Gramoz Kurtaj
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 30 April 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2010 | Hertha BSC II | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2012 | Hertha BSC II | 50 | (2) |
2012–2013 | TSG Neustrelitz | 29 | (4) |
2013–2014 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 28 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Baník Most | 30 | (6) |
2015–2017 | Hamilton Academical | 48 | (3) |
2017 | SHB Da Nang | 8 | (2) |
2019 | Thanh Hoa | 15 | (6) |
2020–2021 | Gjilani | 8 | (1) |
2021 | Nam Dinh | 1 | (2) |
2021 | Dong A Thanh Hoa | 10 | (2) |
2022–2023 | TSB Flensburg | 4 | (0) |
Total | 231 | (29) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gramoz Kurtaj (born 30 April 1991) is a Kosovan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.[2]
Early and personal life
[edit]Kurtaj was born in Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia.[citation needed] When Kosovo started playing international matches in 2016, Kurtaj said he had made himself available for selection by the national team.[3]
He is friends with ex-Hamilton player Tomáš Černý.[4]
Career
[edit]Kurtaj spent his early career in Germany with Hertha BSC II, TSG Neustrelitz and Carl Zeiss Jena, and in the Czech Republic with Baník Most.[1] In July 2015 he was one of four players to sign for Scottish club Hamilton Academical.[5] Kurtaj scored his first Hamilton goal four minutes into a 2–1 defeat to champions Celtic, scoring a header to make it 1–0 Hamilton at the time.[6] He was released by Hamilton at the end of the 2016–17 season.[7]
Style of play
[edit]Kurtaj has been compared to ex-Hamilton player Tony Andreu.[4]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hertha BSC II | 2010–11 | Regionalliga Nord | 28 | 0 | — | — | — | 28 | 0 | |||
2011–12 | 22 | 2 | — | — | — | 22 | 2 | |||||
Total | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2 | ||
TSG Neustrelitz | 2012–13 | Regionalliga Nordost | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | |
Carl Zeiss Jena | 2013–14 | Regionalliga Nordost | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
Baník Most | 2014–15 | Národní Liga | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | |
Hamilton Academical | 2015–16 | Scottish Premiership | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 3 | |
2016–17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |||
Total | 48 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3 | ||
Đà Nẵng | 2017 | V.League 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 2 | ||
Thanh Hóa | 2019 | V.League 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | |||||
Career total | 208 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 26 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Gramoz Kurtaj at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ Gramoz Kurtaj at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Wilson, Richard (7 September 2016). "Hamilton Accies' Gramoz Kurtaj eyes Kosovo call-up". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Hamilton new-boy Kurtaj out to forge his own path in the Scottish game". Herald Scotland. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ "Hamilton Accies: Christian Nade among four signings". BBC Sport. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ Murray, Keir (4 October 2015). "Hamilton Academical 1–2 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ "Players Leaving". Hamilton Academical F.C. 23 May 2017. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ Gramoz Kurtaj at Soccerbase
External links
[edit]- Gramoz Kurtaj at Soccerbase
- 1991 births
- German people of Kosovan descent
- Living people
- German men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Hertha BSC II players
- TSG Neustrelitz players
- FC Carl Zeiss Jena players
- FK Baník Most 1909 players
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- SHB Da Nang FC players
- Thanh Hóa FC players
- SC Gjilani players
- Nam Định F.C. players
- Regionalliga players
- Oberliga (football) players
- Czech National Football League players
- Scottish Premier League players
- V.League 1 players
- Football Superleague of Kosovo players
- German expatriate men's footballers
- German expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
- German expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
- German expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam
- Expatriate men's footballers in Vietnam
- 21st-century German sportsmen