Background
Daja was born in the Albanian capital Tiranë, which is where he began playing football at the age of 8 with local amateur youth side Pallati i Pionerëve under the guidance of coach Hyqmet Kuka.
Daja was born in the Albanian capital Tiranë, which is where he began playing football at the age of 8 with local amateur youth side Pallati i Pionerëve under the guidance of coach Hyqmet Kuka.
He is a central midfielder and plays for FK Partizani in the Albanian Superliga. Youth career
In 2000 he joined the Dinamo Tirana academy where he joined the under-10 side. He excelled in the youth setup at Dinamo, especially in the under-17s and under-19s between 2005 and 2008.
Breakthrough
Daja came on in the 89th minute for Goran Vincetić with Dinamo already 2-0 up.
Just 4 days later he came on in the 54th minute away against Vllaznia Shkodër and scored his first ever senior goal in the closing stages of the game to make it 3-0 for Dinamo. Foreign the 2008-2009 season he became first team player but failed to establish himself in the starting line up due to his age and lack of experience.
In total he made 13 league appearances and also featured in the Albanian Cup twice. In the league he started just 4 games, and played 90 minutes just twice.
In the 2009-2010 season he struggled to play games and was loaned out to fellow Albanian Superliga side Shkumbini Peqin in January for the remainder of the season.
He played in 8 league games for Shkumbini Peqin in the second half of the season and managed to help keep the side up. He returned to Dinamo at the end of the season who were crowned champions of Albania once again. On 18 February 2004 at the age of 13 he was a match-day child mascot for Albania"s friendly match against Sweden.
He played for Dinamo Tirana in qualifying for the 2010-2011 Union of European Football Associations Champions League.
Daja undertook a part-time degree at the Academy of Physical and Sports Education Vojo Kushi, commonly known in Albanian as the Universiteti i Sporteve Të Tiranëson He completed his course from the faculty of movement science in 2014 with 61 points from 100.