Arijan Qollaku

Arijan Martin Qollaku (born 4 January 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a right back for Swiss club Schaffhausen. Born in Switzerland, Qollaku represents Albania internationally.

Arijan Qollaku

Personal information
Full name	Arijan Martin Qollaku
Date of birth	(1997-02-04) 4 February 1997
Place of birth	Bülach, Switzerland
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s)	Right back
Club information
Current team	Schaffhausen
Number	22
Youth career
0000–2015	Zürich
2016–2018	Grasshopper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2018	Grasshopper U21	41	(2)
2017–2018	Grasshopper	5	(0)
2018	→ Schaffhausen (loan)	15	(0)
2018–	Schaffhausen	41	(1)
National team
2017	Albania U-21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:00, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Qollaku was born in Bülach, a town in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland[1] and joined FC Zürich as a youth. He was released in July 2015 and spent time on trial with fellow Swiss side FC Wil,[2] even featuring in a friendly against his former employers.[3] However, ultimately he joined Grasshoppers in early 2016 and signed his first professional contract in February 2017 alongside teammates Nedim Bajrami and Petar Pusic.[4][5] He made his debut the next month, playing 64 minutes in a 1-0 loss against Basel.[6]

International career

Qollaku was eligible to represent Kosovo and Albania in international level. He refused an invitation from Kosovo national under-21 football team to accept invitation from Albania national under-21 football team coach Alban Bushi.[7]

Qollaku was called up to Albania U21 for the Friendly match against France U21 on 5 June 2017 and the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification opening match against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017.[8]

He received Albanian citizenship from president Bujar Nishani on 12 June 2017, the day of the opening match of the qualifiers against Estonia U21 so he couldn't participate in this match but however he became eligible to play for Albania in the next competitive matches.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 October 2019.[10]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Grasshoppers U21	2015–16	1. Liga - 3	13	0	0	0	–		2[lower-alpha 1]	0	15	0
	2016–17		20	2	0	0	–		0	0	20	2
	2017–18	1. Liga - 2	6	0	0	0	–		0	0	6	0
	Total		41	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	43	2
Grasshoppers	2016–17	Swiss Super League	1	0	0	0	–		0	0	1	0
	2017–18		4	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	–		0	0	5	0
	Total		5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Schaffhausen (loan)	2017–18	Swiss Challenge League	15	0	0	0	–		0	0	15	0
Schaffhausen	2018–19		30	1	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	–		0	0	31	1
	2019–20		11	0	0	0	–		0	0	11	0
	Total		56	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	57	1
Career total			102	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	106	2

Notes

1. Appearances in the 1. Liga Play-offs
2. Appearances in the Swiss Cup

References

1. "Arijan Qollaku, Defender, Grasshopper Club Zurich". goalnoise.com. Goal Noise. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
2. "Auch den dritten Test verloren" (in German). infowilplus.ch. 1 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
3. "Viele Neue, wenige Aufschlüsse" (in German). infowilplus.ch. 4 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
4. "Harun Alpsoy wechselt in die Türkei" (in German). fm1today. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
5. "Auch Harun Alpsoy verlässt die Grasshoppers" (in German). luzernerzeitung.ch. 1 February 2017. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
6. "FC Basel - Grasshoppers". Eurosport. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
7. Refuzoi Kosovën, talenti i Grasshopersit zgjedh Shqipërinë Panorama Sport
8. Alban Bushi shpall listën e U21 për Francën dhe Estoninë Archived 2017-07-05 at the Wayback Machine FSHF.org
9. Dekret për dhënie të shtetësisë shqiptare nr. 10411 President.al
10. Arijan Qollaku at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 January 2019.