Fatjesa Gegollaj

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Fatjesa Gegollaj
Personal information
Full name Fatjesa Halil Gegollaj
Date of birth (2001-11-05) 5 November 2001 (age 22) [1]
Place of birth Prizren, FR Yugoslavia [2]
Position(s) Left midfielder [2]
Team information
Current team
Al-Ula
Youth career
2013–2016 Marjan
2016–2017 Rijeka
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Rijeka 17 (2)
2018–2022 Split 36 (8)
2022–2023 Sion 3 (0)
2023– Al-Ula 0 (0)
International career
2015 Croatia U15 1 (0)
2016 Croatia U16 3 (0)
2016–2017 Croatia U17 9 (0)
2018–2020 Croatia U19 12 (0)
2019– Croatia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 September 2020

Fatjesa Halil Gegollaj (born 5 November 2001) is a Kosovan-born Croatian professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder for Saudi club Al-Ula and the Croatia national team.

Contents

Club career

Early career and Rijeka

Gegollaj played football with boys in Zmaj Makarska until the moment when in the age of 12 became part of Marjan's youth team, where after three years it was transferred to Rijeka's youth team. After one year, she was promoted to the Rijeka's senior team due to good performances with youth team. [3] On 1 November 2017, Gegollaj made her debut as professional footballer in a 1–1 away draw against Neretva after being named in the starting line-up. [4] Eighteen days later, she scored her first goal for Rijeka in her seventh appearance for the club in a 20–0 home deep win over Viktorija in Croatian Women's First Football League. [5]

Split

Gegollaj before the start of the 2018–19 season joined with Croatian Women's First Football League club Split. On 23 September 2018, she made her debut in a 0–5 away win against her former club Rijeka after being named in the starting line-up. [6] Twenty days later, Gegollaj scored her first goals for Split in her second appearance for the club in a 0–8 away win over her former club Marjan in Croatian Women's First Football League. [7]

Overseas career

In 2022, Gegollaj signed for Swiss club FC Sion, [8] before joining Saudi club AlUla in September 2023. [9]

International career

From 2015, until 2020, Gegollaj has been part of Croatia at youth international level, respectively has been part of the U15, U16, U17 and U19 teams and she with these teams played 25 matches. [1] On 1 April 2019, Gegollaj was named as part of the Croatia squad for 2019 Wuhan International Tournament. [10] Six days later, she made her debut with Croatia in 2019 Wuhan International Tournament third-place playoff match against Russia after coming on as a substitute at 82nd minute in place of Ana Dujmović. [11]

Personal life

Gegollaj was born in Prizren, FR Yugoslavia (modern-day Kosovo) to Kosovar Albanian parents who lived and worked in Makarska, Croatia. [2]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 November 2020 [12]
ClubSeasonLeague Cup [lower-alpha 1] Continental [13] TotalRef
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rijeka 2017–18 Croatian Women's First Football League 172172 [14]
Split 2018–19 14310153 [15]
2019–20 1441100155 [16]
2020–21 811010101 [12]
Total531031105711
Career total531031105711
  1. Cup appearances are partially missing

International

As of 22 September 2020 [1]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Croatia
201910
202010
Total20

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 April 2023 Georgios Kamaras Stadium, Athens, Greece Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1–01–2 Friendly

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