# Tani Stafsula

Dritan "Tani" Stafsula (born 16 July 1981) is an Albanian-born Finnish retired footballer, who finished his career at Finnish team Haukiputaan Pallo. He played the majority of his career however for AC Oulu.

## Club career

Stafsula started his senior career with Oulu-based club Tervarit in 1999 in Finnish third-tier Kakkonen. The club were promoted and Stafsula played with Tervarit in Ykkönen until 2002, and for the 2003 season he joined newly formated AC Oulu which inherited Tervarit's league spot in Ykkönen. Next year he moved to Veikkausliiga club AC Allianssi.
In 2006, Stafsula moved to Norway and signed with Bodø/Glimt in Norwegian 1. divisjon. In his first season he made 20 appearances and scored one goal for his club, but he returned to AC Oulu on a loan deal for the 2007 Veikkausliiga season. He would make 20 appearances and scored two goals for ACO in his third season in the Finnish top level.
He terminated his contract with Bodø/Glimt in 2008 and joined Kazakhstan Premier League club Zhenis for the remainder of the season. In 2009, he signed with DAC Dunajská Streda in Slovak First League.
Later in 2009 he returned to Oulu to FC OPA in Kakkonen. Besides a loan stint to Bodens in Sweden in 2010, Stafsula stayed in Oulu, playing five seasons with his former club AC Oulu in Ykkönen and making 122 league appearances and scoring 36 goals. In 2016, he joined Haukiputaan Pallo in fourth-tier Kolmonen. During five seasons with HauPa, Stafsula played 31 matches and scored 26 goals.
In 2020, he played eight matches and scored a goal for OTP in Kolmonen.
Stafsula is considered an AC Oulu club legend. He is the all-time top goal scorer in the club's history, having recorded 54 goals in 184 official appearances.

## Futsal

Stafsula also played futsal for Oulun side FC Tervarit.

## Personal life

Born in Tirana, Albania, he moved to Finland in the late 1990s. He holds dual citizenship of Albania and Finland.

## Career statistics

    As of 23 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Tervarit | 1999 | Kakkonen | | | – | – | – | – | | |
| Tervarit | 2000 | Ykkönen | | | | | – | – | | |
| Tervarit | 2001 | Ykkönen | | | | | – | – | | |
| Tervarit | 2002 | Ykkönen | | | | | – | – | | |
| Tervarit | Total | Total | 60 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 60 | 5 |
| AC Oulu | 2003 | Ykkönen | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 7 |
| Allianssi | 2004 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Allianssi | 2005 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| Allianssi | Total | Total | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 2 |
| TamU (loan) | 2005 | Veikkausliiga | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 0 |
| Bodø/Glimt | 2006 | 1. divisjon | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 1 |
| Bodø/Glimt | 2007 | 1. divisjon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Bodø/Glimt | 2008 | Tippeligaen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Bodø/Glimt | Total | Total | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 1 |
| AC Oulu (loan) | 2007 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 2 |
| Zhenis Astana | 2008 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 |
| DAC 1904 | 2008–09 | Slovak First Football League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 |
| OPA | 2009 | Kakkonen | 15 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 5 |
| Boden (loan) | 2010 | Division 1 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 11 | 1 |
| AC Oulu (loan) | 2011 | Ykkönen | 21 | 12 | – | – | – | – | 21 | 12 |
| AC Oulu | 2012 | Ykkönen | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 8 |
| AC Oulu | 2013 | Ykkönen | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 2 |
| AC Oulu | 2014 | Ykkönen | 26 | 11 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 28 | 12 |
| AC Oulu | 2015 | Ykkönen | 22 | 3 | 5 | 3 | – | – | 27 | 6 |
| AC Oulu | Total | Total | 101 | 24 | 9 | 4 | – | – | 110 | 28 |
| HauPa | 2016 | Nelonen | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 10 |
| HauPa | 2017 | Kolmonen | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | – | – | 20 | 16 |
| HauPa | Total | Total | 24 | 22 | 7 | 4 | – | – | 31 | 26 |
| OTP | 2020 | Kolmonen | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 354 | 82 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 373 | 90 |
* ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
* 1 2 Includes UEFA Cup