Gzim Istrefi

Albanian footballer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAlbanian footballer
PlacesSweden
isAthlete Football player Association football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth18 December 1991, Mitrovica, Serbia
Age33 years
Star signSagittarius
Sports Teams
GAIS
Carlstad United BK
Ljungskile SK
Dalkurd FF
Karlstad BK
Norrby IF
Albania national under-21 football team
The details

Biography

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

Club career

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

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.

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