Elvir Gigolaj

Elvir Gigolaj (born 30 June 1992) is a Bosnian soccer player who plays as a forward.

Elvir Gigolaj
Personal information
Full name Elvir Gigolaj
Date of birth (1992-06-30) 30 June 1992
Place of birth Croatia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Saint Mary's 26 (11)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 London City
2012–2013 FC Edmonton 6 (1)
2016–2017 FC London 39 (40)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 February 2019

Early life

Gigolaj was born in Croatia from Kosovar Albanian father and Bosniak mother from Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was raised in London, Ontario, where his father owns a bakery that carries the family name.[1]

Club career

Early career

He, at one point, played for London City's soccer side who participated in the Canadian Soccer League and with whom he had a good relationship with his coach, Luka Shaqiri.[1][2]

Gigolaj attended St. Mary's University for two years from 2010 to 2012, playing for the Huskies in the 2010 and 2011 varsity seasons, scoring 11 goals in 26 appearances.[3][4]

FC Edmonton

In January 2012, after training with the team, Gigolaj officially joined FC Edmonton of the North American Soccer League.[1] Gigolaj then made his debut for FC Edmonton in the NASL on 3 June 2012 in which he came on as an 85th-minute substitute for Yashir Pinto as FC Edmonton went on to lose the match 2–1.[5]

He then scored his first professional goal of his career on 23 September 2012 against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in which he found the net in the 90th minute to start a late comeback for Edmonton as they went from 2–0 down to finishing the match drawing 2–2.[6]

On 30 June 2013, it was announced that Gigolaj was released by FC Edmonton.[7]

Germany

After being released by FC Edmonton, Gigolaj attempted to join the reserve team of German Bundesliga side, Hertha BSC but he had hit paperwork problems.[8]

FC London

Gigolaj spent the 2016 and 2017 seasons with League1 Ontario club FC London.[9][10]

Honours

FC London

Career statistics
As of 1 October 2017[13]
Club League Season League Playoffs Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Edmonton NASL 2012 61000061
2013 00000000
FC Edmonton total 61000061
FC London League1 Ontario 2016[14] 202311112225
2017[15] 191700102017
Total 394011204242
Career total 454011214842

References
  1. Sandor, Steve (17 January 2012). "Confident Gigolaj wants to be a starter for FC Edmonton". The 11. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013.
  2. "Canadian Soccer League". 2 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  3. "St. Mary's men's soccer 2010 stats". AUS. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  4. "St. Mary's men's soccer 2011 stats". AUS. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  5. "FC EDMONTON VS. ATLANTA SILVERBACKS 1 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  6. "FC EDMONTON VS. FORT LAUDERDALE STRIKERS 2 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  7. Sandor, Steve. "LeRoy, Gigolaj cut loose by FC Edmonton". The 11. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  8. Sandor, Steve. "Canadian striker Gigolaj waiting on DFB clearance before he can play with Hertha Berlin's reserves". The 11. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  9. "Elvir Gigolaj 2016". League1 Ontario. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  10. "Elvir Gigolaj 2017". League1 Ontario. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  11. "League1 Ontario Announces 2016 Men's First And Second Team All-Stars". League1 Ontario. 17 November 2016.
  12. "League1 Ontario Announces 2017 Men's First, Second and Third Team All-Stars". League1 Ontario. 10 November 2017.
  13. Elvir Gigolaj at Soccerway
  14. "Elvir Gigolaj 2016 profile".
  15. "Elvir Gigolaj 2017 profile".
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