Xhevdet Gela

Xhevdet Gela
Gela with HIFK in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-11-14) 14 November 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Vučitrn, SFR Yugoslavia
(present-day Kosovo)
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 PK-35
Number 10
Youth career
KiuPa
Honka
Espoo
AC Allianssi
2006 Atlantis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Atlantis[1] 42 (6)
2010 Haka 21 (2)
2011 PK-35 Vantaa[2] 23 (2)
2012–2013 MYPA 62 (5)
2014 Widzew Łódź 5 (0)
2014–2015 Lahti 36 (4)
2016–2017 HIFK 58 (4)
2018 Lahti 21 (0)
2019 HIFK 5 (0)
2020–2022 Ekenäs IF 67 (12)
2023– PK-35 31 (2)
Managerial career
2019–2022 EBK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2024

Xhevdet Gela (born 14 November 1989) is a Finnish[3] football player of Kosovar descent who plays for Ykkösliiga club PK-35. Besides Finland, he has played in Poland.[4]

Career

Gela with Lahti in 2015

Gela signed up with HIFK on 4 January 2019.[5]

For the 2023 season, Gela returned to PK-35 in the third-tier Kakkonen.[6]

Gela has also played futsal.

Coaching career

While still playing, Gela worked also as a head coach of Esbo Bollklubb (EBK) in the fourth-tier Kolmonen between 2019 and 2022.

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2024.[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Atlantis 2007 Ykkönen 4 0 0 0 – – 4 0
2008 Ykkönen 15 2 0 0 – – 15 2
2009 Ykkönen 24 4 0 0 – – 24 4
Total 43 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 6
Haka 2010 Veikkausliiga 21 2 1 0 1 0 – 23 2
PK-35 Vantaa 2011 Ykkönen 22 2 0 0 – – 22 2
MyPa 2012 Veikkausliiga 30 1 4 0 6 0 3[c] 0 43 1
2013 Veikkausliiga 32 4 1 0 7 1 – 40 5
Total 62 5 5 0 13 1 3 0 43 6
Widzew Łódź 2013–14 Ekstraklasa 5 0 – – – 5 0
Lahti 2014 Veikkausliiga 9 1 – – – 9 1
2015 Veikkausliiga 27 3 1 1 5 0 2[c] 0 35 4
Total 36 4 1 1 5 0 2 0 44 5
HIFK 2016 Veikkausliiga 27 0 1 0 5 0 – 33 0
2017 Veikkausliiga 33 4 5 0 – – 38 4
Total 60 4 6 0 5 0 0 0 71 4
Lahti 2018 Veikkausliiga 21 0 6 1 – 2[c] 0 29 1
HIFK 2019 Veikkausliiga 5 0 5 1 – – 10 1
HIFK II 2019 Kolmonen 1 0 – – – 1 0
Ekenäs IF 2020 Ykkönen 20 5 2 0 – – 22 5
2021 Ykkönen 23 2 4 2 – – 27 4
2022 Ykkönen 25 5 2 0 4 1 – 31 6
Total 68 12 8 2 4 1 0 0 80 15
PK-35 2023 Kakkonen 20 2 1 0 – – 21 2
2024 Ykkösliiga 11 0 3 0 2 0 – 16 0
Total 31 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 37 2
Career total 375 37 36 5 30 2 7 0 448 44
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup
  2. ^ Includes Finnish League Cup, Ykköscup and Ykkösliigacup
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League

References

  1. ^ Atlantis FC Historia
  2. ^ Palloverkko
  3. ^ Nuorten maajoukkue Gelan tähtäimessä Archived March 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Ykkösen tähdet tutuiksi: Xhevdet Gela palloliitto.fi
  5. ^ Xhevdet Gela palaa IFK:hon, hifkfotboll.fi, 4 January 2019
  6. ^ "PK-35:n nuoreen joukkueeseen rutkasti kokemusta – Xhevdet Gela Punamustaan!" [PK-35's young team has plenty of experience - Xhevdet Gela is here!] (in Finnish). PK-35. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  7. ^ Xhevdet Gela stats, Finnish FA
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