Career
At first it was believed to be an unsuccessful trial as he did not impress in a friendly. On 8 August 2012, Bakaj signed a one-year deal with KF Laçi. On 4 May 2014, Bakaj scored his first career goal during the 6–0 thrashing of Kastrioti Krujë, valid for the 22nd week of 2013-2014 season, scoring from the penalty kick.
He left the team after the end of the season, signin a two-year contract with KF Tirana.
During the 2014-2015 season, he served mostly as a back-up for first goalkepper Stivi Frashëri, but he took his place in early March 2015 after the match against Partizani Tirana, were Frashëri made a mistake that was decisive for the faith of the match. Bakaj ended the season with 16 appearances in all competitions, including 9 in league, with Tirana who finished it in the fourth place and was eliminated in semi-finals of 2014-2015 Albanian Cup against KF Laçi with the 1–0 aggregate.
He left the club on 7 August 2015 after being told that he was not in the plans of the technical staff, but, five days later, however, a call from the club"s president Refik Halili made him to change his mind and return in training. Bakaj has been a former youth international player of Albania, player three and two matches respectively with U17 and U19 side.
