Shaqir Tafa

Shaqir Ejup Tafa (born 14 November 1998) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Italian club Piacenza.

Club Career

Monopoli (loan)

On 5 August 2017 Tafa was loaned out to Serie C side Monopoli until the end of the 2017–18 season. Under management of Massimiliano Tangorra Tafa was considered as 6th center-defense choice behind most used trio formed by team's captain Luca Ricci, Mattia Bei and Michele Ferrara (including also Mario Mercadante which was often used as a center-back in place of Ferrara) and other substituters Loris Bacchetti and Nicola Lanzolla. Consequently Tafa was on the bench for 13 first matches. He made his debut in the penultimate matchday of the year on 23 December against Cosenza playing as a starter along Ricci and Mercadante, thus benching Ferrara whereas Bei moved as a midfielder; Tafa was substituted off in the 73rd minute as the match ended in a 2–0 loss for Monopoli which remained with ten men since the 68th minute.

Cuneo

On 7 August 2018, he moved on a permanent basis to the Serie C club Cuneo.

Sicula Leonzio

On 2 September 2019, he signed with Sicula Leonzio.

Piacenza

After a three-months spell with Albanian club Tirana where he did not appear for the senior squad and was released in November 2020, on 2 February 2021 he returned to Italy and signed with Piacenza.