Arijan Qollaku

Arijan Qollaku (born 4 January 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a right back. Born in Switzerland, Qollaku represents Albania internationally.

Club career Qollaku was born in Bülach, a town in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland and joined FC Zürich as a youth. He was released in July 2015 and spent time on trial with fellow Swiss side FC Wil, even featuring in a friendly against his former employers. However, ultimately he joined Grasshoppers in early 2016 and signed his first professional contract in February 2017 alongside teammates Nedim Bajrami and Petar Pusic. He made his debut the next month, playing 64 minutes in a 1–0 loss against Basel.

International career Qollaku was eligible to represent Kosovo and Albania in international level. He refused an invitation from Kosovo national under-21 football team to accept invitation from Albania national under-21 football team coach Alban Bushi.

Qollaku was called up to Albania U21 for the Friendly match against France U21 on 5 June 2017 and the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification opening match against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017.

He received Albanian citizenship from president Bujar Nishani on 12 June 2017, the day of the opening match of the qualifiers against Estonia U21 thus couldn't participate in this match, however, he became eligible to play in the next competitive matches.

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