| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 April 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2010 | Hertha BSC II | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | Hertha BSC II | 50 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | TSG Neustrelitz | 29 | (4) |
| 2013–2014 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 28 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Baník Most | 30 | (6) |
| 2015–2017 | Hamilton Academical | 48 | (3) |
| 2017 | SHB Da Nang | 8 | (2) |
| 2019 | Thanh Hoa | 15 | (6) |
| 2020–2021 | Gjilani | 8 | (1) |
| 2021 | Nam Dinh | 1 | (2) |
| 2021 | Dong A Thanh Hoa | 10 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | TSB Flensburg | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 231 | (29) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gramoz Kurtaj (born 30 April 1991) is a Kosovan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. [2]
Kurtaj was born in Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia.[ citation needed ] When Kosovo started playing international matches in 2016, Kurtaj said he had made himself available for selection by the national team. [3]
He is friends with ex-Hamilton player Tomáš Černý. [4]
Kurtaj spent his early career in Germany with Hertha BSC II, TSG Neustrelitz and Carl Zeiss Jena, and in the Czech Republic with Baník Most. [1] In July 2015 he was one of four players to sign for Scottish club Hamilton Academical. [5] Kurtaj scored his first Hamilton goal four minutes into a 2–1 defeat to champions Celtic, scoring a header to make it 1–0 Hamilton at the time. [6] He was released by Hamilton at the end of the 2016–17 season. [7]
Kurtaj has been compared to ex-Hamilton player Tony Andreu. [4]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hertha BSC II | 2010–11 | Regionalliga Nord | 28 | 0 | — | — | — | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | 22 | 2 | — | — | — | 22 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2 | ||
| TSG Neustrelitz | 2012–13 | Regionalliga Nordost | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 2013–14 | Regionalliga Nordost | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
| Baník Most | 2014–15 | Národní Liga | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | |
| Hamilton Academical | 2015–16 | Scottish Premiership | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 3 | |
| 2016–17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Total | 48 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3 | ||
| Đà Nẵng | 2017 | V.League 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 2 | ||
| Thanh Hóa | 2019 | V.League 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | |||||
| Career total | 208 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 26 | ||