Gent Elezaj
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-04-11) 11 April 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Position(s) Left wing-back or left midfielder
Team information
Current team
Hammarby IF
Youth career
0000–2012 Årsta FF
2013–2019 Hammarby IF
2020 IF Brommapojkarna
2021–2022 Hammarby IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Hammarby IF 0 (0)
2023–Hammarby TFF (res.) 27 (1)
International career
2022 Sweden U19 1 (0)
2023– Albania U19 2 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gent Elezaj (born 11 April 2005) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a left wing-back or left midfielder for Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan.[1]

Early life

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Born and raised in Stockholm, Elezaj started to play youth football with local club Årsta FF. In 2013, at age eight, he joined the youth academy of Hammarby IF.[2][3] In 2020, Elezaj represented IF Brommapojkarna, before returning to Hammarby.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Gent Elezaj" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Brommapojkarna i majoritet under uttagningen till Nordiska spelen" (in Swedish). Fotboll 24. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Gent Elezaj efter segern mot Midtjylland: "Vi kände revanschlust"" (in Swedish). Fotboll STHLM. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Brommapojkarna mästare i P16-serien" (in Swedish). Unicoach. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  5. ^ "P17-landslaget: Gent Elezaj och Montader Madjed till turnering" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.