Florent Hadergjonaj

Florent Hadergjonaj (Albanian pronunciation: [hadeɾɟoˈnaj]; born 31 July 1994) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Kasımpaşa, on loan from Huddersfield Town and the Kosovo national team, he previously represented Switzerland at youth and full international level.

Florent Hadergjonaj
Hadergjonaj with Young Boys in 2014
Personal information
Full name Florent Hadergjonaj[1]
Date of birth (1994-07-31) 31 July 1994[2]
Place of birth Langnau, Switzerland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Kasımpaşa
(on loan from Huddersfield Town)
Number 94
Youth career
2003–2006 Langnau
2006–2010 Thun
2010–2011 Luzern
2011–2013 Young Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Young Boys 71 (1)
2016–2018 Ingolstadt 04 27 (1)
2017–2018 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 23 (0)
2018– Huddersfield Town 39 (0)
2020– → Kasımpaşa (loan) 1 (0)
National team‡
2013–2015 Switzerland U20 3 (0)
2014–2016 Switzerland U21 10 (0)
2017 Switzerland 1 (0)
2019– Kosovo 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2019

Club career

Early career

Hadergjonaj is a product of various Swiss youth teams such as Langnau, Thun and Luzern. In 2011, he joined with youth team of Young Boys.[3]

Young Boys
Hadergjonaj with Young Boys in 2014

Hadergjonaj is a youth exponent from Young Boys, he made his first Swiss Super League appearance on 29 September 2013 after being named in the starting line-up in a 0–1 home defeat against Zürich.[4] Hadergjonaj made 11 league appearances during the 2013–14 season and he won the Young Boys' player of the year award after one year and a half from his debut.[5]

Ingolstadt 04

On 8 August 2016, Hadergjonaj joined Bundesliga side Ingolstadt 04, on a four-year contract.[6] On 22 October 2016, he made his debut against Borussia Dortmund after being named in the starting line-up[7] and assist in the third goal during a 3–3 draw.[8]

Loan at Huddersfield Town

On 24 August 2017, Hadergjonaj joined Premier League side Huddersfield Town, on a season-long loan.[9] On 19 September 2017, he made his debut with Huddersfield Town in the third round of 2017–18 EFL Cup against Crystal Palace after being named in the starting line-up.[10]

Return to Huddersfield Town

On 8 March 2018, The Huddersfield Town through a communiqué stated that has triggered the clause to complete the permanent transfer of Hadergjonaj. On 1 July 2018, he signed for Huddersfield Town permanently on a three-year contract with a club option of a further season.[11] On 11 August 2018, he made his debut in a 0–3 home defeat against Chelsea after being named in the starting line-up.[12]

Loan at Kasımpaşa

On 31 January 2020, Hadergjonaj joined Süper Lig side Kasımpaşa, on a six-month-long loan.[13] Two days later, he made his debut in a 1–1 away draw against Ankaragücü after being named in the starting line-up.[14]

International career

Switzerland

Under-20

On 15 November 2013, Hadergjonaj made his debut with Switzerland U20 in a friendly match against Poland U20 after being named in the starting line-up.[15]

Under-21

On 4 April 2014, Hadergjonaj made his debut with Switzerland U21 in a 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Ukraine U21 after being named in the starting line-up.[16]

Senior
I will play only the friendly match with Switzerland after for qualifying matches I did not accept to play and to block.

—Hadergjonaj before the gathering with Switzerland, May 2017.[17]

On 22 May 2017, Hadergjonaj received a call-up from Switzerland for the friendly match against Belarus and the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Faroe Islands.[18] On 1 October 2017, he made his debut with Switzerland in a friendly match against Belarus after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of Silvan Widmer.[19][20]

Kosovo

On 9 May 2019, The Football Federation of Kosovo confirmed that Hadergjonaj had obtained a Kosovan passport and was ready to play for the Kosovo national team in the next UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches.[21] On 22 May 2019, Hadergjonaj received a call-up from Kosovo for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Montenegro and Bulgaria.[22]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 13 April 2019[23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Young Boys 2013–14 Swiss Super League 11110—00121
2014–15 26010—8[lower-alpha 1]0350
2015–16 32030—2[lower-alpha 2]0370
2016–17 2000—2[lower-alpha 3]040
Total 71150—120881
Ingolstadt 04 2016–17 Bundesliga 25100——251
2017–18 2. Bundesliga 2000——20
Total 27100——271
Huddersfield Town 2017–18 (loan) Premier League 2303010—270
2018–19 2400000—240
Total 4703010—500
Kasımpaşa (loan) 2019–20 Süper Lig 000000—00
Total 100000—10
Career total 146280101201662
  1. Appearances in the Europa League
  2. One appearance in the Champions League and one in the Europa League
  3. Appearances in the Champions League

International
As of 10 June 2019.[24]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 201710
Kosovo 201910
Total20

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "Squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  2. "Florent Hadergjonaj". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  3. "Profili i Florent Hadergjonajt, prurjes së re të Kosovës" [Florent Hadergjonaj's profile, the new Kosovo's flow] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 9 May 2019. 24-vjeçari nga Kosova karrierën e nisi tek fëmijët e vendlindjes së tij Langlau, ndërsa pastaj kaloi tek grupmoshat e reja të FC Thun nga 2007–2010, te FC Luzern nga 2010–11 dhe Young Boys nga 2011–13, shkruan Telegrafi
  4. "FC Zurich beats Young Boys Berne 1–0". FC Zürich. 29 September 2013. Young Boys Berne: Wölfli; Hadergjonaj, Von Bergen, Rochat, Bürki; Costanzo, Spycher (46' Fekete); Zarate (70' Steffen), Frey (54' Kubo), Nuzzolo; Gerndt
  5. "Djaloshi i artë nga Kosova, lojtari i vitit te gjiganti zviceran" [The golden boy from Kosovo, the player of the year in the giant Swiss] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 4 June 2015.
  6. "Hadergjonaj zu Ingolstadt, Joss zurück zu YB" [Hadergjonaj to Ingolstadt, Joss back to YB] (in German). Berner Zeitung. 8 August 2016.
  7. "FC Ingolstadt (3:3) Borussia Dortmund" (in German). German Football Association. 22 October 2016.
  8. "Hadërgjonaj asiston në debutim" [Hadërgjonaj assist in debut]. TopSporti (in Albanian). 22 October 2016.
  9. "Loan: Florent Hadergjonaj joins HTAFC". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. 24 August 2017.
  10. "Report: Palace 1–0 Town". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. 19 September 2017. TOWN'S STARTING LINE-UP (4-2-3-1): Joel Coleman; Scott Malone, Martin Cranie, Michael Hefele, Florent Hadergjonaj; Philip Billing, Jonathan Hogg (c) (Dean Whitehead (c), 70'); Rajiv van La Parra, Joe Lolley (Abdelhamid Sabiri, 46'), Tom Ince (Aaron Mooy, 69'); Elias Kachunga
  11. "Transfer: Flo joining Town permanently!". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. 8 March 2018.
  12. "Report: Town 0–3 Chelsea". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. 11 August 2018. TOWN (5-3-2): Ben Hamer; Chris Löwe (Adama Diakhaby, 71'), Terence Kongolo, Christopher Schindler, Mathias Zanka, Florent Hadergjonaj; Philip Billing, Jonathan Hogg (c), Aaron Mooy; Alex Pritchard (Laurent Depoitre, 46'), Steve Mounié
  13. "Florent Hadergjonaj Kasımpaşamızda" [Florent Hadergjonaj at Kasimpasa] (in Turkish). Kasımpaşa S.K. 31 January 2020.
  14. "Ankaragücü:1 Kasımpaşa:1" (in Turkish). Kasımpaşa S.K. 2 February 2020.
  15. "Polen (4:0) Schweiz" [Poland (4:0) Switzerland] (in German). Swiss Football Association. 15 November 2013.
  16. "Ukraine (2:0) Schweiz" [Ukraine (2:0) Switzerland] (in German). Swiss Football Association. 4 April 2014.
  17. "Ekskluzive/Hadergjonaj: Po për miqësore, jo për kualifikime" [Exclusive/Hadergjonaj: Yes for friendly, not for qualifications] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 18 May 2017.
  18. "Zvicra publikon listën për dy ndeshjet e radhës, Hadergjonaj në mesin e katër shqiptarëve (Foto)" [Switzerland publishes the list for next two matches, Hadergjonaj among four Albanians (Photo)] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 22 May 2017.
  19. "Schweiz (1:0) Weissrussland" [Switzerland (1:0) Belarus] (in German). Swiss Football Association. 1 June 2017.
  20. "Debutimi i suksesshëm i Hadergjonajt te Zvicra" [Hadergjonaj's successful debut in Switzerland] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 1 June 2017.
  21. "Florent Hadërgjonaj pajiset me pasaportë të Kosovës, bëhet "Dardan" [Florent Hadërgjonaj is obtained with Kosovo passport, it becomes "Dardanian"] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 9 May 2019.
  22. "Bernard Challandes publikon listën e futbollistëve për dy ndeshjet e qershorit" [Challandes publish the list of footballers for two June matches] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 22 May 2019. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  23. Florent Hadergjonaj at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  24. "Florent Hadergjonaj". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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