Amet Korça

Amet Korça
Personal information
Full name Amet Ylber Korça
Date of birth (2000-09-16) September 16, 2000
Place of birth Arlington, Texas, United States
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1]
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Iraklis
Youth career
–2019 Solar SC
2019–2020 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Dinamo Zagreb 0 (0)
2020 → NK Dubrava (loan) 8 (0)
2020–2022 NK Dubrava 57 (6)
2022–2023 HNK Gorica 2 (0)
2023–2024 FC Dallas 4 (0)
2023–2024 → North Texas SC 33 (0)
2025–2026 NK Dubrava 31 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of June 16, 2026

Amet Ylber Korça (born September 16, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Super League Greece club Iraklis.

Early life

Korça is from Arlington, Texas, where he attended The Oakridge School. He played youth soccer for Solar SC in North Texas. He joined Dinamo Zagreb in 2019.[2][3]

Career

Korça joined NK Dubrava from Dinamo Zagreb, initially on loan, before joining permanently and becoming club captain in his final season. When he left the club he bought a new washing machine for his former club as a farewell gift.[4] In June 2022 Korça was announced as a new signing for HNK Gorica, signing a three-year contract.[5] Playing for HNK Gorica in the Croatian Football League he only managed two appearances which included a red card away against HNK Hajduk Split.[6]

In January 2023 he agreed to join FC Dallas, signing a one-year contract with options for 2024 and 2025.[7] He was re-signed by Dallas for the 2024 season but released prior to the 2025 season.[8][9] Korça rejoined NK Dubrava in 2025.

Personal life

Korça was born in Texas to Albanian parents.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Amet Korça". FC Dallas. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  2. ↑ "FC Dallas Signs Defender Amet Korça from HNK Gorica". Bigdsoccer.com.
  3. ↑ "FC Dallas sign defender Amet Korça from Croatian side HNK Gorica". 90min.com. January 11, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Novi branič u HNL-u bivšem klubu za rastanak kupio perilicu za rublje". Index.hr.
  5. ↑ "Amet Korça je nakon prelaska u Goricu bivšem klubu Dubravi kupio poklon. Vešmašinu". telesport.telegram.hr. August 3, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Two players left Gorica in the same day". Dalmatinskiportal.hr.
  7. ↑ "FC Dallas acquires center back Amet Korca from HNK Gorica, says goodbye to Franco Jara". Thestriker.com.
  8. ↑ Dallas, F. C. "FC Dallas Announces Roster Decisions for 2025 Season". FC Dallas.
  9. ↑ Carrick, Buzz (January 24, 2024). "FC Dallas re-signs defender Amet Korça". 3rddegree.net. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  10. ↑ "GORICA BROUGHT CAPTAIN DUBRAVA: 'MY FATHER AND MOTHER LEFT ALBANIA WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG, FIRST TO NEW YORK, THEN TEXAS...'". sportske.jutarnji.hr. June 24, 2022.
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