Alessio Hysaj
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 April 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Altamura, Bari, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Right midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | San Cataldo | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Altamura | ||
| 2017–2018 | Matera | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Matera | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Altamura | 9 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Grumentum | 5 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Termoli (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Matera Grumentum | 34 | (2) |
| 2023 | Ginosa | 12 | (0) |
| 2024– | San Cataldo | 42 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Albania U19 | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 March 2017 | |||
Alessio Hysaj (Albanian pronunciation: [aˈlɛsio hyˈsaj]; born 26 April 1999) is an Albanian footballer who plays as a right midfielder for Italian club San Cataldo.
Born in Altamura, Italy, Hysaj began his career with local side Altamura before joining Matera in 2017. He has since played for several clubs in the Italian lower divisions, including Grumentum, Termoli, Matera Grumentum, and Ginosa.
At international level, he represented the Albania under-19 national team in 2017.
Club career
Hysaj began his senior career with Italian club Matera in the 2016–17 season, and over the next three seasons made three appearances in Serie C for the club.[1][2]
He moved to Altamura in 2019, where he made nine league appearances during the 2019–20 season. In September 2020, he joined Grumentum Val d'Agri, before spending part of 2021 on loan at Termoli.[2][1]
In mid-2021, Hysaj returned to the Matera region, signing for Matera Grumentum, where he made ten league appearances between 2021 and 2023. He subsequently played for Ginosa in early 2023, and in 2024 joined San Cataldo.[1][2][3][4]
International career
Hysaj represented the Albania under-19 national team in 2017, earning three caps.[2] He was also part of the Albanian squad for the UEFA Under-19 Championship qualifiers, but did not feature in any of the matches.[5][1]
Personal life
Hysaj was born in Altamura, Italy, into an Albanian family originally from Shkodër, Albania.[6] He is the cousin of Elseid Hysaj, who plays for Lazio and the Albania national team, and has a younger brother, Daniel Hysaj, who is also a footballer and plays in Serie D.[7][6]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup[a] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Matera | 2016–17 | Serie C | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Serie C | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | Serie C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Altamura | 2019–20 | Serie D | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
| Grumentum | 2020–21 | Eccellenza Basilicata | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Termoli (loan) | 2020–21 | Eccellenza Molise | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |||
| Matera Grumentum | 2021–22 | Eccellenza Basilicata | 24 | 2 | — | — | — | 24 | 2 | |||
| 2022–23 | Serie D | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Ginosa | 2023–24 | Eccellenza Apulia | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Total | 46 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 51 | 2 | |||
| San Cataldo | 2023–24 | Eccellenza Basilicata | 18 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | Eccellenza Basilicata | 24 | 1 | — | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 42 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 48 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 109 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | — | 127 | 4 | |||
- ^ Includes Coppa Italia Serie C and Coppa Italia Serie D
References
- ^ a b c d e Alessio Hysaj at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Alessio Hysaj at BeSoccer
- ^ "Alessio Hysaj player profile". Sofascore. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ "Alessio Hysaj on Tribuna.com". Tribuna. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ Alessio Hysaj at the Albanian Football Association (in Albanian and English)
- ^ a b "Pas Elseidit edhe Alessio, dy kushërinjtë Hysaj mund të bashkohen në Serinë A" [After Elseid, also Alessio — the two Hysaj cousins could reunite in Serie A] (in Albanian). BalkanWeb. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ "L'esordio nel Napoli di Spalletti e l'arrivo in Serie C: chi è Daniel Hysaj, nuovo acquisto del Taranto" [The debut at Napoli under Spalletti and arrival in Serie C: who is Daniel Hysaj, Taranto's new signing] (in Italian). La Casa di C. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ "Alessio Hysaj". TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian). Retrieved 1 June 2025.