{{short description|Albanian footballer and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Fatos Daja | image = | caption = | fullname = Fatos Daja | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1968|1|11}} | birth_place = Tirana, Albania | position = Defender | youthyears1= | youthclubs1= | years1 = 1987–1992 | clubs1 = 17 Nëntori | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1992–1999 | clubs2 = St. Patrick | caps2 = 121 | goals2 = 19 | years3 = 1999–2001 | clubs3 = Ħamrun Spartans | caps3 = 44 | goals3 = 4 | years4 = 2001–2002 | clubs4 = Qormi | caps4 = 17 | goals4 = 2 | nationalyears1 = 1991–1997 | nationalteam1 = Albania | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2001–2002 | managerclubs1 = Qormi | manageryears2 = 2002–2003 | managerclubs2 = Balzan Youths | manageryears3 = 2023–2024 | managerclubs3 = St. Patrick (asst.) }} '''Fatos Daja''' (born 11 January 1968, in Albania) is a former Albanian football defender.{{cn|date=October 2025}} He earned 6 caps for the Albania national team during 1991 to 1997.{{cn|date=October 2025}}
==International career== He made his debut for Albania in a May 1991 European Championship qualification match in Tirana against Czechoslovakia and earned a total of 6 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a March 1997 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=4174|title=Player Database|website=eu-football.info|accessdate=2019-02-17}}</ref>
==Managerial career== As a manager, Daja got relegated with Qormi to the third level in 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofmalta.com/article/unlucky-qormi-bow-out-with-dignity.176657|title=Unlucky Qormi bow out with dignity|newspaper=Times of Malta|date=29 April 2002|access-date=29 July 2024}}</ref> and was coach of then-Maltese First Division side Balzan Youths in the 2002–03 season.<ref>[https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20021116/football/all-division-one-clashes-today.162658 All-Division One clashes today] – Times of Malta</ref>
==Honours== ;as a player *'''Maltese Challenge League: 2''' :: 1995, 2000
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{sports links}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Daja, Fatos}} Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Tirana Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Albanian men's footballers Category:Albania men's international footballers Category:KF Tirana players Category:Żabbar St. Patrick F.C. players Category:Hamrun Spartans F.C. players Category:Qormi F.C. players Category:Kategoria Superiore players Category:Maltese Challenge League players Category:Maltese Premier League players Category:Albanian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Category:Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Malta Category:Albanian football managers Category:Qormi F.C. managers Category:Balzan F.C. managers Category:Albanian expatriate football managers Category:Expatriate football managers in Malta Category:20th-century Albanian sportsmen
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