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Florian Loshaj

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Florian Loshaj
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-08-13) 13 August 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Skenderaj, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 İstanbulspor
Number 34
Youth career
0000–2016 Genk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Genk 0 (0)
2016 → MVV Maastricht (loan) 4 (0)
2016–2018 MVV Maastricht 47 (2)
2019 Roda JC 9 (0)
2019–2020 Politehnica Iași 19 (3)
2020–2023 Cracovia 71 (4)
2023– İstanbulspor 42 (5)
International career‡
2017 Kosovo U21 3 (0)
2020– Kosovo 24 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 August 2024

Florian Loshaj (born 13 August 1996) is a Kosovo professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club İstanbulspor and the Kosovo national team.

Club career

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Early career

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Loshaj finished his youth career at Belgium club Genk in the summer of 2016. On 1 February 2016, he moved to Dutch Eerste Divisie side MVV Maastricht. On 11 April 2016, Loshaj made his debut for Maastricht in a league match against Fortuna Sittard, after coming on as a substitute in the 90th minute, in place of Jordy Croux.

Politehnica Iași

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On 23 June 2019, Loshaj joined Liga I side Politehnica Iași, on a three-year contract.[1] On 13 July 2019, he made his debut against CFR Cluj after being named in the starting line-up and scored his side's only goal during a 1–1 away draw.[2]

Cracovia

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On 15 January 2020, Loshaj joined Ekstraklasa side Cracovia, on a three-year contract.[3] On 7 February 2020, he made his debut in a 1–0 away win against Arka Gdynia after being named in the starting line-up.[4]

International career

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Under-21

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On 29 August 2017, Loshaj received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for a 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Norway U21 and Germany U21[5] On 1 September 2017, he made his debut with Kosovo U21 in a 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification against Norway U21 after coming on as a substitute at 59th minute in place of Kamer Krasniqi.[6]

Senior

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On 24 December 2019, Loshaj received a call-up from Kosovo for the friendly match against Sweden[7] and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up.[8]

Personal life

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Loshaj was born in Skenderaj, FR Yugoslavia from Kosovo Albanian parents.[9]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 26 November 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MVV Maastricht (loan) 2015–16 Eerste Divisie 4 0 0 0 — 4[a] 0 8 0
MVV Maastricht 2016–17 Eerste Divisie 24 1 1 0 — — 25 1
2017–18 Eerste Divisie 23 1 1 0 — 1[b] 0 25 1
Total 47 2 2 0 — 1 0 50 2
Roda JC 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 9 0 0 0 — — 9 0
Politehnica Iași 2019–20 Liga I 19 3 2 0 — — 21 3
Cracovia 2019–20 Ekstraklasa 12 0 2 0 — — 14 0
2020–21 Ekstraklasa 23 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 28 2
2021–22 Ekstraklasa 21 1 1 0 — — 22 1
2022–23 Ekstraklasa 15 1 1 0 — — 16 1
Total 71 4 8 0 1 0 — 80 4
Career total 150 9 12 0 1 0 5 0 168 9
  1. ^ Including 2015–16 Eerste Divisie play-offs
  2. ^ Including 2017–18 Eerste Divisie play-offs

International

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As of 13 August 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Kosovo 2020 2 0
2021 9 0
2022 6 0
2023 5 0
2024 2 0
Total 24 0

Honours

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Cracovia

References

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  1. ^ "Lotul pentru cantonament" [The squad for training camp] (in Romanian). Politehnica Iași. 23 June 2019. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. 17.Florian Loshaj
  2. ^ "Incepem sezonul cu o remiza. CFR Cluj–Poli Iasi (1–1)" [We start the season with a draw. CFR Cluj–Poli Iasi (1–1)] (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. 13 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Florian Loshaj wzmacnia Pasy!" [Florian Loshaj strengthens the Belts!] (in Polish). KS Cracovia. 15 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Trzy punkty na początek ligowej wiosny!" [Three points to the beginning of the league spring!] (in Polish). KS Cracovia. 7 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Prekazi: Presentation before our fans encourages us". Football Federation of Kosovo. 29 August 2017. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Fitore historike e Kosovës U21, e përmbys Norvegjinë në "Adem Jashari"" [Kosovo U21's historic victory overthrows Norway in "Adem Jashari"] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 1 September 2017. Bekaj, Kabashi, Ismajli, Voca, Mema, Maloku (Shabani), Krasniqi (Loshaj), Gashi, Jashari (Dabiqaj), Hasani, Bytyqi
  7. ^ "Lista e futbollistëve për ndeshjen Kosovë–Suedi" [List of players for the match Kosovo–Sweden] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 24 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Sweden (1–0) Kosovo". eu-football.info. 12 January 2020.
  9. ^ "MVV legt Florian Loshaj langer vast". 1Limburg (in Dutch). 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2018. Loshaj is geboren in Skenderaj, Kosovo op 13 augustus 1996
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