Xhonatan Lajthia

Xhonatan Lajthia

Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-02-01) 1 February 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth	Kavajë, Albania
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Bylis
Number	14
Youth career
2011–2017	Teuta Durrës
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2020	Teuta	17	(1)
2018–2019	→ Erzeni (loan)	20	(4)
2019	→ Egnatia (loan)	12	(1)
2020	→ Erzeni (loan)	0	(0)
2020–2021	Egnatia	8	(0)
2021–2022	Lushnja	20	(6)
2022–	Bylis	55	(8)
International career
2015	Albania U16	1	(0)
2016	Albania U19	3	(0)
2018	Albania U21	1	(0)
Medal record   Albania UEFA Development Tournament Winner 2015
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024

Xhonatan Lajthia (born 1 February 1999) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Albanian club AF Elbasani. ^[1]

Club career

Early career

Lajthia started his youth career at KF Teuta Durrës in 2011. In the 2014–15 season he played 14 games with under-17 side. ^[2]

Club career

On 3 January 2020, Lajthia returned to KF Erzeni on a contract for the rest of the season. ^[3]

International career

Albania U16

He participated with Albania national under-16 football team in the UEFA Development Tournament 2015 and played 1 match under coach Alban Bushi on 3 May 2015. ^{[4] [5]}

Albania U19

He also was called up at Albania national under-19 football team by coach Arjan Bellaj to participate in the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification from 6–11 October 2016. ^[6] He played in all three matches as a substitute. ^[7]

Albania U20

He received his first call up for the Albania under-20 side by coach Alban Bushi for the double friendly match against Azerbaijan U-21 on 21 & 26 January 2018. ^[8]

Honours

International

Albania U16

• UEFA Development Tournament: 2015

References

1. Xhonatan Lajthia at Soccerway
2. Xhonathan Lajthia profile FSHF.org
3. Xhonatan Lajthia eshte perforcimi i rradhes per Erzenin..., facebook.com, 3 January 2020
4. Shqiperia U-16 fiton me Malin e Zi, Renato Kendezi talenti qe na dha fitoren Archived 11 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Sportpress.al
5. U-16 vazhdon serine e fitoreve nen drejtimin e Alban Bushit ja dhe formacioni Sportpress.al
6. Grumbullohet ekipi kombëtar U-19 Archived 19 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
7. Xhonathan Lajthia matches Soccerway
8. "KOMBËTARJA U-20, DY NDESHJE MIQËSORE ME AZERBAJXHANIN, TRAJNERI ALBAN BUSHI SHPALL LISTËN!" [U-20 NATIONAL TEAM, TWO FRIENDLIES WITH AZERBAIJAN, COACH ALBAN BUSHI ANNOUNCES THE LIST!] (in Albanian). FSHF.org. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

External links

• Xhonatan Lajthia at the Albanian Football Association (in Albanian and English)
• Xhonatan Lajthia at Soccerway
• Xhonatan Lajthia – UEFA competition record ( archive )