Skender Loshi (born 12 February 1999) is a professional

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, who plays as a forward for the Belgian club

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. Born in

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, he has chosen to represent

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at the international level.

Club career

SV TEC

On 3 December 2019, Loshi signed a six-month contract with

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club SV TEC and received squad number 24. On 11 January 2020, he made his debut in a 2–2 away draw against

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after being named in the starting line-up. He was not fielded again. Seventeen days after debut, SV TEC through a communiqué stated that after a mutual agreement they decided to end the cooperation.

Feronikeli

On 29 January 2020, Loshi and his brother

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joined with

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club Feronikeli, and received squad number 19. He did not play any games at Feronikeli.

Stomil Olsztyn

On 22 February 2020, Loshi signed a one-season contract with Polish

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club Stomil Olsztyn and received squad number 19. On 11 July 2020, he made his debut in a 1–2 home defeat against

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after coming on as a substitute at 82nd minute in place of Sam van Huffel.

San Ġwann

On 11 September 2021, Loshi made his debut with

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club San Ġwann against St. George's after being named in the starting line-up and scored his side's two goals during a 4–0 home win. Five days after debut, he officially joined the club.

ASWH

On 7 February 2022, Loshi and his brother Simon joined the Dutch

side

. Five days later, he made his ASWH debut in his team's 3–1 home win against

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. After being named in the starting line-up, fourteen minutes into the game, he made an assist for Daniël Wissel's first of three goals. On 5 March 2022, Loshi scored for the first and last time for ASWH, in the 69th minute against

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in an away game that ASWH won 1–2. Before the season ended, the Loshis and ASWH separated.

Dessel Sport

Since the summer of 2022, Skender Loshi plays at

in Belgium.

International career

On 9 November 2018, Loshi received a call-up from Albania U21 for the

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against Malta U21. He was an unused substitute in those matches.

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