Gramoz Kurtaj
{{Short description|German footballer (born 1991)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Gramoz Kurtaj
|image =
|full_name =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|4|30|df=y}}
|birth_place = Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia
|position = Midfielder
|currentclub =
|youthyears1 = 2006–2010
|youthclubs1 = Hertha BSC II
|years1 = 2010–2012
|clubs1 = Hertha BSC II
|caps1 = 50
|goals1 = 2
|years2 = 2012–2013
|clubs2 = TSG Neustrelitz
|caps2 = 29
|goals2 = 4
|years3 = 2013–2014
|clubs3 = Carl Zeiss Jena
|caps3 = 28
|goals3 = 1
|years4 = 2014–2015
|clubs4 = Baník Most
|caps4 = 30
|goals4 = 6
|years5 = 2015–2017
|clubs5 = Hamilton Academical
|caps5 = 48
|goals5 = 3
|years6 = 2017
|clubs6 = SHB Da Nang
|caps6 = 8
|goals6 = 2
|years7 = 2019
|clubs7 = Thanh Hoa
|caps7 = 15
|goals7 = 6
|years8 = 2020–2021
|clubs8 = Gjilani
|caps8 = 8
|goals8 = 1
|years9 = 2021
|clubs9 = Nam Dinh
|caps9 = 1
|goals9 = 2
|years10 = 2021
|clubs10 = Dong A Thanh Hoa
|caps10 = 10
|goals10 = 2
|years11 = 2022–2023
|clubs11 = TSB Flensburg
|caps11 = 4
|goals11 = 0
|totalcaps = 231
|totalgoals = 29
}}
Gramoz Kurtaj (born 30 April 1991) is a Kosovan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.{{Worldfootball.net|gramoz-kurtaj}}
Early and personal life
Kurtaj was born in Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} When Kosovo started playing international matches in 2016, Kurtaj said he had made himself available for selection by the national team.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37297868 |title=Hamilton Accies' Gramoz Kurtaj eyes Kosovo call-up |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |first=Richard |last=Wilson |date=7 September 2016 |accessdate=7 September 2016}}
He is friends with ex-Hamilton player Tomáš Černý.
Career
Kurtaj spent his early career in Germany with Hertha BSC II, TSG Neustrelitz and Carl Zeiss Jena, and in the Czech Republic with Baník Most. In July 2015 he was one of four players to sign for Scottish club Hamilton Academical.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33511075|title=Hamilton Accies: Christian Nade among four signings|date=13 July 2015|accessdate=2 August 2015|publisher=BBC Sport}} Kurtaj scored his first Hamilton goal four minutes into a 2–1 defeat to champions Celtic, scoring a header to make it 1–0 Hamilton at the time.{{cite web|title=Hamilton Academical 1–2 Celtic|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34372462|publisher=BBC Sport|last=Murray|first=Keir|date=4 October 2015|accessdate=9 July 2016}} He was released by Hamilton at the end of the 2016–17 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk/players-leaving/|title=Players Leaving|date=23 May 2017|accessdate=23 May 2017|publisher=Hamilton Academical F.C.|archive-date=11 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111203107/https://www.hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk/players-leaving/|url-status=dead}}
Style of play
Kurtaj has been compared to ex-Hamilton player Tony Andreu.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13521409.Hamilton_new_boy_Kurtaj_out_to_forge_his_own_path_in_the_Scottish_game/|title=Hamilton new-boy Kurtaj out to forge his own path in the Scottish game|date=30 July 2015|accessdate=2 August 2015|publisher=Herald Scotland}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 28 July 2019}}{{soccerway|gramoz-kurtaj/141360|accessdate=25 October 2017}}{{soccerbase|85466}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Hertha BSC II
|rowspan="2"|Regionalliga Nord |28 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 0 | ||||
| 2011–12
|22 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 2 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2 | |
| TSG Neustrelitz
|29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | ||
| Carl Zeiss Jena
|Regionalliga Nordost |28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| Baník Most
|30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Hamilton Academical
|rowspan="2"|Scottish Premiership |34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 3 | ||
| 2016–17
|14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!48 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3 | |
| Đà Nẵng
|2017 |7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 2 | |||
| Thanh Hóa
|2019 |V.League 1 |15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | ||||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!208 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 26 |
References
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External links
- {{soccerbase|85466|name=Gramoz Kurtaj}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kurtaj, Gramoz}}
Category:German people of Kosovan descent
Category:Footballers from Pristina
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Hertha BSC II players
Category:TSG Neustrelitz players
Category:FC Carl Zeiss Jena players
Category:FK Baník Most 1909 players
Category:Hamilton Academical F.C. players
Category:SHB Da Nang FC players
Category:Nam Định F.C. players
Category:Oberliga (football) players
Category:Czech National Football League players
Category:Scottish Premier League players
Category:Football Superleague of Kosovo players
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Category:German expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
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Category:Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
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