Valmir Matoshi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 July 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Thun, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sturm Graz | ||
| Number | 78 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Hünibach | |||
| Thun | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2024 | Thun U21 | 37 | (7) |
| 2022–2026 | Thun | 108 | (18) |
| 2026– | Sturm Graz | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023 | Switzerland U20 | 2 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Switzerland U21 | 8 | (2) |
| 2026– | Kosovo | 3 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 September 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:05, 27 September 2026 (UTC) | |||
Valmir Matoshi (born 4 July 2003) is a professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Football Bundesliga club Sturm Graz. Born in Switzerland, he plays for the Kosovo national team.
Club career
[edit]Matoshi is a product of the youth academies of the Swiss clubs FC Hünibach and Thun.[1] On 26 November 2022, he signed his first professional contract with Thun with an option to extend for 2 more seasons.[2] He helped Thun win the 2024–25 Swiss Challenge League and earned promotion to the Swiss Super League.[3] He helped Thun win the 2024–25 Swiss Challenge League, and the following season their first ever first division title, the 2025–26 Swiss Super League.[4]
On 24 August 2026, Matoshi joined Austrian Football Bundesliga club Sturm Graz for €1,500,000.
International career
[edit]Switzerland
[edit]From 2023, until 2024, Matoshi has been part of Switzerland at youth international level, respectively has been part of the U20 and U21 teams and he with these teams played 2 matches with U20 and scored one goals. and played 8 matches with U21 and scored two goals.
Kosovo
[edit]On 17 March 2026, in an interview with the Swiss television channel 20min.ch, when asked about his international career, Matoshi stated “I want to keep my options open between Switzerland and Kosovo, but no one from Switzerland and Kosovo has approached me so far.”[citation needed]
On 25 May 2026, he received a call-up from the Kosovo for the friendly matches against Czech Republic and Andorra.
Personal life
[edit]Born in Switzerland, to ethnic Albanian parents from Therandë, Kosovo.[5] He holds dual Swiss and Kosovar citizenship.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 20 September 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Thun U21 | 2020–21 | 2. Liga Interregional | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 1. Liga Classic | 22 | 4 | — | — | — | 22 | 4 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 1. Liga Classic | 11 | 3 | — | — | — | 11 | 3 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 1. Liga Classic | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 37 | 7 | — | — | — | 37 | 7 | |||||
| Thun | 2022–23 | Swiss Challenge League | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 5 | ||
| 2023–24 | Swiss Challenge League | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 32 | 4 | ||
| 2024–25 | Swiss Challenge League | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 3 | |||
| 2025–26 | Swiss Challenge League | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 6 | |||
| 2026–27 | Swiss Super League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 108 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 18 | ||
| Sturm Graz | 2026–27 | Austrian Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| Career total | 148 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 158 | 25 | ||
- ↑ Includes Swiss Cup, Austrian Cup
- ↑ Appearances in promotion play-offs
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
[edit]- As of match played 27 September 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosovo | 2026 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Kosovo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Matoshi goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 June 2026 | Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo |  Andorra | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
Honours
[edit]- Thun
References
[edit]- ↑ Hächler, Robert (1 May 2023). "Verabschiedung Valmir Matoshi und ein Autogramm vom Vorbild". FC Hünibach (in German). Retrieved 16 February 2026.
- ↑ "Live Sport und News". sport.ch.
- ↑ "Als Aufsteiger zum Titel? FC Thun auf Kaiserslauterns Spuren". sportschau.de.
- 1 2 3 "Der Thuner Meistertitel ist "unglaublich und unbeschreiblich"". www.sarganserlaender.ch.
- ↑ "Two goals in 1 minute, Albanian footballer shines in Switzerland".
- ↑ "Live Sport und News". sport.ch.
External links
[edit]- Valmir Matoshi at Soccerway
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Thun
- 21st-century Swiss sportsmen
- 21st-century Kosovan sportsmen
- Swiss people of Kosovan descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Swiss men's footballers
- Switzerland men's youth international footballers
- Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers
- Kosovan men's footballers
- Kosovo men's international footballers
- Swiss Super League players
- Challenge League (Switzerland) players
- Swiss 1. Liga (football) players
- 2. Liga Interregional players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- FC Thun players
- SK Sturm Graz players
- Swiss expatriate men's footballers
- Kosovan expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Austria