| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 December 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Kosovska Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Stenungsunds IF | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Stenungsunds IF | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Carlstad United | 63 | (10) |
| 2011–2013 | GAIS | 5 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Ljungskile (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2013 | Dalkurd | 14 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Karlstad | ||
| 2016–2018 | Norrby | 50 | (8) |
| 2019– | Stenungsunds | ||
| International career | |||
| 2011 | Albania U21 | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 April 2019 | |||
Gzim Istrefi (born 18 December 1991) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Stenungsunds IF as a forward. [1]
Istrefi was born Kosovska Mitrovica. His family transferred from Kosovo to Sweden in 1992, when he was only one year old. [2] After spending his youth years with Carlstad United BK, Istrefi was purchased by GAIS. [2] On 8 January 2019, Istrafi joined Stenungsunds IF. [3]
Although Istrefi has a Swedish passport and there has been interest from Sweden, his desire is to play with the Albania national football team as he declared recently in an interview. His message to the Albania fans, Tifozat Kuq e Zi, was the Albanian slogan Nje Komb, Nje Kombetare (English: One Nation, one National team), which often appears in the stadiums, since Albania has many players from Kosovo. [2]