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Regi Lushkja (born 17 May 1996) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Laçi in the Albanian Superliga and the Albania national under-21 football team.
Club career
Early career
Lushkja started his youth career at Besa Kavajë in 2011. During the 2012–13 season he played for the under-17 side managed by Ylli Teliti forming a strong duo striker partnership with Ardit Deliu, where in the first-half of the season the duo scored 90% off all Besa Under-17 goals. He gained entry with the first team during the 2014–15 season where he soon established himself as a starter under coach Bledar Sinella playing 15 matches as a starter and 3 other as a substitute. In the next season he retained his starting place playing 12 matches and completing 10 as full-90 minutes.
Laçi
On 20 January 2016, Lushkja joined Laçi for an undisclosed fee. He made his competitive debut later on 7 February in a 0–3 home defeat to Tirana valid for the matchday 20.
International career
Lushkja has represented Albania at under-19 level, making his debut on 29 August 2014 in a friendly against Bulgaria.
Following injures of 3 players at Albania national under-21 football team, Qazim Laçi, Leonardo Maloku & Emanuele Ndoj during the gathering for the Friendly match against France U21 on 5 June 2017 and the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification opening match against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017, coach Alban Bushi chose Lushkja among Agim Zeka as a replacement. He was not part of the 18-man squad which featured in the opening match of the qualifiers against Estonia U21.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 23 December 2017
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Besa Kavajë | 2013–14 | Albanian First Division | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 2 | ||||
| Laçi | 2015–16 | Albanian Superliga | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 2 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 53 | 4 | 9 | 1 | — | — | 62 | 5 | ||||
| Career total | 83 | 6 | 12 | 1 | — | — | 95 | 7 | ||||
Honours
Club
- Besa Kavajë
- Albanian Cup Runner-up: 2015–16