Edon Pruti (born 8 April 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a central defender. He most recently played for National League club Hartlepool United.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edon Pruti[1] | ||
Date of birth | 8 April 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Chelsea, England[2] | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Central defender | ||
Youth career | |||
–2018 | Stevenage | ||
2018–2020 | Burnley | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | Burnley | 0 | (0) |
2019 | → Abbey Hey (loan) | ||
2021–2022 | Hanwell Town | 7 | (1) |
2021 | Loughborough University | 1 | (0) |
2022 | Slough Town | 22 | (1) |
2022–2023 | Brentford | 0 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Hartlepool United | 23 | (0) |
2023–2024 | → Farnborough (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2024 | → Farnborough (loan) | 15 | (2) |
International career | |||
2019 | Albania U18 | 1 | (0) |
Albania U19 | |||
2023 | Albania U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:47, 1 July 2024 (UTC) |
Pruti is a product of the Stevenage and Burnley academies and began his senior career in non-League football with Hanwell Town and Slough Town. Following a short spell with Premier League club Brentford, he transferred to Hartlepool United in 2023. Pruti was capped by Albania at youth level.
Club career
editYouth years
editA central defender, Pruti began his career in Sunday league football.[3] Following a spell in the Stevenage academy, he signed a two-year scholarship with the Burnley academy at the end of the 2017–18 season.[4] Prior to the cancellation of the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pruti played the first senior football of his career away on loan at North West Counties League First Division South club Abbey Hey.[5][6] Pruti sign a three-month extension to his scholarship in June 2020,[7] but was released when it expired in September 2020.[8]
Non-League football
editLate in the COVID-19-affected 2020–21 season, Pruti made cup appearances for Isthmian League South Central Division club Hanwell Town.[9] He was a part of the club's Middlesex Senior Cup-winning squad and played, scored and was named man of the match in the 1–0 victory over Harefield United in the Final.[9][10] Pruti remained with the club and made 10 appearances, scoring one goal, during the first half of the 2021–22 season.[11] He transferred to National League South club Slough Town in January 2022 and made 9 appearances and scored one goal during the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[12][13] Following three appearances during the opening month of the 2022–23 season,[13] Pruti departed Arbour Park.[14]
Brentford
editOn 31 August 2022, Pruti joined the B team at Premier League club Brentford on a one-year contract, with the option of a further year, for an undisclosed fee.[14] He had played for the team on trial early in the 2021–22 season.[3] Following 14 appearances and one goal, Pruti transferred out of the club in January 2023.[15]
Hartlepool United
editOn 13 January 2023, Pruti signed a short-term contract with League Two club Hartlepool United,[16] with an option to extend.[17] He made 21 appearances during the remainder of the 2022–23 season,[18] which culminated in relegation to the National League.[19] In May 2023, the club opted to extend Pruti's contract.[17] Following two early-2023–24 season appearances,[20] he was dropped from the matchday squad.[21] Pruti spent the majority of the remainder of the season on loan at National League South club Farnborough,[22][23][24] whom he initially joined on 20 October 2023.[25] Pruti was released by Hartlepool United when his contract expired at the end of the 2023–24 season.[26]
International career
editPruti was called up to a Kosovo U19 training camp held in April 2019.[27] He was also called into a Bosnia and Herzegovina U18 training camp in January 2020, but did not participate.[28] Pruti later switched his international allegiance to Albania, with whom he was capped at U18 and U19 level.[14][29] He was called into the U21 squad for friendly matches versus Poland and Azerbaijan in March 2023,[30] but remained with his club.[31] Pruti made his U21 debut with a substitute appearance in a 3–1 friendly defeat to Bulgaria on 20 June 2023.[32] He won further call-ups for 2025 European U21 Championship qualifiers in October and November 2023, but did not make an appearance.[20]
Personal life
editPruti was born at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital from Bosnian father and Kosovan mother.[2][3] He was brought up in Ladbroke Grove.[3] As of 2023, Pruti was in a relationship with Tallulah-May Flood, niece of Victoria Beckham.[33]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 20 April 2024
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hanwell Town | 2020–21[9] | Isthmian League South Central Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[b] | 2 | 5 | 2 |
2021–22[11] | Isthmian League South Central Division | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
Total | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 3 | ||
Loughborough University | 2021–22[34] | United Counties League Premier Division North | 1 | 0 | ― | ― | 1 | 0 | ||
Slough Town | 2021–22[13] | National League South | 19 | 1 | ― | ― | 19 | 1 | ||
2022–23[13] | National League South | 3 | 0 | ― | ― | 3 | 0 | |||
Total | 22 | 1 | ― | ― | 22 | 1 | ||||
Hartlepool United | 2022–23[18] | League Two | 21 | 0 | ― | ― | 21 | 0 | ||
2023–24[20] | National League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
Farnborough (loan) | 2023–24[20] | National League South | 27 | 2 | ― | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |
Career total | 80 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 88 | 6 |
- ^ Includes FA Cup
- ^ 3 appearances and 1 goal in London Senior Cup, 2 appearances and 1 goal in Middlesex Senior Cup
- ^ 1 appearance in FA Trophy, 1 appearance in London Senior Cup
Honours
editHanwell Town
- Middlesex Senior Cup: 2020–21[10]
References
edit- ^ "2022/23 Premier League squad lists". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Edon Pruti". www.brentfordfc.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Edon Pruti – Stepping Up". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "New Apprentices Join the Clarets". Burnley Football Club. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ Kendall, Craig. "NWCFL Latest Player Registrations #9". www.nwcfl.com. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ "Abbey Hey v Mossley". www.mossleyweb.com. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ "New Deals For Young Players". Burnley Football Club. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ Scholes, Tony (25 September 2020). "Clarets release four young players". UpTheClarets. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Edon Pruti Profile". Aylesbury United FC. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Hanwell Town Put Their Name On The Senior Cup". The Football Association. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Hanwell Town | Appearances | Edon Pruti | 2021–2022". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Squad update: Rebels sign Edon Pruti". Slough Town FC. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Edon Pruti". Slough Town FC. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Edon Pruti joins Brentford B". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ "Edon Pruti departs for Hartlepool". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ "Hartlepool sign Brentford B defender Pruti". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Retained List 2022/23". www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Games played by Edon Pruti in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ Hartlepool United F.C. at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c d Edon Pruti at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "This is why Hartlepool United defender missed the FA Cup defeat to Chester". Yahoo News. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Edon Pruti loan extended at Farnborough". Hartlepool United FC. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "Loan player movements". Hartlepool United FC. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ Lloyd, Dom (20 February 2024). "Pruti returns on loan". Farnborough F.C. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Pruti and Kuhl join on loan". farnboroughfc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Retained List 2023/24". www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ "Lista e futbollistëve të Kombëtares U19 për grumbullimin e prillit" (in Albanian). 2 April 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "U-18 players started Training Sessions in Zenica". Sarajevo Times. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "U18: Albania – Macedonia 2:2". Macedonian Football. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ Beqiri, Olta (16 March 2023). "Shqipëria U-21 / Trajneri Bushi zbardh listën e lojtarëve për dy miqësoret me Poloninë dhe Azerbajxhanin". FSHF (in Albanian). Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Hartlepool United defender available for Leyton Orient clash after ex-Brentford youngster receives international call-up". Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ Edon Pruti at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Treedt nichtje Victoria Beckham in de voetsporen van haar beroemde tante?". De Telegraaf. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Edon Pruti player stats | Uhlsport United Counties League". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
External links
edit- Edon Pruti at Soccerbase
- Edon Pruti – UEFA competition record (archive)