Rron Broja (born 9 April 1996) is a Kosovan professional

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who plays as a

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for Kosovan club Drita and the Kosovo national team.

Club career

Early career and return to Trepça '89

Broja was part of the youth team of Trepça '89 until January 2015, where he was transferred to the youth team of the Belgian team

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, where then in July of the same year he was loaned to

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club

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, but failed to make a debut. At the beginning of the 2016–17 season, he returns to Trepça '89 but as a senior team player and helped the team to be declared champion in the same season.

Shkupi

On 11 January 2018, Broja joined

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side Shkupi. One month later, he made his debut in a 0–3 home defeat against Shkëndija after being named in the starting line-up.

Partizani Tirana

On 29 June 2019, Broja signed a two-year contract with

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club

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. Eleven days later, he made his debut with Partizani Tirana in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round against the Azerbaijani side Qarabağ after coming on as a substitute at 68th minute in place of William Cordeiro Melo.

Drita

On 3 August 2021, Broja signed a two-year contract with

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club Drita and received squad number 4.

International career

Under-21

Albania

On 8 June 2015, Broja received a call-up from Albania U21 for the

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against Kazakhstan U21 and Sweden U21. Eight days later, he made his debut with Albania U21 in friendly match against Sweden U21 after being named in the starting line-up.

Kosovo

On 13 March 2017, Broja through an interview confirmed that he switched his allegiance to Kosovo U21. Eight days later, he received a call-up from Kosovo U21 for a

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match against Republic of Ireland U21, and made his debut after being named in the starting line-up.

Senior

On 22 January 2018, Broja received his first call-up from national senior team in a

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against

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. The match however was cancelled two days later, which prolonged his debut. His debut with Kosovo came on 12 January 2020 in a friendly match against

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after coming on as a substitute at 64th minute in place of

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Broja, Rron 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Mitrovica, Kosovo Kosovan footballers Kosovo men's under-21 international footballers Kosovo men's international footballers Kosovan expatriate footballers Kosovan expatriates in Belgium Kosovan expatriates in North Macedonia Kosovan expatriates in Albania Albanian footballers Albania men's under-21 international footballers Albanian expatriates in Belgium Albanian expatriates in North Macedonia Men's association football midfielders K.A.A. Gent players Challenger Pro League players K.M.S.K. Deinze players Football Superleague of Kosovo players KF Trepça '89 players FC Drita players Macedonian First Football League players KF Shkupi players Kategoria Superiore players FK Partizani Tirana players