Diant Ramaj

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Diant Ramaj
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-09-19) 19 September 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Stuttgart, Germany
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Ajax
Number 40
Youth career
0000 SpVgg Cannstatt
0000–2015 VfB Stuttgart
2015–2018 Stuttgarter Kickers
2018–2019 1. FC Heidenheim
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 1. FC Heidenheim 0 (0)
2021–2023 Eintracht Frankfurt 2 (0)
2022 Eintracht Frankfurt II 3 (0)
2023– Jong Ajax 2 (0)
2023– Ajax 22 (0)
International career
2018–2019 Germany U18 2 (0)
2019 Germany U19 5 (0)
2020–2021 Germany U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2021

Diant Ramaj (born 19 September 2001) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club Ajax.

Contents

Club career

Early career and 1. FC Heidenheim

Ramaj played for Stuttgart clubs as SpVgg Cannstatt, VfB Stuttgart and Stuttgarter Kickers in his youth before moving to 1. FC Heidenheim in 2018. On 21 April 2019, he was named as a senior team substitute for the first time in a league match against St. Pauli. [2] Three months later, Ramaj was officially promoted to the senior team and was the third goalkeeper behind Kevin Müller and Vitus Eicher. [3]

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 10 May 2021, Ramaj signed his first professional contract with Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt after agreeing to a three-year deal. [4] On 8 August 2021, he was named as an Eintracht Frankfurt substitute for the first time in a DFB-Pokal first round match against Waldhof Mannheim. [5] His debut with Eintracht Frankfurt came on 16 January 2022 in a 1–1 away draw against Augsburg after being named in the starting line-up. [6]

Ajax

On 3 August 2023, Ramaj signed a five-year contract with Ajax. [7] He made his debut playing for the reserves team Jong Ajax in the Dutch Eerste Divisie on 25 September 2023 in a 1–1 deadlock against FC Eindhoven. [8]

International career

Since 2018, Ramaj is part of Germany at youth international level, respectively part of the U18, U19 and U20 teams and he with these teams played ten matches. [9]

Personal life

Ramaj was born in Stuttgart, Germany to Kosovo Albanian parents from Gjakova. [10] His older brother, Dijon Ramaj was also a professional footballer who played as a winger before retiring in 2021. [10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 April 2024 [11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Frankfurt 2021–22 Bundesliga 10000010
2022–23 Bundesliga 20000020
Total30000030
Jong Ajax 2023–24 Eerste Divisie 2020
Ajax 2023–24 Eredivisie 220108 [lower-alpha 1] 0310
Career total2701080360
  1. Four appearances in UEFA Europa League, four appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

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References

  1. "Diant Ramaj". AFC Ajax. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  2. "Heidenheim vs. St. Pauli 3–0". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  3. "Diese vier U-19-Spieler rücken in den Profikader nach" [These four U-19 players are promoted to the professional squad]. Heidenheimer Zeitung (in German). 21 July 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  4. "Diant Ramaj to join Eagles". Eintracht Frankfurt. 10 May 2021.
  5. "Waldhof Mannheim vs. Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  6. Eintracht Frankfurt [@eintracht_eng] (January 16, 2022). "TEAM NEWS | Our line-up to face @FCA_World | #SGE #FCASGE" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  7. "Ajax sign Diant Ramaj". Ajax. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  8. "Magistrale trap van Kökcü redt gehavend FC Eindhoven in blessuretijd bij Jong Ajax". Eindhoven Dagblad. 25 September 2021.
  9. Diant Ramaj at DFB (also available in German ) OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  10. 1 2 "Dijon e Diant Ramaj, vëllezërit kosovarë të Gjermanisë" [Dijon and Diant Ramaj, the Kosovar brothers of Germany] (in Albanian). Koha Ditore. 4 September 2020.
  11. Diant Ramaj at Soccerway