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Loti Celina (born 5 June 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Albanian club Partizani Tirana. Born in Norway, he has represented Kosovo at youth level.[2]

Loti Celina

Personal information
Full name	Loti Celina
Date of birth	(2000-06-05) 5 June 2000 (age 22)
Place of birth	Fjell, Drammen, Norway[1]
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right-back[1]
Club information
Current team	Partizani Tirana
Number	15
Youth career
2011–2020	Strømsgodset
2020–2021	Swansea City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	Strømsgodset III	21	(3)
2016–2020	Strømsgodset II	49	(1)
2021–	Partizani Tirana	1	(0)
National team‡
2017–2018	Kosovo U19	7	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018

Club career

Early career

Celina was born and raised in Fjell, Drammen[1] in a family of footballers where his two older brothers, Behadil and Bersant were professional footballers, the latter is one of the most important players in Kosovo national team.[3]<redf>"Lillebror spiller i Premier League, storebror Celina stortrives I Asker". budstikka.no.</ref> He at the age of 11 started playing football in Strømsgodset with whom he played in all youth teams, including senior level with which debut on 26 April 2017 in the 2017 Norwegian Cup first round against Åssiden after coming on as a substitute at 56th minute in place of Mounir Hamoud.[4][5][6][7]

During the second half of the 2019–20 season, Celina was on long trial at Swansea City U23, where on 3 February 2020, he played in a league match which ended in a 0–4 home defeat against Newcastle United U23 after being named in the starting line-up,[8][9][10] but unfortunately this test failed even though it was warned that they would sign contract.

Partizani Tirana

On 31 January 2021, Celina signed his first professional contract with Kategoria Superiore side Partizani Tirana after agreeing to a two-and-a-half years deal.[11][12][13][14] On 26 May 2021, he made his debut in a 2–4 away win against Bylis after coming on as a substitute at 79th minute in place of Eraldo Çinari.[15]

International career

On 8 February 2017, Celina received a call-up from Kosovo U19 for a five-day training camp in Ulcinj.[16] On 1 October 2017, he was named as part of the Kosovo U19 squad for 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifications.[17] Two days later, Celina made his debut with Kosovo U19 in a match against Austria U19 after being named in the starting line-up.[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 July 2021[19][20]

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
Strømsgodset III	2015	3. divisjon	5	1	0	0	—				5	1
	2016		15	2	0	0	—		2[lower-alpha 1]	0	15	2
Strømsgodset	2017	Eliteserien	0	0	1	0	—		1[lower-alpha 2]	0	1	0
	Total		20	3	1	0	—		3	0	24	3
Strømsgodset II	2017	3. divisjon	15	0	0	0	—				15	0
	2018		14	0	0	0	—				14	0
	2019		18	1	0	0	—				18	1
	Total		47	1	0	0	—				47	1
Swansea City U23	2019–20	Premier League 2	1	0	0	0	—				1	0
Partizani Tirana	2020–21	Kategoria Superiore	1	0	0	0	—				1	0
	2021–22		0	0	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
	Total		2	0	0	0	1	0	—		3	0
Career total			69	4	1	0	1	0	3	0	74	4

References

External links

• Loti Celina at Soccerway

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