Elbasan Rashani
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Elbasan Rashani | ||
| Date of birth | 9 May 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Hillerstorp, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rosenborg (on loan from Brøndby) | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2009 | Skarphedin IF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2014 | Odd | 68 | (7) |
| 2014– | Brøndby IF | 23 | (3) |
| 2016– | → Rosenborg (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010 | Norway U17 | 3 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Norway U18 | 12 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Norway U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2012 | Norway U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Norway U21 | 9 | (2) |
| 2015- | Kosovo | 1 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 July 2014 | |||
Elbasan Rashani (born 9 May 1993), commonly known as Elba Rashani, is a Kosovar footballer playing for the Norwegian Tippeligaen club Rosenborg on loan from Brøndby as a forward. He represented Norway since U17 until U21, before representing the Kosovo national football team.
Club career
Odd
He was born in Sweden to Kosovar Albanian emigrants, but grew up in Kragerø and Bø i Telemark and played for Skarphedin before he joined the then named football club Odd Grenland ahead of the 2010 season.[1][2]
Brøndby
Season 2014-15
On 24 Juli 2014 Rashani made a €660K transfer from the Norwegian side Odd and signed a four-year-contract with the Danish club Brøndby which ties him to the club until the summer 2018. Elba was handed jersey number 14.[3][4] On 31 July Rashani made his Europa League debut when he was brought in for the final fourteen minutes in the 3-0 away defeat against the Belgium side Club Brugge.
International
Rashani was born in Sweden to Kosovar-Albanian parents, and was brought up in Norway. He represented Norway as a youth. In July 2015 Rashani told the Albanian media that he is looking forward to a call up from Albania's coach Gianni de Biasi.[5] However, he ended up getting a callup with the Kosovo national football team and made his debut in a friendly 0-0 tie with Albania.[6]
Career statistics
- As of 1 May 2016
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europa League | Champions League | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tier | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Odd 
|
2010 | T1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | T1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 0 | |
| 2012 | T1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 3 | |
| 2013 | T1 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 25 | 4 | |
| 2014 | T1 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 4 | |
| Total | 68 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 11 | ||
Brøndby 
|
2014–15 | T1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 17 | 2 |
| 2015-16 | T1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 17 | 5 | |
| Total | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 7 | ||
| Rosenborg
|
2016 | T1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 96 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 18 | ||
- (-) Not qualified
References
- ^ "Spillerprofiler - Elbasan Rashani" (in Norwegian). Odd Grenland. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- ^ Bergsli, Bent (7 December 2009). "Kan bli stor". Telemarksavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- ^ "Ouch! The price on Brøndby IF's new starlet" (in Danish). www.eb.dk. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "Norwegian youth international starlet signs with Brøndby IF" (in Danish). www.brondby.com. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ Rashani për Sportpress.al/ E dua kombëtaren shqiptare July 24 2015, Sportpress
- ^ http://www.ffk-kosova.com/federata/?p=10402
External links
- Elba Rashani Statistics
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