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Elba Rashani
Personal information
Full name Elbasan Rashani
Date of birth (1993-05-09) 9 May 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Hillerstorp, Sweden
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Rosenborg
Number 15
Youth career
–2009 Skarphedin
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Odd 68 (7)
2014– Brøndby IF 23 (3)
2016 → Rosenborg (loan) 18 (3)
2017– Rosenborg 0 (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 2 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 November 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 June 2016

Elbasan 'Elba' Rashani (born 9 May 1993) is a Kosovar footballer playing for the Norwegian club Rosenborg as a forward. He before represented Norway since U17 until U21, and now 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.

Rosenborg

In January 2016, Rashani went out on loan to Rosenborg, with Rosenborg having the option to buy.[5] At the end of the 2016 season the move was made permanent with Rashani signing a two-year deal with Rosenborg.[6]

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.[7] However, he ended up getting a callup with the Kosovo national football team and made his debut, where he also scored his debut goal, in a friendly 2–2 tie with Albania.[8]

International goals

Scores and results list Kosovo's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 13 November 2015 Pristina City Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo  Albania 2–1 2–2 Friendly
2. 3 June 2016 Stadion am Bornheimer Hang, Frankfurt, Germany  Faroe Islands 2–0 2–0 Friendly

Career statistics

As of 2 November 2016
Club Season League Cup Europa League Champions League Total
Tier Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Odd Norway 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 Denmark 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 Norway (loan) 2016 T1 18 3 5 1 2 0 1 0 26 4
Rosenborg Norway 2017 T1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 18 3 5 1 2 0 1 0 26 4
Career total 110 13 15 5 11 4 1 0 137 22
  • (-) Not qualified

Honours

Club

Rosenborg

References

  1. ^ "Spillerprofiler – Elbasan Rashani" (in Norwegian). Odd Grenland. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  2. ^ Bergsli, Bent (7 December 2009). "Kan bli stor". Telemarksavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Ouch! The price on Brøndby IF's new starlet" (in Danish). www.eb.dk. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Norwegian youth international starlet signs with Brøndby IF" (in Danish). www.brondby.com. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  5. ^ http://www.rbk.no/latest-news/article/1fbysa0g39zfg1ss7yi3djd8qc/title/rashani-klar-for-rosenborg
  6. ^ http://www.rbk.no/news/article/18joqtxvrx2pz160fcbi0qli3v/title/2-arsavtale-for-rashani
  7. ^ Albo1997 (2016-09-03). "Rashani për Sportpress.al/ E dua kombëtaren shqiptare". Sportpress.al. Retrieved 2016-10-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Federata e Futbollit e Kosovës » Festë, emocion dhe spektakël futbolli". Ffk-kosova.com. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  9. ^ Chris Thomas Skogli (2016-09-24). "Nyheter | Rosenborg". Rbk.no. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  10. ^ "Spillerprofiler | Rosenborg". Rbk.no. Retrieved 2016-10-02.


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