Jozef Pukaj

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Jozef Pukaj
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-02-13) 13 February 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Riehen, Switzerland
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2009–2011 FC Amicitia Riehen
2011–2017 Basel
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 Basel U21 45 (0)
2018–2021 Basel 0 (0)
2021 → Stade Lausanne Ouchy (loan) 0 (0)
2021–2023 Winterthur 7 (0)
International career
2015–2016 Switzerland U16 6 (0)
2016–2017 Switzerland U17 9 (0)
2017 Switzerland U18 1 (0)
2019 Switzerland U19 2 (0)
2019 Switzerland U20 2 (0)
2022 Kosovo 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jozef Pukaj (born 13 February 2000) is a Kosovan former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Contents

Club career

Pukaj is a product of the youth academies of FC Amicitia Riehen and Basel. On 20 January 2021, he joined Stade Lausanne Ouchy on loan for the second half of the 2020-21 season. [1] On 2 June 2021, he transferred to the Swiss Challenge League club Winterthur. [2] He made one appearance in the Challenge League that season, as won the tournament and earned promotion into the Swiss Super League for the 2022-23 season. He made his professional debut with Winterthur in a 1–1 Swiss Super League tie with his childhood club Basel on 16 July 2022. [3]

International career

Born and raised in Switzerland, Pukaj is of Kosovo Albanian origin. [4] From 2015, until 2019, he has been part of Switzerland at youth international level, respectively has been part of the U16, U17, U18, U19 and U20 teams and he with these teams played 20 matches. [5]

On 11 November 2022, Pukaj received a call-up from Kosovo for the friendly matches against Armenia and Faroe Islands. [6] His debut with Kosovo came eight days later in a friendly match against Faroe Islands after being named in the starting line-up. [7]

Retirement

On 12 September 2023, Pukaj decided to retire from playing football professionally due to multiple injuries. [8]

Honours

Winterthur

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References

  1. ↑ llc, boldUnderline. "Jozef Pukaj me skuadër të re". TopSporti.com.
  2. ↑ Paronitti, scritto da Claudio (June 12, 2021). "Challenge League, alla ricerca di un portiere, il Winterthur si assicura per il prossimo anno i servigi del 21enne Jozef Pukaj".
  3. ↑ "After a draw – These 5 things stood out against Basel". July 17, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Kosovarët kundër Kosovës!" [Kosovars against Kosovo!]. Gazeta Zëri (in Albanian). 7 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Das Nati-Protokoll der FCB-Spieler: Wenig Einsatzzeit, keine Tore und ein Platzverweis" [The national record of the FCB players: Little playing time, no goals and a dismissal]. bz Basel (in German). 16 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Giresse publikon listën e futbollistëve për miqësoret e nëntorit" [Giresse publishes the list of footballers for the November friendlies] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 11 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Kosovë – Ishujt Faroe, formacionet zyrtare: Giresse me shumë ndryshime" [Kosovo – Faroe Islands, official lineups: Giresse with many changes] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 19 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "JOZEF PUKAJ HÖRT MIT PROFIFUSSBALL AUF" [JOZEF PUKAJ QUITS PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL] (in German). Winterthur. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
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