Luana Zajmi
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-01-29) 29 January 2002
Place of birth Slovenia
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Split
Number 24
Youth career
2008–2018 Pomurje[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Pomurje 52 (36)
2021–2022 Leicester City 0 (0)
2022 → Blackburn Rovers (loan) 0 (0)
2022 Pomurje 1 (0)
2022– Split
International career‡
2017–2019 Slovenia U17
2019 Slovenia U19
2022– Slovenia 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 August 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023

Luana Zajmi (born 29 January 2002) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Split.

International career

Between 2017 and 2019, Zajmi represented Slovenia at youth international level, playing for the under-17 and under-19 sides.[2] In January 2020, she received a call-up from the senior team for a training camp.[3]

On 5 February 2021, Zajmi again received a call-up from Slovenia for the final UEFA Euro 2022 qualifying match against Estonia.[4] Two weeks later, however, she accepted a call-up from Albania for a seven-day training camp in Ulcinj,[5] but the next day she was included in Slovenia's extended squad for the match against Estonia,[6] in which she did not become part of the final team.[7] On 12 November 2022, Zajmi made her debut with Slovenia in a friendly match against Kosovo after coming on as a substitute in the 88th minute in place of Kaja Korošec.[8]

Personal life

Zajmi was born in Slovenia to Kosovo Albanian parents.[9] On 7 April 2022, she obtained Albanian passport.[9][10]

Honours

Pomurje

References

  1. ↑ "Luana Zajmi: "Ekipi želim na igrišču pomagati do zmag!"" [Luana Zajmi: "I want to help the team win on the field!"]. zenskaliga.si (in Slovenian). 28 September 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2023. ŽNK Pomurju se zahvaljujem za 13 let prelepih spominov na igrišču in izven njega.
  2. ↑ Luana Zajmi at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "Pred vrati prva akcija ženske reprezentance" [The first action of the women's national team is just around the corner] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Obelodanjen seznam za Estonijo" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Kombëtarja e femrave nis grumbullimin, Grima: Testojmë gjendjen e grupit" [The women's national team starts the gathering, Grima: We test the condition of the group] (in Albanian). Albanian Football Association. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Kvalifikacije pri koncu, ciljev ne manjka" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Estonija 0:9 Slovenija" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Slovenija 3:1 Kosovo" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  9. 1 2 "Futbollistë të Kosovës marrin pasaportë shqiptare" [Kosovo footballers receive Albanian passports] (in Albanian). Euronews Albania. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "Kontrata sekrete për dhënien me koncesion të Pallatit të Brigadave" [The secret contract for the concession of the Palace of Brigades]. Scribd (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 28 June 2022. p. 3 as DEKRET Nr. 13538, datë 7.4.2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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