Florian Kamberi

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Florian Kamberi
Personal information
Full name Florian Kamberi [1]
Date of birth (1995-03-08) 8 March 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Slaven Belupo
Number 45
Youth career
0000 Tuggen
0000 Rapperswil-Jona
0000–2013 Grasshopper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2014 Rapperswil-Jona 15 (10)
2014–2018 Grasshopper II 26 (21)
2015–2018 Grasshopper 32 (3)
2016–2017 → Karlsruher SC (loan) 15 (1)
2018 → Hibernian (loan) 14 (9)
2018–2020 Hibernian 53 (11)
2020 → Rangers (loan) 6 (1)
2020–2022 St. Gallen 8 (0)
2021 → Aberdeen (loan) 11 (0)
2021–2022 → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 23 (4)
2022 Winterthur 13 (1)
2023 Huddersfield Town 1 (0)
2023–2024 Slaven Belupo 5 (0)
International career‡
2015 Switzerland U20 1 (0)
2015–2016 Switzerland U21 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:32, 24 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:17, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Florian Kamberi (born 8 March 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Croatian club Slaven Belupo and the Albania national team.

Contents

Kamberi has previously played for Grasshopper, Karlsruher SC, Hibernian, Rangers and Huddersfield Town. He represented Switzerland at the under-21 level, and has since been selected for the Albania squad.

Club career

Grasshoppers

Kamberi started his professional career with Swiss club Grasshoppers. On 31 August 2016, Kamberi was loaned to Karlsruher SC for the 2016–17 season in 2. Bundesliga. [2] [3]

Hibernian

Kamberi went on trial with Scottish Premiership club Hibernian in January 2018, [4] and moved there on loan on 31 January. [5] Kamberi made his debut for Hibernian later that day, and scored the first goal in a 2–1 win against Motherwell. [6] Kamberi scored a hat-trick for Hibs on 3 April, in a 3–1 win against Hamilton. [7] [8]

In June 2018, Hibernian signed Kamberi to a three-year contract. [9] Kamberi scored a hat-trick in a Europa League qualifier against NSÍ Runavík on 12 July. [10]

Loan spell to Rangers

Kamberi moved on loan to Rangers on 31 January 2020. [11] Following the end of this loan period, and after a period spent in Switzerland during the COVID-19 pandemic, Kamberi returned to Hibernian for pre-season training in June 2020. [12]

St. Gallen

On 6 August 2020, Kamberi moved back to his native Switzerland to sign for St. Gallen on a three-year deal. [13] [14] Kamberi tested positive for COVID-19 in November 2020, and played infrequently for St. Gallen during the early part of the 2020–21 season. [15]

Kamberi was released from his contract by St. Gallen on 23 June 2022. [16]

Loan spell to Aberdeen

On 1 February 2021, Kamberi completed a loan switch back to Scotland to sign with Aberdeen until the end of the season. [17]

Sheffield Wednesday (loan)

On 30 July 2021, Kamberi moved on a season-long loan deal to England to join recently relegated League One side Sheffield Wednesday. [18] He would make his debut on the opening day of the season against Charlton Athletic coming off the bench to replace Callum Paterson after he suffered a nasty head injury. [19] He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win at Rotherham United on 21 August 2021. [20]

Winterthur

On 7 July 2022, Kamberi signed with Winterthur. [21] His contract with the club was cancelled on 29 November 2022. [22]

Huddersfield Town

On 5 January 2023, Kamberi joined EFL Championship side Huddersfield Town on a short-term deal until the end of the season. [23]

Slaven Belupo

On 11 October 2023, Kamberi joined Croatian Football League club Slaven Belupo on a contract until the end of the season. [24]

International career

Kamberi was born in Switzerland and is of Kosovan descent, [25] [26] [27] which made him eligible to represent Switzerland, Kosovo and Albania. [28] Kamberi played in youth internationals for Switzerland, [29] and he scored for their under-21 team in a 1–1 draw against England in March 2016. [30]

Kamberi was included in the Albania squad for the first time in November 2019. [31] Delays in processing the paperwork required to transfer his international status from Switzerland to Albania, and a slight ankle injury, meant that he was unable to play in their matches with Andorra and France. [32]

On 17 March 2021, Kamberi was called up by the Albania national team ahead of their World Cup Qualifiers against Andorra, England and San Marino. [33]

Career statistics

As of end of 2022–23 season [34]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grasshopper 2015–16 [35] Swiss Super League 28310——293
2016–17 [36] Swiss Super League4000—5 [lower-alpha 1] 090
2017–18 [37] Swiss Super League0000——00
Total323100050383
Karlsruher SC (loan) 2016–17 [36] 2. Bundesliga 15100——151
Hibernian (loan) 2017–18 [37] Scottish Premiership 1490000—149
Hibernian 2018–19 [38] [lower-alpha 2] Scottish Premiership33831106 [lower-alpha 1] 44313
2019–20 [39] Scottish Premiership2032055—278
Total53115165647021
Rangers (loan) 2019–20 [39] Scottish Premiership6100003 [lower-alpha 1] 091
St. Gallen 2020–21 [40] Swiss Super League 8000—1 [lower-alpha 1] 090
2021–22 [41] Swiss Super League 0000000000
Total8000001090
Aberdeen (loan) 2020–21 [40] Scottish Premiership110310000141
Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 2021–22 [41] EFL League One 23420002 [lower-alpha 3] 1275
Winterthur 2022–23 [42] Swiss Super League13110—00141
Huddersfield Town 2022–23 [43] Championship 1011000021
Career total176301336517521143
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the Europa League
  2. ↑ Soccerbase did not record appearances made by Kamberi against NSI Runavik on 19 July and Asteras Tripolis on 26 July and 2 August, and Molde on 9 August and 16 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

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  39. 1 2 "Games played by Florian Kamberi in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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