Arijan Qollaku (born 4 January 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a right back. Born in Switzerland, Qollaku represents Albania internationally.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 February 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Bülach, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | Zürich | ||
| 2016–2018 | Grasshopper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Grasshopper U21 | 41 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Grasshopper | 5 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Schaffhausen (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Schaffhausen | 64 | (3) |
| 2020–2024 | Aarau | 49 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2017 | Albania U21 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2024 | |||
Club career
editQollaku was born in Bülach, a town in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland[1] and joined FC Zürich as a youth. He was released in July 2015 and spent time on trial with fellow Swiss side FC Wil,[2] even featuring in a friendly against his former employers.[3] However, ultimately he joined Grasshoppers in early 2016 and signed his first professional contract in February 2017 alongside teammates Nedim Bajrami and Petar Pusic.[4][5] He made his debut the next month, playing 64 minutes in a 1–0 loss against Basel.[6]
International career
editQollaku was eligible to represent Kosovo and Albania in international level. He refused an invitation from Kosovo national under-21 football team to accept invitation from Albania national under-21 football team coach Alban Bushi.[7]
Qollaku was called up to Albania U21 for the Friendly match against France U21 on 5 June 2017 and the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification opening match against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017.[8]
He received Albanian citizenship from president Bujar Nishani on 12 June 2017, the day of the opening match of the qualifiers against Estonia U21 thus couldn't participate in this match, however, he became eligible to play in the next competitive matches.[9]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 23 May 2023.[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Grasshoppers U21 | 2015–16 | 1. Liga - 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2[a] | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |||
| 2017–18 | 1. Liga - 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 2 | ||
| Grasshoppers | 2016–17 | Swiss Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 4 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Schaffhausen (loan) | 2017–18 | Swiss Challenge League | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Schaffhausen | 2018–19 | 30 | 1 | 1[b] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 1 | ||
| Aarau | 2020–21 | Swiss Challenge League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2012–23 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| Total | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 137 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 141 | 2 | ||
- Notes
References
edit- ^ "Arijan Qollaku, Defender, Grasshopper Club Zurich". goalnoise.com. Goal Noise. Retrieved 29 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Auch den dritten Test verloren" (in German). infowilplus.ch. 1 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Viele Neue, wenige Aufschlüsse" (in German). infowilplus.ch. 4 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Harun Alpsoy wechselt in die Türkei" (in German). fm1today. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Auch Harun Alpsoy verlässt die Grasshoppers" (in German). Luzerner Zeitung. 1 February 2017. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "FC Basel - Grasshoppers". Eurosport. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ Refuzoi Kosovën, talenti i Grasshopersit zgjedh Shqipërinë Panorama Sport
- ^ Alban Bushi shpall listën e U21 për Francën dhe Estoninë Archived 2017-07-05 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
- ^ "Dekret për dhënie të shtetësisë shqiptare nr. 10411" [Decree on granting Albanian citizenship no. 10411] (in Albanian). President of Albania. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ Arijan Qollaku at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
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