Florian Hoxha

Florian Hoxha
Personal information
Full name	Florian Hoxha
Date of birth	22 February 2001 (age 21)
Place of birth	Bülach, Switzerland
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Club information
Current team	Grasshoppers
Number	51
Youth career
0000–2015	FC Embrach
2015–2019	Grasshoppers
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–	Grasshoppers U21
2021–	Grasshoppers
National team‡
2021–	Kosovo U21
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 June 2021

Florian Hoxha (born 22 February 2001) is a Kosovan footballer who plays as a left-back for Swiss club Grasshoppers.

Club career[]

Early career and Grasshoppers[]

Hoxha started playing football at FC Embrach until 2015, where he transferred to Grasshoppers and played with the U17 and U18 teams, where he was later promoted to the U21 team with whom he debuted on 17 March 2018 in a 2–2 away draw against FC Sursee after being named in the starting line-up.

On 31 July 2021, Hoxha was named as a first team substitute for the first time in a league match against Young Boys.^[2] His debut with Grasshoppers came fifteen days later in the 2021–22 Swiss Cup first round against FC Widnau after being named in the starting line-up.^[3] Six days after debut, he made his league debut in a 2–1 away defeat against Zürich after being named in the starting line-up.^[4]

International career[]

On 15 March 2021, Hoxha received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for the friendly matches against Qatar U23.^[5] Eleven days later, he made his debut with Kosovo U21 in first match against Qatar U23 after being named in the starting line-up.^[6]