Granit Lekaj (born 23 February 1990) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and Captain for Winterthur.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 February 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Winterthur | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Pfäffikon | |||
| 2004–2008 | Winterthur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Winterthur U21 | 46 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Winterthur | 9 | (0) |
| 2011–2015 | Wil | 121 | (2) |
| 2015–2017 | Schaffhausen | 56 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | Wil | 27 | (2) |
| 2018– | Winterthur | 174 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024 | |||
Career
editLekaj is a product of the youth academies of FC Pfäffikon and Winterthur, beginning his senior career with the reserves of the latter in 2008, before promoting to their senior team in 2010. He transferred to Wil on 20 July 2011.[1] After four years at Wil and 121 appearances and 2 goals, he moved to Schaffhausen on 30 July 2015.[2] He returned to Wil on 21 July 2017.[3]
On 5 June 2018, Lekaj returned to his first club Winterthur on 5 June 2018. He became the captain of the club on 9 October 2021.[4] He captained the team win the 2021–22 Swiss Challenge League and earn promotion into the Swiss Super League for the 2022–23 season.[5]
Personal life
editBorn in Pristina, present day Kosovo, Lekaj moved to Switzerland at a young age.[6]
Honours
editWinterthur
References
edit- ^ "Wil verpflichtet drei Spieler". St. Galler Tagblatt.
- ^ "Granit Lekaj verlässt den FC Wil". sport-fan.ch.
- ^ "Lekaj kehrt nach Wil zurück". St. Galler Tagblatt.
- ^ "Fussball: Granit Lekaj im FCW – Vom Cupsieger mit der U16 zum Captain des "Eins"". Der Landbote.
- ^ "Der Captain des FC Winterthur ist ein Pfäffiker – so erlebte er den Aufstieg". zueriost.ch.
- ^ "FCW-Captain Lekaj: "Das wird das grösste Spiel meiner bisherigen Karriere"". blue News.
External links
edit- Granit Lekaj at Soccerway
- SFL Profile