Elsamed Ramaj (born 26 April 1996) is an

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n professional

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who plays as a left winger for German club

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Club career

Born in Albania, Ramaj was initially active for FC Iserlohn in his youth before playing for Wuppertaler SV in the A-Junior Bundesliga in the 2014–15 season. In the second half of the season he was used four times on the first team, playing in the Oberliga Niederrhein. He then moved to

Westfalia Rhynern Westfalia Rhynern is a German association football club from the district of Rhynern in the city of Hamm, Westphalia. History The club was established in 1935 as ''Turn- und Sportverein Rhynern'', but disappeared after two years when, like man ...

in the Oberliga Westfalen. There he was used five times in the first half of the season before he left the club and joined SV Hohenlimburg. After a season at

TSG Sprockhövel TSG 1881 Sprockhövel is a German association football club based in Sprockhövel, North Rhine-Westphalia. With over 2,500 members, ''TSG'' is the largest sport club in the town and includes departments for athletics, badminton, basketball, bud ...

in the Oberliga, Ramaj moved to

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club

1. FC Kaan-Marienborn 1. FC Kaan-Marienborn is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Siegen, that competes in Regionalliga West. History The club was founded on 1 July 2007, taking over the football department of TuS 1886 Kaan-Marienborn, ...

for the 2018–19 season, for whom he scored ten goals in 31 games. He was the top scorer in his team, but they were relegated back to the Oberliga at the end of the season. For the 2019–20 season, Ramaj moved to

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club FC Hansa Rostock. He made his professional debut for Hansa Rostock in the

on 20 July 2019, coming on as a substitute in the 84th minute for Pascal Breier in the away match against Viktoria Köln, which finished as a 3–3 draw. After four league appearances (3 times from the start) and five appearances (four goals) on the second team in the Oberliga Nordost, he was loaned out to Regionalliga Nord club

VfB Lübeck VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein in the country's north. In addition to its football side the 1,000 member sports club also has departments for badminton, women's gymnastics, handball, and ...

on 20 January 2020 until the end of the season. After the winter break, he was used in all four games (once from the start) until the season ended due to the

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and scored one goal. VfB Lübeck was declared champions and was promoted to the

. At the end of June 2020 he agreed with Hansa Rostock to terminate his contract, which ran until June 2021 and signed a new contract with VfB Lübeck with a term until 30 June 2021.Elsamed Ramaj unterschreibt bis 2021
vfb-luebeck.de, 23 June 2020

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* * 1996 births Living people German people of Albanian descent German footballers Albanian footballers Men's association football wingers Wuppertaler SV players TSG Sprockhövel players 1. FC Kaan-Marienborn players FC Hansa Rostock players VfB Lübeck players Kickers Offenbach players Alemannia Aachen players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players {{Germany-footy-bio-stub