Loreta Kullashi (born 20 May 1999) is a Swedish football forward who plays for Italian Serie A club Inter Milan and the Sweden national team.
.jpg) With AIK in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Loreta Kullashi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 May 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Inter Milan | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Snöstorp Nyhem FF | |||
| 2011–2015 | AIK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | AIK | 38 | (24) |
| 2017–2021 | Eskilstuna United | 76 | (27) |
| 2021–2023 | FC Rosengård | 47 | (12) |
| 2023–2024 | → Sassuolo (loan) | 25 | (7) |
| 2024– | Inter Milan | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018– | Sweden | 8 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 February 2023 | |||
Club career
editKullashi was born in Helsinki, Finland, to Kosovar-Albanian parents. She moved to Sweden from Finland when she was five years old,[2] and she grew up in Halmstad.[3] She started playing organised football with Snöstorp Nyhem FF's youth system and moved to AIK in summer 2011. She made her debut for AIK as a 15-year-old, in a Svenska Cupen quarter-final fixture at Umeå IK on 29 March 2015.[4]
She made six appearances in the 2015 Damallsvenskan for relegated AIK, but was given a more central role the following season. In 2016 she scored 15 goals in 20 Elitettan matches and 20 goals in 23 matches across all competitions. In January 2017 she joined English FA WSL club Manchester City on trial, but ultimately re-signed for AIK in time for the 2017 season. In July 2017 she transferred to Damallsvenskan club Eskilstuna United.[5]
On her debut appearance for Eskilstuna United, Kullashi scored two goals in a 4–0 home win over IF Limhamn Bunkeflo. She was praised by team mate Olivia Schough and her new coach for her dribbling abilities.[2]
International career
editKullashi was the youngest player named to the Sweden squad for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea.[1]
In January 2018, 18-year-old Kullashi enjoyed a "dream" debut for the senior Sweden team, scoring two goals in a 3–0 win over South Africa.[6]
International goals
edit| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 21 January 2018 | Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa |  South Africa |
0–2 | 0–3 | Friendly |
| 2. | 0–3 | |||||
| 3. | 4 October 2019 | Diósgyőri Stadion, Miskolc, Hungary |  Hungary |
0–5 | 0–5 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
Honours
editSweden
References
edit- ^ a b "List of Players – Sweden" (PDF). FIFA. 24 September 2016. p. 14. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ a b Petersson, Johan (9 September 2017). "Loreta Kullashi: "Min dröm är att bli en av de bästa i världen"". Eskilstuna-Kuriren (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 July 2019.
Jag flyttade till Sverige från Finland när jag var fem år.
- ^ Åkesson, Jimmy (21 February 2018). "Starten på 2018 års kapitel" (in Swedish). Vilirare. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ Mellerborg, Stefan. "10 Loreta Kullashi" (in Swedish). AIK Fotboll. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ Mellerborg, Stefan (21 July 2017). "Loreta Kullashi till Eskilstuna United DFF" (in Swedish). AIK Fotboll. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ Durefelt, Filip (21 January 2018). "18-åringens drömdebut i landslaget – målskytt efter en minut" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
External links
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- Loreta Kullashi at Soccerway
- Loreta Kullashi at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Loreta Kullashi club team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
- Loreta Kullashi national team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
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