| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1996-02-25)25 February 1996 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Korçë,Albania | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arce | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2008 | Fabrica Carbognano | ||
| 2009–2014 | Roma | ||
| 2014–2016 | Latina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Latina | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | →Racing Roma (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2017 | Partizani Tirana B | 4 | (0) |
| 2017 | Partizani Tirana | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | Rotonda | ||
| 2019- | Arce | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Albania U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2014 | Albania U19 | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 November 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 May 2014 | |||
Romeo Shahinas (born 25 February 1996) is an Albanian professionalfootballer who plays as amidfielder for Italian clubArce and theAlbania national under-21 football team.
Shahinas was born inKorçë,Albania and at age of 9 he moved toItaly alongside his family. A year after he made his first steps to football as he was registered atFabrica Carbognano, acomune (municipality) in theProvince of Viterbo in the Italian region ofLatium, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northwest ofRome, where he played for 3 years. During his time with Fabrica Carbognano he caught attention ofA.S. Roma scouts and when they saw him during a tournament they invited him for a trial. During his trial Roma's scouts said that they were pleasured with his form and will offer him to sign a contract after a year. He had offers from different Italian clubs such asS.S. Lazio,ACF Fiorentina andEmpoli F.C. but decided to sign with Roma in 2009.[1]
On 28 July 2014 he signed forU.S. Latina and was put into the primavera team. During the second half of the 2014–15 season ofSerie B he gained entry with the first team and participated in 4 matches.[2]
He made it his professional debut on 2 April 2016 againstAvellino coming on as a substitute in place ofPasquale Schiattarella.[3]
Following arrival ofMark Iuliano as a head coach ofFK Partizani Tirana, he brought along Shahinas andAndrea Selvaggio with parameters 0.[4] Shortly after the departure of coach Mark Iuliano, Partizani announced to have interrupted contracts by mutual consensus with Shahinas along Andrea Selvaggio,Eric Herrera andMilan Basrak.[5]
In summer 2019, Shahinas signed for US Arce after a spell at Rotonda Calcio.[6]
Shahinas received his firstAlbania under-17 call-up by managerDžemal Mustedanagić for a friendly tournament developed in August 2012 inRomania.[7]
Shahinas participated with theAlbania national under-17 football team in the2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round during October 2012. Under the national coachDzemal Mustedanagić he played in 2 matches, 1 as a starter and 1 as a substitute, also being an unused substitute on the bench for 1 match.[2]
He was invited once at theAlbania national under-19 football team by coachFoto Strakosha for the friendly match againstItaly U19 on 14 May 2014.[8]
Shahinas has declared that he is a fan ofA.S. Roma and that was the reason that he signed immediately with them in first offer, despite other offers. His inspirations areDaniele De Rossi at Roma andLorik Cana, theAlbania national team'scaptain for their style of warriors on the pitch.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe[a] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Latina | 2014–15 | Serie B | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2016–17 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Racing Roma | 2016–17 | Lega Pro | 18 | 1 | — | — | — | 18 | 1 | |||
| Partizani Tirana B | 2017–18 | Albanian Second Division | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Partizani Tirana | 2017–18 | Albanian Superliga | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 25 | 2 | ||||