# Florian Loshaj

Florian Loshaj (born 13 August 1996) is a Kosovo professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club İstanbulspor and the Kosovo national team.

## Club career
### Early career

Loshaj finished his youth career at Belgium club Genk in the summer of 2016. On 1 February 2016, he moved to Dutch Eerste Divisie side MVV Maastricht. On 11 April 2016, Loshaj made his debut for Maastricht in a league match against Fortuna Sittard, after coming on as a substitute in the 90th minute, in place of Jordy Croux.

### Politehnica Iași

On 23 June 2019, Loshaj joined Liga I side Politehnica Iași, on a three-year contract. On 13 July 2019, he made his debut against CFR Cluj after being named in the starting line-up and scored his side's only goal during a 1–1 away draw.

### Cracovia

On 15 January 2020, Loshaj joined Ekstraklasa side Cracovia, on a three-year contract. On 7 February 2020, he made his debut in a 1–0 away win against Arka Gdynia after being named in the starting line-up.

## International career
### Under-21

On 29 August 2017, Loshaj received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for a 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Norway U21 and Germany U21 On 1 September 2017, he made his debut with Kosovo U21 in a 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification against Norway U21 after coming on as a substitute at 59th minute in place of Kamer Krasniqi.

### Senior

On 24 December 2019, Loshaj received a call-up from Kosovo for the friendly match against Sweden and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up.

## Personal life

Loshaj was born in Skenderaj, FR Yugoslavia from Kosovo Albanian parents.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 26 November 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| MVV Maastricht (loan) | 2015–16 | Eerste Divisie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| MVV Maastricht | 2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 1 |
| MVV Maastricht | 2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| MVV Maastricht | Total | Total | 47 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 50 | 2 |
| Roda JC | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 |
| Politehnica Iași | 2019–20 | Liga I | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 3 |
| Cracovia | 2019–20 | Ekstraklasa | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 0 |
| Cracovia | 2020–21 | Ekstraklasa | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| Cracovia | 2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 1 |
| Cracovia | 2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 1 |
| Cracovia | Total | Total | 71 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 80 | 4 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 150 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 168 | 9 |
* ↑ Including 2015–16 Eerste Divisie play-offs
* ↑ Including 2017–18 Eerste Divisie play-offs

### International

    As of 13 August 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Kosovo | 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| Kosovo | 2021 | 9 | 0 |
| Kosovo | 2022 | 6 | 0 |
| Kosovo | 2023 | 5 | 0 |
| Kosovo | 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 24 | 0 |

## Honours

Cracovia
* Polish Cup: 2019–20