Amet Korça

American soccer player (born 2000)

Amet Korça
Personal information
Full name	Amet Ylber Korça
Date of birth	(2000-09-16) September 16, 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth	Arlington, Texas, United States
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)^[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	FC Dallas
Number	24
Youth career
0000–2019	Solar SC
2019–2020	Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2020	Dinamo Zagreb	0	(0)
2020	→ NK Dubrava (loan)	8	(0)
2020–2022	NK Dubrava	57	(6)
2022–2023	HNK Gorica	2	(0)
2023–	FC Dallas	4	(0)
2023–	North Texas SC	13	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 23, 2023

Amet Yiber Korça (born September 16, 2000) is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club FC Dallas.

Early life

Korça is from Arlington, Texas, where he attended The Oakridge School. He played youth soccer for Solar SC in North Texas. He joined Dinamo Zagreb in 2019.^[2]^[3]

Career

Korça joined NK Dubrava from Dinamo Zagreb, initially on loan, before joining permanently and becoming club captain in his final season. When he left the club he bought a new washing machine for his former club as a farewell gift.^[4] In June 2022 Korça was announced as a new signing for HNK Gorica, signing a three-year contract.^[5] Playing for HNK Gorica in the Croatian Football League he only managed two appearances which included a red card away against HNK Hajduk Split.^[6]

In January 2023 he agreed to join FC Dallas, signing a one-year contract with options for 2024 and 2025.^[7]

Personal life

Both his parents are Albanian who left Albania initially for New York, before moving to Texas where Korça was born.^[8]

References

^ "Amet Korça". FC Dallas. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
^ "FC Dallas Signs Defender Amet Korça from HNK Gorica". Bigdsoccer.com.
^ "FC Dallas sign defender Amet Korça from Croatian side HNK Gorica". 90min.com. January 11, 2023.
^ "Novi branič u HNL-u bivšem klubu za rastanak kupio perilicu za rublje". Index.hr.
^ "Amet Korça je nakon prelaska u Goricu bivšem klubu Dubravi kupio poklon. Vešmašinu". telesport.telegram.hr. August 3, 2022.
^ "Two players left Gorica in the same day". Dalmatinskiportal.hr.
^ "FC Dallas acquires center back Amet Korca from HNK Gorica, says goodbye to Franco Jara". Thestriker.com.
^ "GORICA BROUGHT CAPTAIN DUBRAVA: 'MY FATHER AND MOTHER LEFT ALBANIA WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG, FIRST TO NEW YORK, THEN TEXAS...'". sportske.jutarnji.hr. June 24, 2022.