Din Sula

{{short description|Belgian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Din Sula

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|3|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Brussels, Belgium

| height = 1.85 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Odra Opole

| clubnumber = 98

| years1 = 2015–2018 | clubs1 = Oud-Heverlee Leuven | caps1 = 12 | goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2017–2018 | clubs2 = → Lommel (loan) | caps2 = 34 | goals2 = 19

| years3 = 2018–2021 | clubs3 = Waasland-Beveren | caps3 = 26 | goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2021–2023 | clubs4 = Virton | caps4 = 14 | goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2022 | clubs5 = → Patro Eisden (loan) | caps5 = 2 | goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2022–2023 | clubs6 = → Knokke (loan) | caps6 = 27 | goals6 = 22

| years7 = 2023– | clubs7 = Odra Opole | caps7 = 21 | goals7 = 5

| nationalyears1 = 2015

| nationalteam1 = Belgium U17

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2016–2017

| nationalteam2 = Belgium U19

| nationalcaps2 = 5

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| nationalyears3 = 2018

| nationalteam3 = Albania U21

| nationalcaps3 = 3

| nationalgoals3 = 1

| pcupdate = 21:17, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

| ntupdate =

}}

Din Sula (born 2 March 1998) is a footballer who plays as a forward for Polish I liga club Odra Opole. Born in Belgium, Sula represented his country of birth at youth level, before switching to Albania in 2018.

Career

Sula played his first official match for OHL in June 2015 during the 2015 Belgian Second Division play-offs when he came on as a substitute in a 0–0 draw at home to Lierse.{{cite news

|url=http://ohl.be/heren/seizoen/wedstrijden/verslag/9652

|title=No goals after ninety minutes

|language=dutch

|date=2015-05-17

|publisher=ohl.be

|access-date=2015-11-22

|archive-date=2015-11-23

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123050352/http://ohl.be/heren/seizoen/wedstrijden/verslag/9652

|url-status=dead

}} Half a year later on 21 November 2015, he played his first match in the Belgian Pro League when he was in the starting lineup at home against Genk.{{cite news

|url=http://ohl.be/heren/seizoen/wedstrijden/verslag/10026

|title=No points, despite goal

|language=dutch

|date=2015-11-21

|publisher=ohl.be

|access-date=2015-11-22

|archive-date=2016-08-02

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802232757/http://ohl.be/heren/seizoen/wedstrijden/verslag/10026

|url-status=dead

}}

Personal life

Sula is of Kosovan Albanian descent. His brother Drin is also a footballer, currently playing for Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport.{{cite web|url=http://sportpress.al/vellezrit-din-dhe-drin-sula-firmosin-per-oh-leuven-ne-belgjike/|title=Vëllezrit Din dhe Drin Sula firmosin për OH Leuven në Belgjikë - Sportpress.al|date=2 May 2015|publisher=|access-date=24 December 2017|archive-date=12 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112160055/https://sportpress.al/vellezrit-din-dhe-drin-sula-firmosin-per-oh-leuven-ne-belgjike/|url-status=dead}}

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