Florian Kastrati

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Florian Kastrati
Personal information
Full name Florian Kastrati
Date of birth (2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 (age 23) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Whitehawk
Youth career
Crawley Performance Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2024 Crawley Town 1 (0)
2021–2022Kings Langley (loan) 5 (0)
2022–2023Eastbourne Borough (loan) 5 (0)
2023Bognor Regis Town (loan) 6 (2)
2023Cheshunt (loan) 2 (0)
2024Kingstonian (loan) 3 (0)
2024 Carshalton Athletic 6 (0)
2024–2025 Welwyn Garden City 3 (0)
2025 Canvey Island 6 (0)
2025 Whitehawk 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:32, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

Florian Kastrati (born 2 July 2002) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Whitehawk.

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Career

On 14 December 2021, Kastrati signed his first professional contract with Crawley Town after a successful period with the Crawley Performance Academy and was immediately loaned out to Kings Langley of the Southern League Premier Division Central. [2] He played seven games for Kings Langley. [3] He made his first-team debut for Crawley on 7 May 2022, in a 3–3 draw at Oldham Athletic, having come on as an 87th-minute substitute for James Tilley in the last EFL League Two game of the 2021–22 season. [4] On 11 February 2023, it was announced that Kastrati would join Eastbourne Borough on loan until the end of the season. [5] Kastrati's loan at Borough was cut short when, on 14 March 2023, he was recalled and was immediately sent out on loan again, joining Bognor Regis Town until the end of the season. On his debut for Bognor Kastrati scored five minutes into the game. [6]

On 30 November 2023, Kastrati joined Cheshunt on a month-long loan. [7] [8]

Kastrati made 5 league and cup appearances for Kingstonian in January and February 2024 after joining on a month's loan. [9] [10]

On 24 May 2024, Crawley announced Kastrati would be released in the summer when his contract expired. [11]

In October 2024, Kastrati joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Carshalton Athletic. [12]

On 28 December 2024, Kastrati signed for Welwyn Garden City of the Southern League Division One Central. [13]

Kastrati made 7 league and cup appearances for Canvey Island in January and February 2025. [14]

Kastrati took part in the inaugural 2025 edition of the televised six-a-side football competition Baller League as part of VZN FC managed by TBJZL. [15]

Kastrati joined Whitehawk in August 2025. [16]

Career statistics

As of match played 4 March 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crawley Town 2021–22 [17] EFL League Two 1000000010
2022–23 [18] EFL League Two0000000000
Total1000000010
Kings Langley (loan) 2022–23 [3] Southern League
Premier Division Central
50002 [a] 070
Eastbourne Borough (loan) 2022–23 [19] National League South 50000050
Career total110000020130
  1. 1 appearance in the FA Trophy and 1 appearance in the Hertfordshire Senior Cup

References

  1. "Florian Kastrati - Midfielder - First Team - Crawley Town". www.crawleytownfc.com. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  2. "REDS SIGN FLORIAN KASTRATI". www.crawleytownfc.com. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Florian Kastrati Profile | Aylesbury United FC". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  4. "REPORT | OLDHAM ATHLETIC 3-3 CRAWLEY TOWN". www.crawleytownfc.com. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  5. "A Red Devil Comes Through The Door…". www.ebfc.co.uk. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  6. "Bognor Bring In Crawley Boy- And He Scores After Five Minutes". www.isthmian.co.uk. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  7. Crawley Town F.C. [@crawleytown] (30 November 2023). "Good luck to Florian Kastrati, who has joined Cheshunt on a one-month loan" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 January 2025 via Twitter.
  8. "Cheshunt | Appearances | Florian Kastrati | 2023-2024 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  9. https://clubs.footballwebpages.co.uk/kingstonian/player/florian-kastrati/935903/appearances/2023-2024
  10. https://x.com/crawleytown/status/1746821263379550435?lang=en-GB
  11. "Danilo Orsi: Crawley Town extend contract of top scorer". BBC Sport. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  12. @CarshaltonA_FC (19 October 2024). "Team News 🔢 Immediate start for new signing Luke Cook ✅ Florian Kastrati returns✅ Starting XI | Foley, Read, Hamstead, Atewologun, Sankoh, Vose, Saraiva, Bradford, Goather-Braithwaite, Ifeanyi, Cook Subs | Hamilton-Downes, Kennett, Saunders-Henry, Kastrati, Frimpong" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 October 2024 via Twitter.
  13. "Welwyn Garden City Football Club, NEW SIGNING: Florian Kastrati". www.welwyngardencityfc.org.uk.
  14. https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/canvey-island/appearances/2024-2025/florian-kastrati/982046
  15. "Baller League 2025 line-ups | Confirmed teams in KSI football league | Radio Times". www.radiotimes.com. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  16. https://whitehawkfc.com/team/whitehawk/
  17. "Games played by Florian Kastrati in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  18. "Games played by Florian Kastrati in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  19. "F. Kastrati - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 February 2023.