Elbasan "Elba" Rashani (born 9 May 1993) is a professional

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who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Clermont. Born in Sweden, he plays for the Kosovo national team.

Club career

Brøndby

On 24 July 2014, Rashani signed a four-year contract with

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club Brøndby and received squad number 14. Brøndby reportedly paid a 4,9 million Danish krone transfer fee. Seven days later, he made his debut with Brøndby in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round against Club Brugge after coming on as a substitute at 76th minute in place of

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Rosenborg

2016 season as loan

On 11 January 2016, Rashani joined

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side Rosenborg, on a season-long loan. Two days later, he made his debut in a 1–0 away defeat against

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after being named in the starting line-up.

2017 season

On 18 November 2016, Rashani returned and signed a two-year contract with

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club Rosenborg and this transfer would become legally effective in January 2017. On 23 March 2017, he made his debut with Odd in the

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against Brann after being named in the starting line-up.

Return to Odd

On 4 August 2017, Rashani signed a three-and-a-half year contract with

club

and received squad number 11. Two days later, he made his debut in a 2–1 home win against

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after being named in the starting line-up.

BB Erzurumspor

On 24 January 2021, Rashani signed a one-and-a-half year contract with

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club BB Erzurumspor. Three days later, he made his debut in a 2–0 away defeat against

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after coming on as a substitute at 46th minute in place of

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Clermont

On 16 July 2021, Rashani signed a two-year contract with Ligue 1 club Clermont. On 8 August 2021, he made his debut against

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after coming on as a substitute at 78th minute in place of Jim Allevinah and assists in his side's first goal during a 0–2 away win. Fourteen days after his debut, Rashani scored his first goals for Clermont in his third appearance for the club in the 3–3 away draw against

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in Ligue 1. On 4 July 2022, Rashani signed a contract extension with Clermont until 2025.

International career

From 2010-2015, Rashani had been part of

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at its youth international level, respectively has been part of the U17, U18, U19, Norway U20 and U21 teams and he with these teams played 33 matches and scored three goals. On 10 November 2015, he received a call-up from

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

for a

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against

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, Rashani made his debut after coming on as a substitute at 67th minute in place of Mërgim Brahimi and scored his side's second goal during a 2–2 home draw.

Personal life

Rashani was born in Värnamo, Sweden from Kosovan parents from

Vushtrri Vushtrri ( sq-definite, Vushtrria) or Vučitrn ( sr-Cyrl, Вучитрн), is a city and municipality located in the Mitrovica District in northern Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Vushtrri has 26,964 inhabitants, while the muni ...

but grew up in

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and Bø in

Career statistics

Club

International

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Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium The Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium ( sq, Stadiumi Olimpik Adem Jashari) is a multi-purpose stadium in Mitrovica, Kosovo, which is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of KF Trepça. The stadium has a capacity of around 35,000 p ...

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Honours

Rosenborg *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rashani, Elbasan 1993 births Living people People from Vushtrri People from Kragerø Kosovan footballers Kosovo international footballers Kosovan expatriate footballers Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in France Norwegian footballers Norway youth international footballers Norway under-21 international footballers Norwegian expatriate footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in France Association football wingers Eliteserien players Odds BK players Rosenborg BK players Danish Superliga players Brøndby IF players Süper Lig players Büyükşehir Belediye Erzurumspor footballers Ligue 1 players Clermont Foot players Sportspeople from Vestfold og Telemark