Flo Bojaj

Florent "Flo" Bojaj (born 13 April 1996) is a Kosovo Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for German club Kickers Offenbach.

Florent Bojaj
Personal information
Full name Florent Bojaj
Date of birth (1996-04-13) 13 April 1996
Place of birth London, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Kickers Offenbach
Number 24
Youth career
0000–2013 Boreham Wood
2013–2014 Huddersfield Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Huddersfield Town 8 (1)
2016–2017 → Kilmarnock (loan) 2 (0)
2017 → Newport County (loan) 1 (0)
2017 Welling United 3 (0)
2017 Walton & Hersham 11 (9)
2018 Pirin Blagoevgrad 11 (5)
2018–2020 Etar 55 (8)
2020– Kickers Offenbach 19 (5)
National team
2012–2013 Albania U17 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:44, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

He previously represented Albania at youth international level

Early life

Bojaj was born in London, England to Kosovo Albanian parents from Kosovo.

Club career

Youth career

Flo Bojaj started his youth career with Oxhey Wanderers in the West Herts County League, where he was spotted by manager Andrew Hood while playing for his school.

Bojaj went on to play for Boreham Wood, before signing for Huddersfield in 2013.

Huddersfield Town

Bojaj made several appearances for the Huddersfield Town Under-18s and Under-21s as both teams won their respective league titles for consecutive seasons.

On 29 October 2015, he signed a contract with the Terriers until 2017 – with the club having the option of an extra year.

After being named on the bench for a few games, Bojaj made his professional debut as a late substitute in Town's 2–0 win over Milton Keynes Dons, where he set up the second goal for Jamie Paterson. On 8 March 2016, Bojaj scored his first goal for Huddersfield, contributing the third in a 3–1 win over Reading.[1]

He was released at the end of the 2016–17 season.[2]

Kilmarnock (loan)

On 1 July 2016, Bojaj was loaned out to Kilmarnock. He made his debut two weeks later in a Scottish League Cup match against Clyde.

Newport County (loan)

On 10 January 2017, he joined Newport County on loan.[3] He made his only appearance for Newport in a League Two match against Colchester United as a 75th minute substitute on 14 January.

Welling United

After a trial with St Albans City in the pre-season, Bojaj completed a move to National League South side Welling United on 8 September 2017.[4][5]

On 11 October, it was announced that Bojaj had left the club by mutual consent after making three appearances.

Walton & Hersham

Upon his departure, he joined Combined Counties Premier Division club Walton & Hersham.[6]

On 14 October, Bojaj made his debut in a 2–0 league win at Horley Town. He scored the first goal and won the penalty for the second.[7]

The following month, he scored his first hat-trick in a 9–1 win against Banstead Athletic.[8]

Etar

On 17 July 2018, Bojaj signed with Bulgarian club Etar for two years.[9]

International career

On 21 February 2012, Bojaj making his debut with Albania U17 in a friendly match against Slovenia U17. He came on as a substitute at 65th minute in place of Maldin Ymeraj.

In May 2016, after Kosovo was officially recognized by UEFA and FIFA. Bojaj declared that he was interested in representing Kosovo.[10]

Career statistics
As of match played 3 March 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Huddersfield Town 2015–16[11] Championship 810000—81
Kilmarnock (loan) 2016–17[12] Scottish Premiership 2000300050
Newport County (loan) 2016–17[12] League Two 1000000010
Welling United 2017–18[13] National League South 3000—0030
Walton & Hersham 2017–18 Combined Counties Premier Division 119001000129
Pirin Blagoevgrad 2017–18 First League 14500——145
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 2018–19 23510——245
Career total 62201040006720

    References
    1. "Huddersfield 3-1 Reading". BBC. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
    2. "Midfielder Whitehead offered new deal by Terriers". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
    3. "Huddersfield Town striker Flo Bojaj joins Newport County on loan". BBC Sport. 10 January 2017.
    4. "Flo Bojaj". St Albans City. 11 November 2017.
    5. "Wings sign ex Huddersfield striker". Welling United. 8 September 2017.
    6. "Profiles | Walton & Hersham Football Club". www.waltonandhershamfc.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
    7. "Horley Town 0 Swans 2 | Walton & Hersham Football Club". www.waltonandhershamfc.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
    8. "Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Football League". fulltime-league.thefa.com. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
    9. "Етър с трансферен удар - привлече Флорент Боджадж" (in Bulgarian). etarvt.bg. 17 July 2018.
    10. "Ky është sulmuesi që i ofrohet Kosovës". Zeri (in Albanian). 14 September 2016.
    11. "Games played by Flo Bojaj in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
    12. "Games played by Flo Bojaj in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
    13. Flo Bojaj at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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