Lavdie Begolli Explained

Lavdie Begolli
Birth Date:1993 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Pristina, FR Yugoslavia[1]
Position:Midfielder
Years1:2013
Clubs1:Juban Danja
Years2:2013–2014
Clubs2:Tirana AS
Years3:2014–2016
Clubs3:Vllaznia
Years4:2016–2017
Clubs4:Hajvalia
Years5:2017–2019
Clubs5:JyPS
Caps5:63
Goals5:22
Years6:2020–2024
Clubs6:KuPS
Caps6:80
Goals6:53
Nationalyears1:2017–2022
Nationalteam1:Albania
Nationalcaps1:11
Nationalgoals1:1
Pcupdate:24 June 2024
Ntupdate:24 June 2024

Lavdie "Lavi" Begolli[2] (also Lavdije; born 19 January 1993) is an Albanian-Kosovan footballer who plays as a midfielder and has appeared for the Albania women's national team.

Career

Begolli began her senior career with KFF Juban Danja in the 2012–13 Albanian Women's National Championship. She played for KFF Tirana AS during the 2013–14 Albanian Women's National Championship and then for KFF Vllaznia Shkodër in the 2014–15 and 2015–16 Albanian Women's National Championships.

On 30 June 2016, she transferred from Vllaznia to KFF Hajvalia in the Kosovo Women's Football League.

On 2 April 2017, Begolli transferred to (JyPS) in the Finnish Naisten Liiga (renamed 'Kansallinen Liiga' in 2019).[3] She played for JyPS from 2017 to 2019 and recorded 22 goals in 63 match appearances.

After three seasons with JyPS, she transferred to (KuPS) in January 2020. Begolli was the top scorer of the Kansallinen Liiga in 2022, with 25 goals in 19 matches.[4]

National team

Begolli played for the national team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.[5]

Personal life

Begolli was born on 19 January 1993 to a Kosovar family living in Pristina, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. She is a citizen of the Republic of Kosovo and a naturalized citizen of the Republic of Albania.[2]

The Kosovo War began in 1998, when Begolli was five years old, and she experienced the horrors of war both in Pristina and as she and her family fled on foot to a refugee camp in Macedonia. They remained in Macedonia for a time before traveling via Slovenia to Germany, where they settled until it became possible to return to Pristina two years later.[2]

She began attending a culinary school in Kuopio in 2021 and has expressed a desire to work in a restaurant or open a restaurant of her own after her football career has concluded.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: LAVDIE BEGOLLI . FSHF . sq . 18 November 2021.
  2. News: Leppänen . Jelena . Kohti lentänyt luoti opetti, että kaikki voi päättyä hetkessä – Suomen jalkapallokentillä loistava Lavi Begolli näki lapsena sodan raakuuden . 25 June 2024 . . 12 August 2022 . fi.
  3. Web site: Gentjana Rochi ja Lavdije Begolli jatkavat JyPK:ssa . . fi . 25 June 2024 . 2017-10-25.
  4. Web site: IFFHS Women's World Best National Top Division Goal Scorer 2022: Begolli took the leadership ! . International Federation of Football History and Statistics . 25 June 2024 . 2 August 2022.
  5. Web site: Women World Cup Qualifiers Europe 2017/2018 » Teams (Albania) . WorldFootball.net . 29 August 2019.
  6. Web site: My kind of life in Kuopio . Kuopio by Nature . 25 June 2024 . en . 1 March 2022.