Ismet Lushaku

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Ismet Lushaku
Personal information
Full name Ismet Lushaku
Date of birth (2000-09-22) 22 September 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Eskilstuna, Sweden
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Varbergs BoIS
Number 26
Youth career
0000–2016 IFK Eskilstuna
2016–2019 AFC Eskilstuna
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 AFC Eskilstuna 65 (2)
2019 → IFK Eskilstuna (loan) 1 (0)
2022– Varbergs BoIS 47 (0)
International career‡
2019– Kosovo U21 10 (0)
2020 Kosovo 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2021

Ismet Lushaku (born 22 September 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swedish club Varbergs BoIS. Born in Sweden, he plays for the Kosovo national team.

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Club career

AFC Eskilstuna

On 2 May 2019, Lushaku signed his first professional contract with Allsvenskan side AFC Eskilstuna after agreeing to a three-year deal. [1] Sixteen days later, he made his debut in a 1–1 home draw against Helsingborgs IF after coming on as a substitute at 60th minute in place of Wilhelm Loeper. [2]

Varbergs BoIS

On 17 January 2022, Lushaku signed a four-year contract with Allsvenskan club Varbergs BoIS. [3] His debut with Varbergs BoIS came on 19 February in the 2021–22 Svenska Cupen group stage against Sollentuna after being named in the starting line-up. [4]

International career

Under-21

On 27 May 2019, Lushaku received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Andorra U21 and Turkey U21. [5] Ten days later, he made his debut with Kosovo U21 in a match against Andorra U21 after coming on as a substitute at 66th minute in place of Mirlind Daku. [6]

Senior

On 24 December 2019, Lushaku received a call-up from Kosovo for the friendly match against Sweden, [7] and made his debut after coming on as a substitute at 32nd minute in place of injured Florian Loshaj. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ismet Lushaku skriver A-lagskontrakt" [Ismet Lushaku signs A-team contract] (in Swedish). AFC Eskilstuna. 2 May 2019. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "AFC Eskilstuna vs. Helsingborg 1–1". Soccerway. 18 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Ismet Lushaku klar för BoIS" [Ismet Lushaku ready for BoIS] (in Swedish). Varbergs BoIS. 17 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Varbergs BoIS [@VarbergsBoISFC] (19 February 2022). "Cup-elvan! | #tillsammansärvibois" [Cup-eleven! | #togetherwearebois] (Tweet) (in Swedish) – via Twitter.
  5. ↑ "Prekazi publikon listën, beson te lojtarët e rinj" [Prekazi publishes the list, believes in new players] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 27 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Kosova U21 shkëlqen kundër Andorrës, fiton 4:0" [Kosovo U21 shines against Andorra, wins 4:0] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 6 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "Lista e futbollistëve për ndeshjen Kosovë–Suedi" [List of players for the match Kosovo–Sweden] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 24 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Sweden (1–0) Kosovo". eu-football.info. 12 January 2020.
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