Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1991-04-30) 30 April 1991 (age 33) | ||
Place of birth | Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2010 | Hertha BSC II | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2012 | Hertha BSC II | 50 | (2) |
2012–2013 | TSG Neustrelitz | 29 | (4) |
2013–2014 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 28 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Baník Most | 30 | (6) |
2015–2017 | Hamilton Academical | 48 | (3) |
2017 | SHB Da Nang | 8 | (2) |
2019 | Thanh Hoa | 15 | (6) |
2020–2021 | Gjilani | 8 | (1) |
2021 | Nam Dinh | 1 | (2) |
2021 | Dong A Thanh Hoa | 10 | (2) |
2022–2023 | TSB Flensburg | 4 | (0) |
Total | 231 | (29) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gramoz Kurtaj (born 30 April 1991) is a Kosovan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Early and personal life
Kurtaj was born in Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia. When Kosovo started playing international matches in 2016, Kurtaj said he had made himself available for selection by the national team.
He is friends with ex-Hamilton player Tomáš Černý.
Career
Kurtaj spent his early career in Germany with Hertha BSC II, TSG Neustrelitz and Carl Zeiss Jena, and in the Czech Republic with Baník Most. In July 2015 he was one of four players to sign for Scottish club Hamilton Academical. Kurtaj scored his first Hamilton goal four minutes into a 2–1 defeat to champions Celtic, scoring a header to make it 1–0 Hamilton at the time. He was released by Hamilton at the end of the 2016–17 season.
Style of play
Kurtaj has been compared to ex-Hamilton player Tony Andreu.
Career statistics
- As of match played 28 July 2019
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hertha BSC II | 2010–11 | Regionalliga Nord | 28 | 0 | — | — | — | 28 | 0 | |||
2011–12 | 22 | 2 | — | — | — | 22 | 2 | |||||
Total | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2 | ||
TSG Neustrelitz | 2012–13 | Regionalliga Nordost | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | |
Carl Zeiss Jena | 2013–14 | Regionalliga Nordost | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
Baník Most | 2014–15 | Národní Liga | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | |
Hamilton Academical | 2015–16 | Scottish Premiership | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 3 | |
2016–17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |||
Total | 48 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3 | ||
Đà Nẵng | 2017 | V.League 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 2 | ||
Thanh Hóa | 2019 | V.League 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | |||||
Career total | 208 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 26 |
References
- ^ Gramoz Kurtaj at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- Gramoz Kurtaj at WorldFootball.net
- Wilson, Richard (7 September 2016). "Hamilton Accies' Gramoz Kurtaj eyes Kosovo call-up". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ^ "Hamilton new-boy Kurtaj out to forge his own path in the Scottish game". Herald Scotland. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- "Hamilton Accies: Christian Nade among four signings". BBC Sport. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- Murray, Keir (4 October 2015). "Hamilton Academical 1–2 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- "Players Leaving". Hamilton Academical F.C. 23 May 2017. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- Gramoz Kurtaj at Soccerbase
External links
- Gramoz Kurtaj at Soccerbase
- 1991 births
- German people of Kosovan descent
- Living people
- German men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Hertha BSC II players
- TSG Neustrelitz players
- FC Carl Zeiss Jena players
- FK Baník Most 1909 players
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- SHB Da Nang FC players
- Thanh Hóa FC players
- SC Gjilani players
- Nam Định F.C. players
- Regionalliga players
- Oberliga (football) players
- Czech National Football League players
- Scottish Premier League players
- V.League 1 players
- Football Superleague of Kosovo players
- German expatriate men's footballers
- German expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
- German expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
- German expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam
- Expatriate men's footballers in Vietnam
- 21st-century German sportsmen