Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 August 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Skenderaj, FR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | İstanbulspor | ||
Number | 34 | ||
Youth career | |||
–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) |
2020–2023 | Cracovia | 71 | (4) |
2023– | İstanbulspor | 32 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Kosovo U21 | 3 | (0) |
2020– | Kosovo | 17 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 September 2022 |
Florian Loshaj (born 13 August 1996) is a Kosovo professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club İstanbulspor and the Kosovo national team.
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 a 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[a] | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
MVV Maastricht | 2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||
2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 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 | |||
2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
Total | 71 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 80 | 4 | |||
Career total | 150 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 168 | 9 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Kosovo | 2020 | 2 | 0 |
2021 | 9 | 0 | |
2022 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 17 | 0 |
Cracovia