Gramoz Kurtaj | |
Birth Date: | 30 April 1991 |
Birth Place: | Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia |
Height: | 1.83 m |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthyears1: | 2006–2010 |
Youthclubs1: | Hertha BSC II |
Years1: | 2010–2012 |
Clubs1: | Hertha BSC II |
Caps1: | 50 |
Goals1: | 2 |
Years2: | 2012–2013 |
Clubs2: | TSG Neustrelitz |
Caps2: | 29 |
Goals2: | 4 |
Years3: | 2013–2014 |
Clubs3: | Carl Zeiss Jena |
Caps3: | 28 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 2014–2015 |
Clubs4: | Baník Most |
Caps4: | 30 |
Goals4: | 6 |
Years5: | 2015–2017 |
Clubs5: | Hamilton Academical |
Caps5: | 48 |
Goals5: | 3 |
Years6: | 2017 |
Clubs6: | SHB Da Nang |
Caps6: | 8 |
Goals6: | 2 |
Years7: | 2019 |
Clubs7: | Thanh Hoa |
Caps7: | 15 |
Goals7: | 6 |
Years8: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs8: | Gjilani |
Caps8: | 8 |
Goals8: | 1 |
Years9: | 2021 |
Clubs9: | Nam Dinh |
Caps9: | 1 |
Goals9: | 2 |
Years10: | 2021 |
Clubs10: | Dong A Thanh Hoa |
Caps10: | 10 |
Goals10: | 2 |
Years11: | 2022–2023 |
Clubs11: | TSB Flensburg |
Caps11: | 4 |
Goals11: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 231 |
Totalgoals: | 29 |
Gramoz Kurtaj (born 30 April 1991) is a Kosovan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Kurtaj was born in Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia. When Kosovo started playing international matches in 2016, Kurtaj said he had made himself available for selection by the national team.[1]
He is friends with ex-Hamilton player Tomáš Černý.
Kurtaj spent his early career in Germany with Hertha BSC II, TSG Neustrelitz and Carl Zeiss Jena, and in the Czech Republic with Baník Most. In July 2015 he was one of four players to sign for Scottish club Hamilton Academical.[2] Kurtaj scored his first Hamilton goal four minutes into a 2–1 defeat to champions Celtic, scoring a header to make it 1–0 Hamilton at the time.[3] He was released by Hamilton at the end of the 2016–17 season.[4]
Kurtaj has been compared to ex-Hamilton player Tony Andreu.[5]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Hertha BSC II | 2010–11 | Regionalliga Nord | 28 | 0 | — | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||||
2011–12 | 22 | 2 | — | — | — | 22 | 2 | ||||||
Total | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2 | |||
TSG Neustrelitz | 2012–13 | Regionalliga Nordost | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | ||
Carl Zeiss Jena | 2013–14 | Regionalliga Nordost | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
Baník Most | 2014–15 | Národní Liga | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | ||
Hamilton Academical | 2015–16 | Scottish Premiership | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 3 | ||
2016–17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
Total | 48 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3 | |||
Đà Nẵng | 2017 | V.League 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 2 | |||
Thanh Hóa | 2019 | V.League 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | ||||||
Career total | 208 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 26 |