Elba Rashani

Elbasan Rashani (born 9 May 1993), commonly known as Elba Rashani is a Kosovan professional footballer from Vushtrri who plays as a forward for Norwegian club Odd and the Kosovo national team, he previously played for Norway national under-21 football team.

Elba Rashani
Rashani with Rosenborg in 2017
Personal information
Full name Elbasan Rashani
Date of birth (1993-05-09) 9 May 1993
Place of birth Hillerstorp, Sweden
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Odd
Number 11
Youth career
0000–2009 Skarphedin
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Odd 69 (7)
2014–2016 Brøndby 24 (3)
2016 → Rosenborg (loan) 19 (3)
2017 Rosenborg 8 (0)
2017– Odd 70 (12)
National team‡
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 12 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 January 2020

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

2014–15 season

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 career

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]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 24 June 2020[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Odd 2010 Tippeligaen 1010--20
2011 16010--170
2012 16122--183
2013 21242--254
2014 15420--174
Total 697104----7911
Brøndby 2014–15 Danish Superliga 1420020-162
2015–16 1011074-185
Total 2431094--347
Rosenborg (loan) 2016 Tippeligaen 1936130-284
Rosenborg 2017 Eliteserien 80112010120
Total 273725010404
Odd 2017 Eliteserien 13200--132
2018 27742--319
2019 29360--353
2020 1000--10
Total 7012102----8014
Career total 190252881441023337

International
As of 13 January 2020[10]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Kosovo 201511
201611
201721
201820
201951
202010
Total124

International goals
Scores and results list Kosovo's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
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
3. 13 November 2017 Olympic Stadium Adem Jashari, Mitrovica, Kosovo  Latvia 3–3 4–3
4. 10 June 2019 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria  Bulgaria 3–2 3–2 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Honours

Club
Rosenborg

References
  1. "Spillerprofiler – Elbasan Rashani" (in Norwegian). Odd Grenland. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. 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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2016-01-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-11-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. Albo1997 (2016-09-03). "Rashani për Sportpress.al/ E dua kombëtaren shqiptare". Sportpress.al. Archived from the original on 2015-07-26. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  8. "Federata e Futbollit e Kosovës » Festë, emocion dhe spektakël futbolli". Ffk-kosova.com. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  9. "Elba Rashani". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  10. "Elbasan Rashani". EU-Football.info.
  11. Chris Thomas Skogli (2016-09-24). "Nyheter | Rosenborg". Rbk.no. Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  12. "Spillerprofiler | Rosenborg". Rbk.no. Archived from the original on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
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