Xhonatan Lajthia
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 February 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Kavajë, Albania | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Elbasani | ||
| 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) |
| 2022–2024 | Bylis | 55 | (8) |
| 2024– | Elbasani | 61 | (11) |
| International career | |||
| 2015 | Albania U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016 | Albania U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | Albania U21 | 1 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 June 2026 | |||
Xhonatan Lajthia (born 1 February 1999) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Albanian club AF Elbasani.[1]
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]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
[edit]On 3 January 2020, Lajthia returned to KF Erzeni on a contract for the rest of the season.[3]
International career
[edit]Albania U16
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]International
[edit]- Albania U16
References
[edit]- ↑ Xhonatan Lajthia at Soccerway
- ↑ Xhonathan Lajthia profile Archived 28 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
- ↑ Xhonatan Lajthia eshte perforcimi i rradhes per Erzenin..., facebook.com, 3 January 2020
- ↑ 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
- ↑ U-16 vazhdon serine e fitoreve nen drejtimin e Alban Bushit ja dhe formacioni Archived 10 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Sportpress.al
- ↑ Grumbullohet ekipi kombëtar U-19 Archived 19 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
- ↑ Xhonathan Lajthia matches Soccerway
- ↑ "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
[edit]- Xhonatan Lajthia at the Albanian Football Federation (in Albanian and English)
- Xhonatan Lajthia at Soccerway
- Xhonatan Lajthia – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Kavajë
- Albanian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Albania men's youth international footballers
- KF Teuta players
- KF Erzeni Shijak players
- KF Egnatia Rrogozhinë players
- KF Bylis players
- Kategoria Superiore players
- Kategoria e Parë players
- 21st-century Albanian sportsmen