Rron Broja

Rron Broja
Personal information
Full name Rron Broja
Date of birth (1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Mitrovica, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Drita
Number 4
Youth career
0000–2015 Trepça '89
2015–2016 Gent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Gent 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Deinze (loan) 0 (0)
2016–2018 Trepça '89 31 (4)
2018–2019 Shkupi 47 (1)
2019–2021 Partizani Tirana 62 (2)
2021– Drita 87 (1)
International career‡
2015–2016 Albania U21 5 (0)
2017–2018 Kosovo U21 8 (0)
2020– Kosovo 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2021

Rron Broja (born 9 April 1996) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Kosovan club Drita and the Kosovo national team.

Club career

Early career and return to Trepça '89

Broja was part of the youth team of Trepça '89 until January 2015, where he was transferred to the youth team of the Belgian team Gent,[1] where then in July of the same year he was loaned to Belgian First Division B club Deinze,[2] but failed to make a debut. At the beginning of the 2016–17 season, he returns to Trepça '89 but as a senior team player and helped the team to be declared champion in the same season.[3]

Shkupi

On 11 January 2018, Broja joined Macedonian First Football League side Shkupi.[4] One month later, he made his debut in a 0–3 home defeat against Shkëndija after being named in the starting line-up.[5]

Partizani Tirana

On 29 June 2019, Broja signed a two-year contract with Kategoria Superiore club Partizani Tirana.[6] Eleven days later, he made his debut with Partizani Tirana in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round against the Azerbaijani side Qarabağ after coming on as a substitute at 68th minute in place of William Cordeiro Melo.[7]

Drita

On 3 August 2021, Broja signed a two-year contract with Football Superleague of Kosovo club Drita and received squad number 4.[8]

International career

Under-21

Albania

On 8 June 2015, Broja received a call-up from Albania U21 for the friendly matches against Kazakhstan U21 and Sweden U21.[9] Eight days later, he made his debut with Albania U21 in friendly match against Sweden U21 after being named in the starting line-up.[10]

Kosovo

On 13 March 2017, Broja through an interview confirmed that he switched his allegiance to Kosovo U21.[11] Eight days later, he received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for a 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Republic of Ireland U21,[12] and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up.[13]

Senior

On 22 January 2018, Broja received his first call-up from national senior team in a friendly match against Azerbaijan.[14] The match however was cancelled two days later, which prolonged his debut.[15] His debut with Kosovo came on 12 January 2020 in a friendly match against Sweden after coming on as a substitute at 64th minute in place of Ismet Lushaku.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Rron Broja: Fillimisht te Genti, pastaj…" [Rron Broja: First to Gent, then…] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 4 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Huazohet Rron Broja" [Rron Broja is loaned]. SportAL (in Albanian). 5 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Trepça'89 wins in Peja, secures first title in history". Football Federation of Kosovo. 9 May 2017. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Broja është super përforcimi që vjen te Shkupi" [Broja is a super reinforcement coming to Shkupi] (in Albanian). FK Shkupi. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Shkupi vs. Shkëndija 0–3". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Broja nënshkruan për Partizanin" [Broja signs for Partizani] (in Albanian). Epoka e Re. 30 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Partizani Tirana vs. Qarabag 0–0". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Zyrtare: Konfirmohet lajmi i Olles, Rron Broja zyrtarizohet te Drita" [Official: Olle's news is confirmed, Rron Broja is made official at Drita]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 3 August 2021.
  9. ^ "U-21, dy ndeshje miqesore" [U-21, two friendly matches] (in Albanian). Albanian Football Association. 8 June 2015.
  10. ^ "Sweden–Albania 4:1 (U21 Friendlies 2015, June)". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Rron Broja lë Kombëtaren shqiptare U-21 për Kosovën U-21" [Rron Broja leaves the Albanian national U-21 team for Kosovo U-21]. Gazeta Olle (in Albanian). 13 March 2017. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Lista e futbollistëve të Përfaqësueses U21" [List of the players of national U21 team] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 21 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Kosova U21 e pafat kundër Irlandës, humb me rezultat të ngushtë" [Kosovo U21 unlucky against Ireland, loses with a close result] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 25 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Lista e Përfaqësueses së Kosovës për ndeshjen ndaj Azerbejxhanit" [List of the Kosovo national team for the match against Azerbaijan] (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 22 January 2018.
  15. ^ "Friendly match cancelled". Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. 25 January 2018.
  16. ^ "Sweden (1–0) Kosovo". eu-football.info. 12 January 2020.