Rron Broja

Rron Broja (born 9 April 1996) is a Kosovo Albanian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Albanian club FK Partizani Tirana.

Rron Broja
Personal information
Full name Rron Broja
Date of birth (1996-04-09) 9 April 1996
Place of birth Mitrovica, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Partizani Tirana
Number 4
Youth career
2014–2015 Trepça'89
2015 Gent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Deinze
2016–2018 Trepça'89 31 (4)
2018–2019 Shkupi 47 (1)
2019– Partizani Tirana 21 (1)
National team
2015–2016 Albania U21 5 (0)
2017–2018 Kosovo U21 8 (0)
2020– Kosovo 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:39, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Early life

Broja was born in Mitrovica, FR Yugoslavia from Kosovo Albanian parents. He also holds Kosovan[a] and Albanian passports.[1]

Club career

Gent

In January 2015. Broja signed to Belgian club Gent.[2]

Loan at Deinze

On 3 July 2015. Broja joined Belgian First Division B side Deinze, on a season-long loan.[3]

Trepça'89

On 1 July 2016. Broja joined to Football Superleague of Kosovo side Trepça'89.

Shkupi

On 10 January 2018. Broja joined to Macedonian First Football League side Shkupi.[4][5] On 18 February 2018, he made his debut in a 0–3 home defeat against Shkëndija after being named in the starting line-up.

International career

Albania

Under-21

On 8 June 2015. Broja received a call-up from Albania U21 for the friendly matches against Kazakhstan U21 and Sweden U21.[6] On 16 June 2015, he made his debut with Albania U21 in friendly match against Sweden U21 after being named in the starting line-up.

Kosovo

Under-21

On 13 March 2016, it was announced that Broja had accepted an invitation to represent Kosovo.[7] On 21 March 2017. Broja received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for a 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Republic of Ireland U21[8] and making his debut after being named in the starting line-up.[9]

Senior

On 22 January 2018, Broja received a call-up from Kosovo for the friendly match against Azerbaijan.[10] However, the match was cancelled, and therefore he was unable to make his debut.[11] Broja later earned his first cap for Kosovo on 12 January 2020 in a friendly match against Sweden, which finished as a 0–1 loss.[12]

Notes and references

Notes
a. ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

References
  1. "Tre talentë e marrin pasaportën shqiptar". Infokusi (in Albanian). 16 September 2015.
  2. "Rron Broja: Fillimisht te Genti, pastaj…" (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 4 November 2015.
  3. "Huazohet Rron Broja". Sportal (in Albanian). 5 July 2015.
  4. "Broja është super përforcimi që vjen te Shkupi" (in Albanian). FK Shkupi. 10 January 2018. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018.
  5. "Broja është super përforcimi që vjen te Shkupi". Ilirida (in Albanian). 10 January 2018.
  6. "Lista e shpresave, Gega tubon Rron Brojën". GazetaOlle (in Albanian). 8 June 2015.
  7. "Rron Broja lë Kombëtaren shqiptare U21 për Kosovën U21". GazetaOlle (in Albanian). 13 March 2017.
  8. "Lista e futbollistëve të Përfaqësueses U21" (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 21 March 2017.
  9. "Kosova U21 e pafat kundër Irlandës, humb me rezultat të ngushtë" [Kosovo U21 unlucky against Ireland, loses with a close result]. Football Federation of Kosovo. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  10. "Lajmi i fundit: Lista e Kosovës kundër Azerbajxhanit". Korneri (in Albanian). 22 January 2018.
  11. "Friendly match cancelled". Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. 25 January 2018.
  12. "Rron Broja". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
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