Florian Loshaj (born 13 August 1996) is a Kosovo professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polish club Cracovia and the Kosovo national team.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1996-08-13) 13 August 1996 (age 26) | ||
Place of birth | Skenderaj, FR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Cracovia | ||
Number | 22 | ||
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– | Cracovia | 64 | (4) |
2021 | → Cracovia II | 1 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2017 | Kosovo U21 | 3 | (0) |
2020– | Kosovo | 17 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 September 2022 |
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 an league match against Fortuna Sittard, after coming on as a substitute in the 90th minute, in place of Jordy Croux.
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]
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]
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]
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]
Loshaj was born in Skenderaj, FR Yugoslavia from Kosovo Albanian parents.[9]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
MVV Maastricht (loan) | 2015–16 | Eerste Divisie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
MVV Maastricht | 2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||
2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 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 | |||
Total | 56 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 64 | 3 | |||
Career total | 135 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 152 | 8 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Kosovo | 2020 | 2 | 0 |
2021 | 9 | 0 | |
2022 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 17 | 0 |
Cracovia
17.Florian Loshaj
Bekaj, Kabashi, Ismajli, Voca, Mema, Maloku (Shabani), Krasniqi (Loshaj), Gashi, Jashari (Dabiqaj), Hasani, Bytyqi
Loshaj is geboren in Skenderaj, Kosovo op 13 augustus 1996
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