Orestis Menka
{{short description|Albanian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Orestis Menka
|image =
|caption =
|fullname = Orestis Menka
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|07|27|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Lushnjë, Albania
|height = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
|position = Goalkeeper
|currentclub = Vasalund
|clubnumber = 1
|youthyears1 = 2002–2007 |youthclubs1 = Levadiakos
|youthyears2 = 2007–2009 |youthclubs2 = PAOK
|youthyears3 = 2009–2013 |youthclubs3 = Doxa Drama
|youthyears4 = 2011–2012 |youthclubs4 = → Glyfada (loan)
|years1 = 2013–2014 |clubs1 = Doxa Drama |caps1 = 8 |goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2014–2015 |clubs2 = Aiginiakos |caps2 = 2 |goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2015–2016 |clubs3 = Doxa Drama |caps3 = 0 |goals3 = 0
|years4 = 2016–2017 |clubs4 = Apollon Kalamaria |caps4 = 13 |goals4 = 0
|years5 = 2017–2020 |clubs5 = Doxa Drama |caps5 = 59 |goals5 = 0
|years6 = 2020–2021 |clubs6 = Panachaiki |caps6 = 0 |goals6 = 0
|years7 = 2021 |clubs7 = Levadiakos |caps7 = 5 |goals7 = 0
|years8 = 2021 |clubs8 = Akropolis |caps8 = 14 |goals8 = 0
|years9 = 2022– |clubs9 = Vasalund |caps9 = 48 |goals9 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2013
| nationalteam1 = Albania U21
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
|medaltemplates =
| club-update = 29 November 2023
| nationalteam-update = 11 June 2013
}}
Orestis Menka (born 27 July 1992) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Swedish Ettan-Norra club Vasalund.{{Soccerway|orestis-menka/281254}}
Club career
=Early career=
Menka moved to Levadeia, Greece, at the age of four and started his youth career at age 10, with the city's football-club Levadiakos, where he stayed five years before signing with PAOK together with a fellow Albanian compatriot Ergys Kaçe, where he stayed two years, then moved to Doxa Drama's youth team, was loaned for a year at Glyfada F.C. and then returned to Doxa Drama.[http://asport.al/talenti-orest-menka-debuton-ne-futbollin-grek/ Talenti Orest Menka debuton në futbollin grek] aSport.al
=Doxa Drama=
On 6 January 2013, Menka gained entry with the first team of Doxa Drama as he called up for the match against Panachaiki, but he was an unused substitute.[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/01/06/greece/football-league/doxa-dramas/panahaiki-2005/1396684/ Doxa Dramas vs. Panachaiki - 6 January 2013 - Soccerway]
He called up in total of 7 times, but all of them was an unused substitute.[https://int.soccerway.com/players/orestis-menka/281254/ Albania - O. Menka - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway]
He made it his debut on 15 December 2013, by being included in the starting line-up in an away match against Anagennisi Giannitsa F.C. finished in the victory 1–2.[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/12/15/greece/football-league/anagenisi-giannitsa/doxa-dramas/1590076/ Anagennisi Giannitsa vs. Doxa Dramas - 15 December 2013 - Soccerway] He played 2 consecutive games by keeping the clean sheet, on 12 January 2014 against Anagennisi Karditsas[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/01/12/greece/football-league/pae-anagennisi-karditsas-1904/doxa-dramas/1590094/ Anagennisi Karditsas vs. Doxa Dramas - 12 January 2014 - Soccerway] and against Tyrnavos 05 on 19 January 2014,[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/01/19/greece/football-league/doxa-dramas/tirnavos-fc/1590102/ Doxa Dramas vs. Tyrnavos - 19 January 2014 - Soccerway] with both games finishing in goalless draws.
Menka played a half-time match on 29 March 2014 against Vataniakos, match finished in the victory 2–3 where he conceded 1 goal as the 2nd was conceded by his substitute Kostas Davkos.[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/03/29/greece/football-league/vataniakos-football-club-/doxa-dramas/1590173/ Vataniakos vs. Doxa Dramas - 29 March 2014 - Soccerway]
=PANACHAIKI=
Since the summer of 2020, he has been playing for Panachaiki.
International career
He played his first match for Albania national under-21 football team on 6 February 2013 against Macedonia U21, an friendly match finished in goalless draw 0-0.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}
In the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship he played two matches against Hungary U21 on 7 June 2013 [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/06/07/europe/uefa-u21-championship/albania-under-21/hungary-under-21/1445830/ Albania U21 vs. Hungary U21 - 7 June 2013 - Soccerway] and Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 on 11 June 2013.[https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/06/11/europe/uefa-u21-championship/bosnia-herzegovina-under-21/albania-under-21/1445821/ Bosnia-Herzegovina U21 vs. Albania U21 - 11 June 2013 - Soccerway]
International games and goals
=Youth national team=
| class="wikitable collapsible" style="font-size:90%" | |||||||
| colspan=8|International appearances and goals | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Final score | Goal | Result | Competition |
| colspan=8|2013 | |||||||
| 1 | 6 February | Stadiumi Laçi, Laçi, Albania | {{fbu|21|Macedonia}} | 0–0 | 0 | Draw | Friendly |
| 2 | 7 June | Niko Dovana Stadium, Durrës, Albania | {{fbu|21|Hungary}} | 1–2 | 0 | Loss | UEFA Euro U-21 2015 qualification |
| 3 | 11 June | Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina | {{fbu|21|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} | 1–4 | 0 | Loss | UEFA Euro U-21 2015 qualification |
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|19 October 2014}}{{Soccerway|orestis-menka/281254}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||||
| rowspan="2"|Season
!rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|League country !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="1"| 2012–13 | rowspan="2" valign="center"| Doxa Drama | rowspan="2"| Football League (Greece) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0| | |
| |0 | 0 | ||||||
| rowspan="1"| 2013–14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0| | |||
| |8 | 0 | ||||||
| colspan="3" valign="center"|Total
!8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| rowspan="1"| 2014–15 | rowspan="1" valign="center"| Aiginiakos | rowspan="1"| Football League (Greece) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0| | |
| |1 | 0 | ||||||
| colspan="3" valign="center"|Total
!0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|orestis-menka/281254}}
{{Football League Greece Goalkeeper of the Year}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Menka, Orestis}}
Category:Footballers from Lushnjë
Category:Albanian emigrants to Greece
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Albanian men's footballers
Category:Albania men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Doxa Drama F.C. players
Category:Apollon Kalamarias F.C. players
Category:Football League (Greece) players
Category:Albanian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Greece