| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1999-02-01) 1 February 1999 (age 25) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kavajë, Albania | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
| Current team | Bylis | |||||||||||||
| 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– | Bylis | 55 | (8) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Albania U16 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2016 | Albania U19 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Albania U21 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024 | ||||||||||||||
Xhonatan Lajthia (born 1 February 1999) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Albanian club AF Elbasani.
Club career
Early career
Lajthia started his youth career at KF Teuta Durrës in 2011. In the 2014–15 season he played 14 games with under-17 side.
Club career
On 3 January 2020, Lajthia returned to KF Erzeni on a contract for the rest of the season.
International career
Albania U16
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.
Albania U19
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. He played in all three matches as a substitute.
Albania U20
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.
Honours
International
- Albania U16
References
- Xhonatan Lajthia at Soccerway
- Xhonathan Lajthia profile 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 Sportpress.al
- U-16 vazhdon serine e fitoreve nen drejtimin e Alban Bushit ja dhe formacioni Sportpress.al
- Grumbullohet ekipi kombëtar U-19 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
- Xhonatan Lajthia at the Albanian Football Association (in Albanian and English)
- Xhonatan Lajthia at Soccerway
- Xhonatan Lajthia – UEFA competition record (archive)
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- 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 players
- KF Bylis players
- Kategoria Superiore players
- Kategoria e Parë players
- 21st-century Albanian sportsmen