Petrit Hoxhaj

Petrit Hoxhaj (born 5 February 1990) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for PKC '83 in the Dutch Eerste Klasse.[1]

Petrit Hoxhaj
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-02-05) 5 February 1990
Place of birth Cërmjan, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 PKC '83
Youth career
2003–2009 Groningen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Veendam 38 (2)
2012–2013 WKE 4 (0)
2013–2014 Be Quick 1887 19 (1)
2014–2017 Pelikaan-S
2017–2019 Katwijk 14 (0)
2019 ACV Assen
2020– PKC '83
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 April 2021

Career

In 1994, Hoxhaj's family fled from Kosovo to the Netherlands. He played in youth at amateur club FC Grootegast and since 2002 at FC Groningen. In 2003 his family was threatened with deportation.[2] In 2009, he exchanged the youth academy of Groningen for SC Veendam.[3] Hoxhaj made his debut on 12 March 2010 against Volendam, coming on as a substitute in the 82nd minute for Lars Lambooij.[4] A year later, on 4 March 2011, the midfielder scored his first goal for Veendam in a 4–1 win against Fortuna Sittard.[5]

Hoxhaj played in the lower tiers of Dutch football, after leaving Veendam in 2012. First, he played one season for WKE, before moving to Be Quick 1887.[6] He then joined Pelikaan-S who had recently been promoted to the ninth-tier Vierde Klasse in March 2014.[7] There, he would play alongside former professional players such as FC Groningen legend Martin Drent and Kurt Elshot, and reach successive promotions.[8] Following three years at the club, he moved to VV Katwijk in March 2017.[8] Already in April 2019 it was confirmed, at Hoxhaj would join ACV Assen in the Dutch Hoofdklasse from the 2019–20 season.[3] In April 2020, it was announced that he would join Eerste Klasse club PKC '83 together with his brother Handrit Hoxhaj.[9]

Personal life

After retiring from professional football, Hoxhaj continued working as an account manager at IT advisor Bossers & Cnossen in Groningen.[8]

References
  1. Petrit Hoxhaj at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Uitzetting dreigt voor speler C2 en familie - FC Groningen". fcgroningen.nl (in Dutch). 11 June 2008.
  3. "Petrit Hoxhaj van Katwijk naar ACV". tweenul.nl (in Dutch). 11 April 2019.
  4. "Volendam vs. Veendam - 12 March 2010 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  5. "Veendam vs. Fortuna Sittard - 4 March 2011 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  6. "Petrit Hoxhaj naar WKE". RTV Noord (in Dutch). 30 August 2012.
  7. Heij, Andor (4 March 2014). "Petrit Hoxhaj van Be Quick 1887 naar vijfde klasser". OOG Radio en Televisie (in Dutch).
  8. "Petrit Hoxhaj: van Pelikaan S naar Katwijk". tweenul.nl (in Dutch). 8 March 2017.
  9. "PKC'83 versterkt zich met gebroeders Hoxhaj". tweenul.nl (in Dutch). 28 April 2020.
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