Gzim Istrefi

Gzim Istrefi (born 18 December 1991, Kosovska Mitrovica) is a Swedish professional footballer of Albanian descent who plays for Stenungsunds IF as a forward.^[1][2]

Gzim Istrefi

Personal information
Full name	Gzim Istrefi
Date of birth	(1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Kosovska Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Stenungsunds IF
Youth career
	Stenungsunds IF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Carlstad United	63	(10)
2011–2013	GAIS	5	(0)
2012	→ Ljungskile (loan)	6	(0)
2013	Dalkurd	14	(2)
2014–2015	Karlstad
2016–2018	Norrby	50	(8)
2019–	Stenungsunds
International career
2011	Albania U21	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 April 2019

Club career

His family transferred from Kosovo to Sweden in 1992, when he was only one year old.^[3] After spending his youth years with Carlstad United BK, Istrefi was purchased by GAIS.^[3] On 8 January 2019, Istrafi joined Stenungsunds IF.^[4]

International career

Although Istrefi has a Swedish passport and there has been interest from Sweden, his desire is to play with the Albania national football team as he declared recently in an interview. His message to the Albania fans, Tifozat Kuq e Zi, was the Albanian slogan Nje Komb, Nje Kombetare (English: One Nation, one National team), which often appears in the stadiums, since Albania has many players from Kosovo.^[3]