Xhonatan Lajthia
Albanian footballer
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Xhonatan Lajthia (born 1 February 1999) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Albanian club AF Elbasani.[1]
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| Date of birth | 1 February 1999 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kavajë, Albania | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
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Current team | Elbasani | |||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2017 | Teuta Durrës | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2020 | Teuta | 17 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Erzeni (loan) | 20 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | → Egnatia (loan) | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2020 | → Erzeni (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Egnatia | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Lushnja | 20 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Bylis | 55 | (8) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | Elbasani | 52 | (5) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Albania U16 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2016 | Albania U19 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Albania U21 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 March 2026 | ||||||||||||||
Club career
Early career
Lajthia started his youth career at KF Teuta Durrës in 2011. In the 2014–15 season he played 14 games with under-17 side.[2]
Club career
On 3 January 2020, Lajthia returned to KF Erzeni on a contract for the rest of the season.[3]
International career
Albania U16
He participated with Albania national under-16 football team in the UEFA Development Tournament 2015 and played 1 match under coach Alban Bushi on 3 May 2015.[4][5]
Albania U19
He also was called up at Albania national under-19 football team by coach Arjan Bellaj to participate in the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification from 6–11 October 2016.[6] He played in all three matches as a substitute.[7]
Albania U20
He received his first call up for the Albania under-20 side by coach Alban Bushi for the double friendly match against Azerbaijan U-21 on 21 & 26 January 2018.[8]
Honours
International
- Albania U16