Flamur Kastrati

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Flamur Kastrati
Kastrati with MSV Duisburg in 2012.
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-11-14) 14 November 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Odd
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2006 Grei
2006–2007 Skeid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Skeid 20 (6)
2009–2011 FC Twente 0 (0)
2011 → VfL Osnabrück (loan) 16 (4)
2011–2012 MSV Duisburg 21 (0)
2011–2012 MSV Duisburg II 3 (2)
2013 Erzgebirge Aue 10 (0)
2013–2016 Strømsgodset 61 (7)
2016 Aalesund 3 (1)
2016–2018 Sandefjord 42 (14)
2018–2021 Kristiansund 59 (8)
2021–2022 Odd 18 (0)
International career‡
2009 Norway U-18 5 (1)
2010 Norway U-19 5 (3)
2011–2013 Norway U-21 10 (2)
2014–2020 Kosovo 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 January 2020

Flamur Kastrati (born 14 November 1991) is a Kosovar[1] retired professional footballer who recently played as a forward for Eliteserien club Odd.

Kastrati is of Kosovar-Albanian descent and grew up in Norway. He has represented Norway at youth international level from under-15 to under-21 level, but has stated that he wants to represent Kosovo at international level.

Hailing from Oslo, Kastrati started his senior career in Skeid at the age of 16, before he moved to Dutch side FC Twente. After two seasons at the club's reserve team, he spent time on loan with German side VfL Osnabrück, before he joined MSV Duisburg permanently in 2011. After a brief spell at Erzgebirge Aue in 2013, Kastrati joined Strømsgodset in August 2013.

Club career

Kastrati, who is of Kosovo-Albanian descent,

Adeccoligaen
.

2008 2. Divisjon with Skeid
.

The former

Werder Bremen in November 2011[9]

Kastrati was loaned out to German

Energie Cottbus on 13 March 2011, Kastrati fell to the ground unconscious after an apparently harmless clash with Markus Brzenska. The match was stopped while Kastrati received treatment on the pitch, before he was taken to the hospital by an ambulance. After the match was restarted, both teams stopped playing, simply passing the ball from side to side during the 12 minutes of stoppage time.[11][12][13] The doctors feared that Kastrati's neck was broken, and that his footballing career was over. He did however only injure a nerve, and was expected to return to the pitch within two weeks.[14] He scored a goal in his first match after the injury, against Karlsruher SC
on 1 April 2011.

VfL Osnabrück was relegated from the

Tippeligaen side Strømsgodset.[18] Kastrati stated that he was wanted by other Norwegian clubs, but that he wanted to join Godset because he considered Ronny Deila the best head coach in Norway.[17] Kastrati made his debut for Strømsgodset in the Tippeligaen match against title contenders Rosenborg on 11 August 2013. He played 11 minutes in the 2–2 draw, and could have become match-winner two minutes into stoppage time, but his goal was disallowed for offside.[19]

In August 2016 Kastrati joined Aalesunds FK, a few months before his contract with Strømsgodset would have expired.[20]

In August 2018 Kastrati joined Kristiansund.[21]

In August 2021, Kastrati joined Odd. [22]

International career

Kastrati first represented Norway in 2007 when he played three matches for the under-16 team. He played five matches and scored for the under-17 team in 2008, before he the next year scored one goal in five matches for the under-18.[23] He became a regular for the under-19 team in 2010[24] and scored three goals in five matches for the team.[23]

Kastrati made his debut for

2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.[26] Kastrati scored his first goal for the under-21 in a friendly match against Spain U-21 on 21 March 2013,[2] and scored another goal against Netherlands U-21 four days later.[27] Kastrati was a part of the Norwegian squad that won bronze at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, where he made one appearance as a substitute.[28]

In April 2013, Kastrati told the Albanian media that he would welcome a call from Albania to play for them.[29][30] In February 2014, Kastrati announced that he would play for Kosovo.[31]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 May 2022[32]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
VfL Osnabrück (loan) 2010–11 2. Bundesliga 16 4 0 0 – – 16 4
MSV Duisburg 2011–12 2. Bundesliga 18 0 2 0 – – 20 0
2012–13 3 0 1 0 – – 4 0
Total 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
Erzgebirge Aue 2012–13 2. Bundesliga 10 0 0 0 – – 10 0
Strømsgodset 2013 Tippeligaen 11 1 0 0 – – 11 1
2014 18 2 1 0 2 0 – 21 2
2015 21 2 2 0 6 0 – 29 2
2016 11 2 3 0 2 0 – 16 2
Total 61 7 8 0 10 0 0 0 79 7
Aalesund 2016 Tippeligaen 3 1 0 0 – – 3 1
Sandefjord 2017 Eliteserien 26 10 1 0 – – 27 10
2018 16 4 2 2 – – 18 6
Total 42 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 45 16
Kristiansund 2018 Eliteserien 8 4 0 0 – – 8 4
2019 19 4 2 1 – – 21 5
2020 23 0 0 0 – – 23 0
2021 9 0 0 0 – – 9 0
Total 59 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 55 9
Odd 2021 Eliteserien 13 0 0 0 – – 13 0
2022 5 0 2 1 – – 7 1
Total 18 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 20 1
Career total 230 34 16 4 10 0 0 0 256 38

Honours

Strømsgodset

References

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  2. ^ a b Bernhus, Ola (21 March 2013). "Norges stolthet ble rundspilt i Spania" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Archived from the original on 25 March 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  3. ^ Thorsen, Kay Grue (4 June 2009). "Tilbake på Greibanen". groruddalen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  4. ^ Baade, Gunnhild (2 August 2007). "Fra Norway Cup til Chelsea" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
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  9. ^ Vindegg, Anders (2 November 2010). "Kastrati i Champions League-troppen" (in Norwegian). Skeid. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
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  11. ^ "Bundesliga footballer collapses at pitch in Germany". eurosport.yahoo.com. Reuters. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
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  17. ^ a b Holth, Eivind Brennhovd (27 July 2013). "Ny SIF-spiller snart klar" (in Norwegian). Drammens Tidende. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  18. ^ Svegaarden, Knut Espen; Skjellum, Hanne (2 August 2013). "Kastrati klar for Godset" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  19. ^ Hagen, Simen Næss (11 August 2013). "Kunne blitt kampens store helt". Drammens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  20. ^ Hagen, Simen Næss (19 August 2016). "Kastrati til Aalesund". Drammens Tidende (in Norwegian). p. 34.
  21. ^ "Bamba ut, Kastrati inn". kristiansundbk.no (in Norwegian). 15 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  22. ^ "(+) Odd har kjøpt fri Kastrati – Kan bli klar allerede til søndag". 12 August 2021.
  23. ^ a b c "Flamur Kastrati's profil". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
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  27. ^ Kalajdzic, Pedja; Håby, Mads (25 March 2013). "U21-gutta raknet mot Nederland: – Det ble en rar kamp" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
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  29. ^ "De Biasi kërkon Amir Abrashin në kombëtare". Sport Net (in Albanian). Sportnet. 2 April 2013. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  30. ^ "Tjetër afrim në Kombëtare, Kastrati: Dua Shqipërinë" (in Albanian). Gazeta Start. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
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  32. ^ "Flamur Kastrati". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 3 November 2018.

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