Elvir Gigolaj
Personal information
Full name Elvir Gigolaj
Date of birth (1992-06-30) 30 June 1992
Place of birth Croatia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Saint Mary's 26 (11)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 London City
2012–2013 FC Edmonton 6 (1)
2016–2017 FC London 39 (40)
2021 St. Catharines Hrvat
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 February 2019

Elvir Gigolaj (born 30 June 1992) is a Bosnian footballer.

Early life

Gigolaj was born in Croatia to a Kosovar Albanian father and Bosniak mother from Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was raised in London, Ontario, where his father owns a bakery that carries the family name.[1]

Club career

Early career

He, at one point, played for London City's soccer side who participated in the Canadian Soccer League and with whom he had a good relationship with his coach, Luka Shaqiri.[1][2]

Gigolaj attended St. Mary's University for two years from 2010 to 2012, playing for the Huskies in the 2010 and 2011 varsity seasons, scoring 11 goals in 26 appearances.[3][4]

FC Edmonton

In January 2012, after training with the team, Gigolaj officially joined FC Edmonton of the North American Soccer League.[1] Gigolaj then made his debut for FC Edmonton in the NASL on 3 June 2012 in which he came on as an 85th-minute substitute for Yashir Pinto as FC Edmonton went on to lose the match 2–1.[5]

He then scored his first professional goal of his career on 23 September 2012 against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in which he found the net in the 90th minute to start a late comeback for Edmonton as they went from 2–0 down to finishing the match drawing 2–2.[6]

On 30 June 2013, it was announced that Gigolaj was released by FC Edmonton.[7]

Germany

After being released by FC Edmonton, Gigolaj attempted to join the reserve team of German Bundesliga side, Hertha BSC but he had hit paperwork problems.[8]

FC London

Gigolaj spent the 2016 and 2017 seasons with League1 Ontario club FC London.[9][10] In 2021, he returned to the Canadian Soccer League to play with St. Catharines Hrvat.[11]

Honours

FC London

Career statistics

As of 1 October 2017[14]
Club League Season League Playoffs Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Edmonton NASL 2012 61000061
2013 00000000
FC Edmonton total 61000061
FC London League1 Ontario 2016[15] 202311112225
2017[16] 191700102017
Total 394011204242
Career total 454011214842

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sandor, Steve (17 January 2012). "Confident Gigolaj wants to be a starter for FC Edmonton". The 11. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Canadian Soccer League". 2 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "St. Mary's men's soccer 2010 stats". AUS. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "St. Mary's men's soccer 2011 stats". AUS. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "FC EDMONTON VS. ATLANTA SILVERBACKS 1 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "FC EDMONTON VS. FORT LAUDERDALE STRIKERS 2 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  7. ↑ Sandor, Steve. "LeRoy, Gigolaj cut loose by FC Edmonton". The 11. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  8. ↑ Sandor, Steve. "Canadian striker Gigolaj waiting on DFB clearance before he can play with Hertha Berlin's reserves". The 11. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Elvir Gigolaj 2016". League1 Ontario. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  10. ↑ "Elvir Gigolaj 2017". League1 Ontario. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  11. ↑ "Canadian Soccer League | Player Stats". cslregistration.ca. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "League1 Ontario Announces 2016 Men's First And Second Team All-Stars". League1 Ontario. 17 November 2016.
  13. ↑ "League1 Ontario Announces 2017 Men's First, Second and Third Team All-Stars". League1 Ontario. 10 November 2017.
  14. ↑ Elvir Gigolaj at Soccerway
  15. ↑ "Elvir Gigolaj 2016 profile".
  16. ↑ "Elvir Gigolaj 2017 profile".
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