Loti Celina (born 5 June 2000) is a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a right-back for Swedish club Sollentuna. Born in Norway, he has represented Kosovo at youth level.

Club career

Early career

Celina was born and raised in Fjell, Drammen in a family of footballers where his two older brothers, Behadil and Bersant were professional footballers, the latter is one of the most important players in Kosovo national team. He at the age of 11 started playing football in

Strømsgodset Strømsgodset is a former municipality in Vestfold county (from 1964 Buskerud county), Norway, today a part of the city of Drammen. History Strømsgodset was originally a small rural annex to the city parish of Bragernes (Drammen). But since th ...

with whom he played in all youth teams, including senior level with which debut on 26 April 2017 in the 2017 Norwegian Cup first round against

Åssiden Åssiden is the largest borough of Drammen in Buskerud county, Norway. Åssiden was a part of Lier municipality until 1951, when it became part of Drammen municipality. Åssiden is located on the western side of Drammen, north of the Drammenselv ...

after coming on as a substitute at 56th minute in place of Mounir Hamoud. During the second half of the 2019–20 season, Celina was on long trial at Swansea City U23, where on 3 February 2020, he played in a league match which ended in a 0–4 home defeat against Newcastle United U23 after being named in the starting line-up, but unfortunately this test failed even though it was warned that they would sign contract.

Partizani Tirana

On 31 January 2021, Celina signed his first professional contract with Kategoria Superiore side

Partizani Tirana Futboll Klub Partizani, or FK Partizani for short, is an Albanian professional football club based in Tirana, that competes in the Kategoria Superiore. Founded in 1946, the club was historically affiliated to the Albanian army. Partizani's curren ...

after agreeing to a -year deal. On 26 May 2021, he made his debut in a 2–4 away win against

Bylis KF Bylis, also known as Bylis Ballsh, is an Albanian football club based in Ballsh, Mallakastër District. The club's home ground is the Adush Muça Stadium and they currently compete in the Kategoria Superiore. History Early history The club ...

after coming on as a substitute at 79th minute in place of

Eraldo Çinari Eraldo Çinari (born 11 October 1996) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for North Macedonia club Shkendija . Club career Çinari made his debut for the Vllaznia on 7 December 2014 against Elbasani in a 4–1 away win ...

Egnatia

In July 2023, Celina joined Kategoria Superiore side Egnatia and received squad number 15.

International career

On 8 February 2017, Celina received a call-up from Kosovo U19 for a five-day training camp in Ulqin. On 1 October 2017, he was named as part of the Kosovo U19 squad for 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifications. Two days later, Celina made his debut with Kosovo U19 in a match against Austria U19 after being named in the starting line-up.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

* * 2000 births Living people Footballers from Drammen Kosovan men's footballers Kosovo men's youth international footballers Norwegian men's footballers Kosovan expatriate men's footballers Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in England Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Albania Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Norwegian people of Kosovan descent Norwegian people of Albanian descent Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in England Norwegian expatriates in Albania Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Men's association football fullbacks Norwegian Third Division players Norwegian Second Division players Strømsgodset Toppfotball players Kategoria Superiore players FK Partizani Tirana players KF Egnatia players Ettan Fotboll players Sollentuna FK players {{Kosovo-footy-bio-stub