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Florent Bojaj
Personal information
Full name Florent Bojaj
Date of birth (1996-04-13) 13 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth London, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hanwell Town
Youth career
0000–2013 Boreham Wood
2013–2014 Huddersfield Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Huddersfield Town 8 (1)
2016–2017 → Kilmarnock (loan) 2 (0)
2017 → Newport County (loan) 1 (0)
2017 Welling United 3 (0)
2017 Walton & Hersham 11 (9)
2018 Pirin Blagoevgrad 11 (5)
2018–2020 Etar 55 (8)
2020–2022 Kickers Offenbach 60 (10)
2022–2023 Hemel Hempstead Town 1 (0)
2023– Hanwell Town
International career
2012–2013 Albania U17 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:21, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

Florent "Flo" Bojaj (born 13 April 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hanwell Town. Born in England, he has represented Albania at youth international level.

Early life

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Bojaj was born in London, England to Kosovo Albanian parents from Kosovo.

Club career

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Youth career

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Flo Bojaj started his youth career with Oxhey Wanderers in the West Herts County League, where he was spotted by manager Andrew Hood while playing for his school.

Bojaj went on to play for Boreham Wood, before signing for Huddersfield in 2013.

Huddersfield Town

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Bojaj made several appearances for the Huddersfield Town Under-18s and Under-21s as both teams won their respective league titles for consecutive seasons.

On 29 October 2015, he signed a contract with the Terriers until 2017 – with the club having the option of an extra year.

After being named on the bench for a few games, Bojaj made his professional debut as a late substitute in Town's 2–0 win over Milton Keynes Dons, where he set up the second goal for Jamie Paterson. On 8 March 2016, Bojaj scored his first goal for Huddersfield, contributing the third in a 3–1 win over Reading.[1]

He was released at the end of the 2016–17 season.[2]

Kilmarnock (loan)

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On 1 July 2016, Bojaj was loaned out to Kilmarnock. He made his debut two weeks later in a Scottish League Cup match against Clyde.

Newport County (loan)

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On 10 January 2017, he joined Newport County on loan.[3] He made his only appearance for Newport in a League Two match against Colchester United as a 75th-minute substitute on 14 January.

Welling United

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After a trial with St Albans City in the pre-season, Bojaj completed a move to National League South side Welling United on 8 September 2017.[4][5]

On 11 October, it was announced that Bojaj had left the club by mutual consent after making three appearances.

Walton & Hersham

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Upon his departure, he joined Combined Counties Premier Division club Walton & Hersham.[6]

On 14 October, Bojaj made his debut in a 2–0 league win at Horley Town. He scored the first goal and won the penalty for the second.[7]

The following month, he scored his first hat-trick in a 9–1 win against Banstead Athletic.[8]

Etar

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On 17 July 2018, Bojaj signed with Bulgarian club Etar for two years.[9]

In January 2023, Bojaj signed for Southern League side Hanwell Town.[10]

International career

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On 21 February 2012, Bojaj making his debut with Albania U17 in a friendly match against Slovenia U17. He came on as a substitute at 65th minute in place of Maldin Ymeraj.

In May 2016, after Kosovo was officially recognized by UEFA and FIFA. Bojaj declared that he was interested in representing Kosovo.[11]

Career statistics

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As of match played 3 March 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Huddersfield Town 2015–16[12] Championship 8 1 0 0 0 0 — 8 1
Kilmarnock (loan) 2016–17[13] Scottish Premiership 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 0
Newport County (loan) 2016–17[13] League Two 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Welling United 2017–18[14] National League South 3 0 0 0 — 0 0 3 0
Walton & Hersham 2017–18 Combined Counties Premier Division 11 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 9
Pirin Blagoevgrad 2017–18 First League 14 5 0 0 — — 14 5
Etar Veliko Tarnovo 2018–19 23 5 1 0 — — 24 5
Career total 62 20 1 0 4 0 0 0 67 20

References

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  1. ^ "Huddersfield 3–1 Reading". BBC. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Midfielder Whitehead offered new deal by Terriers". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Huddersfield Town striker Flo Bojaj joins Newport County on loan". BBC Sport. 10 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Flo Bojaj". St Albans City. 11 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Wings sign ex Huddersfield striker". Welling United. 8 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Profiles | Walton & Hersham Football Club". www.waltonandhershamfc.org.uk. Archived from the original on 21 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Horley Town 0 Swans 2 | Walton & Hersham Football Club". www.waltonandhershamfc.org.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Football League". fulltime-league.thefa.com. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Етър с трансферен удар – привлече Флорент Боджадж" (in Bulgarian). etarvt.bg. 17 July 2018.
  10. ^ @hanwelltownfc (21 January 2023). "Morning Geordies Delighted to announce the signing of…" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 June 2023 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Ky është sulmuesi që i ofrohet Kosovës". Zeri (in Albanian). 14 September 2016.
  12. ^ "Games played by Flo Bojaj in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  13. ^ a b "Games played by Flo Bojaj in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  14. ^ Flo Bojaj at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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