appearance, and was an unused substitute five times. His only match of the season was against Kukesi on 18 December 2013 in the returning leg of 2013–14 Albanian Cup second round, where he played the second half in an eventual 4–0 away defeat, which resulted Apolonia eliminated with the aggregate 4–1. Apolonia finished the league season as runners-up, promoting in the Kategoria Superiore along with Elbasani.

2014–15 season

Apolonia commenced the league season with a 3–0 disappointing away loss to Tirana, in which Fili was an unused substitute for the entire match. Fili played his first league match of the season on 26 September 2014 against Kukesi, appearing as a second-half substitute for Renato Naci in an eventual 0–1 home defeat. He began to gain more playing time by starting his first match of the season on 1 October during the 4–0 away win against Dinamo Tirana for the first leg of the first round of 2014–15 Albanian Cup.

With the arrival of the new coach Artan Mergjyshi, who begun focusing on the new players, Fili begun to play more often, playing 63 minutes in the 2–0 defeat to Partizani at home in the first match of the 2015. Fili scored his first goal of the season on 28 February during the 2–2 home draw against Kukesi, which earned Apolonia the first point of the second part of the season. Fili continued his fine form by scor

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