Florian Loshaj

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

Florian Loshaj
Personal information
Full name Florian Loshaj
Date of birth (1996-08-13) 13 August 1996
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 60 (3)
2021 → Cracovia II 1 (0)
National team‡
2017 Kosovo U21 3 (0)
2020– Kosovo 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 March 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2021

Club career

Early career

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.

Politehnica Iași

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

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 0–1 away win against Arka Gdynia after being named in the starting line-up.[4]

International career

Under-21

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

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

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

Career statistics

Club
As of 19 December 2021
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
MVV Maastricht 2015–16 Eerste Divisie 4000—4[lower-alpha 1]080
2016–17 Eerste Divisie 24110—251
2017–18 Eerste Divisie 23110—1[lower-alpha 2]0241
Total 51220—50572
Roda JC 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 9000—90
Politehnica Iași 2019–20 Liga I 19320—213
Cracovia 2019–20 Ekstraklasa 12020—140
2020–21 Ekstraklasa 232401000282
2021–22 Ekstraklasa 14010—150
Total 4927010—572
Career total 128711010501447
  1. Including other competitions, such as 2015–16 Eerste Divisie play-offs
  2. Including other competitions, such as 2017–18 Eerste Divisie play-offs

International
As of 8 September 2021
National teamYearAppsGoals
Kosovo
202020
202140
Total60

Honours

Club
Cracovia

References
  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. Loshaj is geboren in Skenderaj, Kosovo op 13 augustus 1996
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