| Florian Loshaj | |
| Birth Date: | 13 August 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Skenderaj, FR Yugoslavia |
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | İstanbulspor |
| Clubnumber: | 34 |
| Youthyears1: | –2016 |
| Youthclubs1: | Genk |
| Years1: | 2016 |
| Clubs1: | Genk |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2016 |
| Clubs2: | → MVV Maastricht (loan) |
| Caps2: | 4 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2016–2018 |
| Clubs3: | MVV Maastricht |
| Caps3: | 47 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2019 |
| Clubs4: | Roda JC |
| Caps4: | 9 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs5: | Politehnica Iași |
| Caps5: | 19 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Years6: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs6: | Cracovia |
| Caps6: | 71 |
| Goals6: | 4 |
| Years7: | 2023– |
| Clubs7: | İstanbulspor |
| Caps7: | 42 |
| Goals7: | 5 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | Kosovo U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2020– |
| Nationalcaps2: | 24 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 13 August 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 13 August 2024 |
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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| MVV Maastricht (loan) | 2015–16 | Eerste Divisie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| MVV Maastricht | 2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosovo | 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 24 | 0 | ||
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