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Enis Gavazaj
Gavazaj with Albania U21
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-03-21) 21 March 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Prizren, Kosovo
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Roeselare (on loan from Gent)
Number 17
Youth career
2003–2008 Getoari
2008–2011 Liria Prizren
2011–2013 Prishtina
2013 Gent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Gent 7 (0)
2015– → Roeselare (loan) 4 (0)
International career‡
2010–2012 Kosovo U17 ? (?)
2012–2014 Albania U19 6 (1)
2013– Albania U21 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 September 2015

Enis Gavazaj (born 21 March 1995) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club Roeselare on loan from the fellow Belgian club Gent and the Albania national under-21 football team.

Career

Early career

He started his youth career at the age of 8 at Liria Prizren school academies, from where he moved to the youth teams of the club in 2008 where he stayed for 3 years until 2011, before moving to the most successful football club in Kosovo, FC Prishtina, at the age of 16.[1][2] Standing for two years at FC Prishtina, on 8 August 2013 he signed for Belgium side K.A.A. Gent in the Belgian Pro League.[3]

Gent

In December 2013 Gavazaj gained entry with the first team of Gent, as he called up for the match against Anderlecht on 15 December 2013, finished in the loss 1–2, in where Gavazaj was an unused substitute for the entire match.[4] He made it his first debut for Gent at age 18 against Genk on 26 January 2014, coming on as a substitute in the stoppage time 90'+2 in place of Yaya Soumahoro, where the match finished in the away victory 1–2.[5] The second match for Gent came on 8 February 2014 against Oostende, where he came in as a substitute in the 81st minute in the place of Brecht Dejaegere.[6] After some games as an unused substitute, Gavazaj played on 1 March 2014 against Sporting Charleroi, where he included in the starting line up and got substituted off in the 57th minute for Renato Neto.[7] Gavazaj played on 8 March 2014 in a match against Cercle Brugge, coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute of the match in place of Nana Akwasi Asare and in the 81st minute Gavazaj gave an assist for the 3rd goal of the match scored by Mahamadou Habibou, were the match finished as an away victory 1–4.[8] After that game, he included in best eleven of the week in Belgian Pro League.[9] Gavazaj played on 3 May 2014 against Lierse, coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute in place of Danijel Milićević and 13 minutes after in the 74th' he assisted the latest match's goal scored by Hervé Kage, as the match finished in the victory 4–0, with 3 other goals scored by Habib Habibou as a Hat-trick.[10]

Gavazaj didn't played for 4 months since the start of the 2014–15 season and this due to several injuries that have followed him, including and at one call-up with Albania national under-21 football team. But anyway in February 2015 he declared for a Kosovo-Albanian newspaper, Gazeta Olle, that he was healthy and got returned training with the team as a fully recovered.[11]

Loan to Roeselare

On 6 July 2015 Gavazaj was loaned to Belgian Second Division side Roeselare to gain more experience by enjoying more playing options.[12]

International career

Gavazaj was member of the Kosovo youth-level national teams for 2 years before moving to the Albania national under-19 football team.[1] He included in Foto Strakosha's squad for their 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification.[13] In the first match of the tournament on 12 October 2012 against Italy, Gavazaj made it his debut by playing as a starter and got substituted off in the 79th minute for Lorenc Shehaj in a match finished as a 3–0 loss.[14] In the next match against Belgium he included in the starting line-up and after 26 minutes of play, he scored a long-rage goal away from 33 metters.[15] The match finished in the 3–1 victory.[16]

After a good performance with Albania U-19, he received a call-up by Albania U-21's coach Skënder Gega for the match against Austria, valid for the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification. He made it his debut against Austria on 14 August 2013, by coming on as a substitute in the 65th minute in place of Herolind Shala and the match finished in the loss 0–1.[17] He made it another two appearances in the U-21 tournament, playing against Spain on 9 September 2013, finished in the loss 4–0 and against Bosnia and Herzegovina on 15 October 2013, finished in the loss 0–1.[18][19]

He returned to Albania U-19 for the match valid for the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification against Greece on 12 November 2013, where he played the full 90 minutes match, which finished in the 1–0 loss.[20]

Gavazaj called up again in Albania U-21 for the closing match of the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 qualification on 5 March 2014, against Austria, which previously he were called up for the first time and had made it his debut for Albania U-21.[21] He played against Austria U-21 as a starter and scored the match opening goal in the 19th minute, where the match finished in away 1–3 victory with other goals scored by Vasil Shkurti and Herolind Shala.[22]

Gavazaj was called up for the next tournament even of Albania U21, the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification opening match against Liechtenstein on 28 March 2015.[23] Under the same coach Skënder Gega he retained his starting place against Liechtenstein where in the 31st minute he managed to take a personal action from the left side and to provide an assist for Liridon Latifi, who inside the area scores the opening goal. Then in the second-half Rey Manaj which came in as a substitute, scored the second goal to give Albania U21 the 2–0 victory.[24]

Gavazaj was called up by a new appointed coach at the Albania U21, Redi Jupi, for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Israel & Portugal on 3 & 8 September 2015.[25] For the match against Irael, he was named as the national side Captain playing the full 90-minutes match finished in the 1–1 draw.[26]


International caps and goals

Albania's goal tally first.

Career statistics

Club

As of 6 July 2015 [28]
Season Club League country League League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2013–14 Gent Belgian Pro League 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2014–15 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Total 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2015–16 Roeselare Belgian Second Division 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0

References

  1. ^ a b Enis Gavazaj - Best Moments YouTube
  2. ^ FC Prishtina
  3. ^ Gavazaj firmos për Gent në Belgjikë aSport.al
  4. ^ Gent vs. Anderlecht - 15 December 2013 - Soccerway
  5. ^ "Genk vs. Gent – 26 January 2014 – Soccerway". Soccerway. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  6. ^ KV Oostende vs. Gent - 8 February 2014 - Soccerway
  7. ^ Gent vs. Sporting Charleroi - 1 March 2014 - Soccerway
  8. ^ Cercle Brugge vs. Gent - 8 March 2014 - Soccerway
  9. ^ Gavazaj në 11-shen e javës në Belgjikë aSport.al
  10. ^ Gent vs. Lierse - 3 May 2014 - Soccerway
  11. ^ Gavazaj: Nuk po luaj sepse... Gazeta Olle
  12. ^ Enis Gavazaj 1 jaar verhuurd aan KSV Roeselare KAA Gent
  13. ^ U-19: Strakosha shpall listën e lojtarëve për EURO 2013 aSport.al
  14. ^ Match report – Under-19 2013 – Italy-Albania UEFA.com
  15. ^ Enis Gavazaj - Super Goal 39m YouTube
  16. ^ Belgium U19 vs. Albania U19 – 14 October 2012 – Soccerway
  17. ^ Albania U21 vs. Austria U21 – 14 August 2013 – Soccerway
  18. ^ Spain U21 vs. Albania U21 – 9 September 2013 – Soccerway
  19. ^ Albania U21 vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina U21 – 15 October 2013 – Soccerway
  20. ^ Greece U19 vs. Albania U19 – 12 November 2013 – Soccerway
  21. ^ Gega shpall listën për ndeshjen e fundit në eliminatore aSport.al
  22. ^ Austria U21 vs. Albania U21 - 5 March 2014 - Soccerway
  23. ^ Shpresat nisin kualifikimet kundër Lihtenshtajnit aSport.al
  24. ^ U21, Shqipëria thyen 2-0 Lihtenshtejnin, vendosin golat e Latifit dhe Rei Manajt Panorama Sport
  25. ^ Grumbullohet kombetarja U-21 FSHF.org
  26. ^ Under-21 2017 - Albania-Israel Commentary UEFA.com
  27. ^ Albania – E. Gavazaj – Profile with news, CAREER STATS. and history – Soccerway
  28. ^ Enis Gavazaj at Soccerway

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