Tani Stafsula

Tani Stafsula
Personal information
Full name	Dritan Stafsula
Date of birth	16 July 1981 (age 45)
Place of birth	Tirana, Albania
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2002	Tervarit
2003	AC Oulu
2004–2005	Allianssi
2005	→ Tampere United (loan)
2006–2008	Bodø/Glimt
2007	→ AC Oulu (loan)
2008	Zhenis
2009	DAC Dunajská Streda
2009–2011	OPA
2010	→ Bodens (loan)
2011	→ AC Oulu (loan)
2012–2015	AC Oulu
2016–2017	HauPa
2020	OTP
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 December 2020

Dritan "Tani" Stafsula (born 16 July 1981) is an Albanian-born Finnish retired footballer, who finished his career at Finnish team Haukiputaan Pallo. He played the majority of his career however for AC Oulu.

Club career

Stafsula started his senior career with Oulu-based club Tervarit in 1999 in Finnish third-tier Kakkonen. The club were promoted and Stafsula played with Tervarit in Ykkönen until 2002, and for the 2003 season he joined newly formatted AC Oulu which inherited Tervarit's league spot in Ykkönen. Next year he moved to Veikkausliiga club AC Allianssi.

In 2006, Stafsula moved to Norway and signed with Bodø/Glimt in Norwegian 1. divisjon. In his first season he made 20 appearances and scored one goal for his club, but he returned to AC Oulu on a loan deal for the 2007 Veikkausliiga season. He would make 20 appearances and scored two goals for ACO in his third season in the Finnish top level.

He terminated his contract with Bodø/Glimt in 2008 and joined Kazakhstan Premier League club Zhenis for the remainder of the season. In 2009, he signed with DAC Dunajská Streda in Slovak First League.

Later in 2009 he returned to Oulu to FC OPA in Kakkonen. Besides a loan stint to Bodens in Sweden in 2010, Stafsula stayed in Oulu, playing five seasons with his former club AC Oulu in Ykkönen and making 122 league appearances and scoring 36 goals. In 2016, he joined Haukiputaan Pallo in fourth-tier Kolmonen. During five seasons with HauPa, Stafsula played 31 matches and scored 26 goals.

In 2020, he played eight matches and scored a goal for OTP in Kolmonen.

Stafsula is considered an AC Oulu club legend. He is the all-time top goal scorer in the club's history, having recorded 54 goals in 184 official appearances.

Futsal

Stafsula also played futsal for Oulun side FC Tervarit.

Personal life

Born in Tirana, Albania, he moved to Finland in the late 1990s. He holds dual citizenship of Albania and Finland.

Career statistics

As of 23 May 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tervarit	1999	Kakkonen			–		–
	2000	Ykkönen					–
	2001	Ykkönen					–
	2002	Ykkönen					–
	Total		60	5	0	0	–	–	60	5
AC Oulu	2003	Ykkönen	25	7	0	0	–		25	7
Allianssi	2004	Veikkausliiga	23	0	0	0	2	0	25	0
	2005	Veikkausliiga	16	2	0	0	1	0	17	2
	Total		39	2	0	0	3	0	42	2
TamU (loan)	2005	Veikkausliiga	4	0	–		–		4	0
Bodø/Glimt	2006	1. divisjon	20	1	0	0	–		20	1
	2007	1. divisjon	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	2008	Tippeligaen	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	Total		20	1	0	0	–	–	20	1
AC Oulu (loan)	2007	Veikkausliiga	20	2	0	0	–		20	2
Zhenis Astana	2008	Kazakhstan Premier League	13	0	0	0	–		13	0
DAC 1904	2008–09	Slovak First Football League	3	0	0	0	–		3	0
OPA	2009	Kakkonen	15	5	–		–		15	5
Boden (loan)	2010	Division 1	11	1	–		–		11	1
AC Oulu (loan)	2011	Ykkönen	21	12	–		–		21	12
AC Oulu	2012	Ykkönen	27	8	1	0	–		28	8
	2013	Ykkönen	26	2	1	0	–		27	2
	2014	Ykkönen	26	11	2	1	–		28	12
	2015	Ykkönen	22	3	5	3	–		27	6
	Total		101	24	9	4	–	–	110	28
HauPa	2016	Nelonen	10	10	1	0	–		11	10
	2017	Kolmonen	14	12	6	4	–		20	16
	Total		24	22	7	4	–	–	31	26
OTP	2020	Kolmonen	8	1	–		–		8	1
Career total			354	82	16	8	3	0	373	90

↑ Includes Suomen Cup
1 2 Includes UEFA Cup

Notes

1 2 "Kaikkien aikojen maalitykki jatkaa – AC Oulu ja Dritan Stafsula kahden vuoden jatkosopimukseen". AC Oulu (in Finnish). 22 October 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
↑ Dritan Stafsula AC Oulu
↑ Tilastot, acokannattajat.fi
↑ Profile - FC Tervarit
↑ Siira, Kimmo (1 August 2015). "AC Oulu: PS Kemin valmentaja nimitteli pelaajaa loukkaavasti - "Emme voi suvaita tällaista"". Kaleva (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
↑ Dritan Stafsula, Football Association of Finland

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[7] Includes Suomen Cup

[uc-8] 1 2 Includes UEFA Cup

[oulu-1-1] 1 2 "Kaikkien aikojen maalitykki jatkaa – AC Oulu ja Dritan Stafsula kahden vuoden jatkosopimukseen". AC Oulu (in Finnish). 22 October 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

[2] Dritan Stafsula AC Oulu

[3] Tilastot, acokannattajat.fi

[4] Profile - FC Tervarit

[5] Siira, Kimmo (1 August 2015). "AC Oulu: PS Kemin valmentaja nimitteli pelaajaa loukkaavasti - "Emme voi suvaita tällaista"". Kaleva (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 May 2024.

[6] Dritan Stafsula, Football Association of Finland