Xhonatan Lajthia (born 1 February 1999) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Albanian club KF Erzeni.[1]
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1999-02-01) 1 February 1999 (age 23) | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kavajë, Albania | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team | Erzeni | ||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2017 | Teuta Durrës | ||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Teuta | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Erzeni (loan) | 20 | (4) | ||||||||||
| 2019 | → Egnatia (loan) | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||
| 2020– | Erzeni | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||
| 2015 | Albania U16 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2016 | Albania U19 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Albania U21 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:50, 12 January 2020 (UTC) | |||||||||||||
Lajthia started his youth career at KF Teuta Durrës in 2011. In the 2014–15 season he played 14 games with under-17 side.[2]
On 3 January 2020, Lajthia returned to KF Erzeni on a contract for the rest of the season.[3]
He participated with Albania national under-16 football team in the UEFA Development Tournament 2015 and played 1 match under coach Alban Bushi on 3 May 2015.[4][5]
He also was called up at Albania national under-19 football team by coach Arjan Bellaj to participate in the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification from 6-11 October 2016.[6] He played in all three matches as a substitute.[7]
He received his first call up for the Albania under-20 side by coach Alban Bushi for the double friendly match against Azerbaijan U-21 on 21 & 26 January 2018.[8]