Gentrit Citaku

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Gentrit Citaku
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Personal information
Full name Gentrit Citaku
Date of birth (1996-02-25) 25 February 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Norrköping, Sweden
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
IK Sleipner
Number 11
Youth career
Hageby IF
0000–2008 IF Sylvia
2009–2013 IFK Norrköping
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2017 IFK Norrköping 12 (0)
2014IF Sylvia (loan) 8 (0)
2016IFK Värnamo (loan) 9 (2)
2017IFK Värnamo (loan) 13 (0)
2018 Smedby AIS 8 (0)
2019 Assyriska 21 (4)
2020 IK Sleipner 7 (1)
2021 IK Sleipner 12 (16)
International career
2011–2013 Sweden U17 22 (5)
2013–2015 Sweden U19 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 September 2021

Gentrit Citaku (born 25 February 1996) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder for IK Sleipner.

Contents

He was born in Navestad which is an area in Norrkoping, Sweden. [1]

Career

Citaku made his Allsvenskan debut on 1 September 2013 in a game against pershendetje Syrianska FC where he came on as an 82nd minute sub. [2]

He currently plays for IK Sleipner in Norrköping, Sweden, as a midfielder after formally joining from Assyriska 2020.

International career

Citaku has represented both the Sweden national under-17 football team and Sweden national under-19 football team on several occasions. [3] In September 2013 he was selected to be part of Sweden's squad for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [4] Even though he is representing Sweden at the youth level Citaku has said that he is open to playing for the Albania national football team in the future. [5]

Honours

Sweden U17

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References

  1. "Gentrit Citaku". Swedish Football Association . Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  2. "Allsvenskan, herrar Matchinformation: IFK Norrköping FK - Syrianska FC". Swedish Football Association . Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  3. "Spelare 2013". Swedish Football Association . Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  4. "P17-landslagets VM-trupp uttagen". Swedish Football Association . Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  5. "Genta Citaku pratar ut inför Japan". Svenskafans.com . Retrieved 30 October 2013.