Armend Kabashi

Armend Kabashi (born 4 December 1995) is a Finnish professional football midfielder[1] who plays for IF Gnistan.[2] He began his senior club career playing for Pallohonka, before making his league debut for Honka at age 18 in 2012.

Armend Kabashi
Kabashi with FC Honka in 2018.
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-12-04) 4 December 1995
Place of birth Bad Saulgau, Germany
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Gnistan
Number 28
Youth career
0000–2007 LePa
2007–2013 Honka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Pallohonka 45 (0)
2012–2014 Honka 25 (0)
2013 → Viikingit (loan) 8 (1)
2015–2017 Eintracht Braunschweig II 49 (0)
2017–2018 TuS Erndtebrück 15 (2)
2018 Honka 6 (0)
2019 Honka 5 (0)
2020 KPV 4 (1)
2021– Gnistan 11 (0)
National team
2014–2016 Finland U21 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:41, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Kabashi is of Kosovo Albanian descent.[3]

Club career

Pallohonka

He made his first appearance on senior level on 5 May 2011 in the ranks of Pallohonka in a Kakkonen match against Sudet.

Honka

Kabashi made his professional debut on 6 April 2014 in a Veikkausliiga match for FC Honka against MYPA.[4]

Eintracht Braunschweig II

In 2015, he joined the reserve side of German club Eintracht Braunschweig in the Regionalliga Nord.[5]

Return to FC Honka

Kabashi returned to FC Honka in January 2018 and left the club again at the end of the year. However, he returned to the for the third time on 29 August 2019, signing a contract for the rest of the year with an option for one further year.[6]

Gnistan

After a spell at KPV in the 2020 season, Kabashi moved to IF Gnistan on 21 April 2021, signing a deal for the rest of the year.[7]

International career

Kabashi was 18 years old on 5 September 2014 when he debuted in Finland national under-21 football team in a UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Wales.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of 3 December 2016[9]
Club Season Division League Domestic Cups Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pallohonka
2011 Kakkonen 1000000100
2012 Kakkonen 2200000220
Honka
2012 Veikkausliiga 00100010
Pallohonka
2013 Kakkonen 1300000130
Honka
2013 Veikkausliiga 00200020
Viikingit
2013 Ykkönen 81000081
Honka
2014 Veikkausliiga 2505021321
Eintracht Braunschweig II
2015–16 Regionalliga 2000000200
2016–17 Regionalliga 1500000150
Pallohonka Total 4500000450
Honka Total 2508021352
Viikingit Total 81000081
Eintracht Braunschweig II Total 3500000350
Career Total 113180211232

References
  1. "Armend Kabashi". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  2. "Kesän siirtoikkuna tuo muutoksia Esport Hongan joukkueeseen – Esport Honka" (in Finnish).
  3. Maahanmuuttajat jalkapallon huipulla (in Finnish) Selkosanomat
  4. "MYPA vs. Honka 4 - 3". soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  5. "U23 startet in die Vorbereitung". eintracht.com (in German). Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  6. Armend Kabashi palaa Honkaan, veikkausliiga.com, 29 August 2019
  7. ARMEND KABASHI KELTAPAITAAN, gnistan.fi, 21 April 2021
  8. "Armend Kabashi" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  9. "Finland - A. Kabashi - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
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