Loti Celina

Loti Celina (born 5 June 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Albanian club Egnatia. Born in Norway, he has represented Kosovo at youth level.[2]

Loti Celina
Personal information
Full name Loti Celina
Date of birth (2000-06-05) 5 June 2000
Place of birth Fjell, Drammen, Norway[1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back[1]
Team information
Current team
 Egnatia
Number 34
Youth career
2011–2020 Strømsgodset
2020–2021 Swansea City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Strømsgodset 3 21 (3)
2016–2020 Strømsgodset 2 49 (1)
2021–2022 Partizani Tirana 1 (0)
2023– Egnatia 0 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 Kosovo U19 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018

Club career

Early career

Celina was born and raised in Fjell, Drammen[1] 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.[3][4] He at the age of 11 started playing football in Strømsgodset 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 after coming on as a substitute at 56th minute in place of Mounir Hamoud.[5][6][7][8]

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,[9][10][11] but unfortunately this test failed even though it was warned that they would sign contract.[12]

Partizani Tirana

On 31 January 2021, Celina signed his first professional contract with Kategoria Superiore side Partizani Tirana after agreeing to a two-and-a-half years deal.[12][13] On 26 May 2021, he made his debut in a 2–4 away win against Bylis after coming on as a substitute at 79th minute in place of Eraldo Çinari.[14]

Egnatia

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

International career

On 8 February 2017, Celina received a call-up from Kosovo U19 for a five-day training camp in Ulqin.[16] On 1 October 2017, he was named as part of the Kosovo U19 squad for 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifications.[17] Two days later, Celina made his debut with Kosovo U19 in a match against Austria U19 after being named in the starting line-up.[18]

Career statistics

Club
As of 15 July 2021[19][20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Strømsgodset 3 2015 3. divisjon 5100—51
2016 15200—2[lower-alpha 1]0152
Strømsgodset 2017 Eliteserien 0010—1[lower-alpha 2]010
Total 20310—30243
Strømsgodset 2 2017 3. divisjon 15000—150
2018 14000—140
2019 18100—181
Total 47100—471
Swansea City U23 2019–20 Premier League 2 1000—10
Partizani Tirana 2020–21 Kategoria Superiore 1000—10
2021–22 000030—30
2022–23 0000—00
Total 200030—50
Egnatia 2023–24 Kategoria Superiore 000000—00
Career total 694103030764
  1. Appearance with Strømsgodset 2
  2. Appearance with Strømsgodset 3

References
  1. Loti Celina at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Han har tatt store steg det siste året" [He has made great strides in the last year]. Tipsbladet.no (in Norwegian). 20 April 2017.
  3. "Norsk fotballproff: – Det jeg har gjort, er like stort som det Martin Ødegaard har gjort". Adresseavisen.
  4. "Lillebror spiller i Premier League, storebror Celina stortrives I Asker". Budstikka.
  5. "Åssiden–Strømsgodset" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. 26 April 2017.
  6. "The talent factory has gone global". dt.no.
  7. "16 MIF- og SIF-spillere kjemper om landslagsplass". Lierposten.
  8. "Vinduet er stengt: Her er alle overgangene i Eliteserien". Aftenposten.
  9. "Swansea City U23 vs. Newcastle United U23 0–4". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  10. "Vëllai i Bersant Celinës në prova te klubi i famshëm anglez". mesazhi.com.
  11. "Loti Celina and Jordan Aina are on trial today, let's just hope that they're as good as their older brothers!".
  12. "U provua edhe te Swansea, Partizani zyrtarizon vëllain e Bersant Celinës" [It was also tried at Swansea, Partizan makes Bersant Celina's brother official] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 31 January 2021.
  13. "ZYRTARE/Dy prezantime brenda ditës, Partizani merr mbrojtësin e Kosovës" [OFFICIAL/Two presentations in one day, Partizan gets the defender of Kosovo] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 31 January 2021.
  14. "Bylis vs. Partizani Tirana 2–4". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  15. "Një rival për Abdurraman Fangaj, Egnatia rikthen në Shqipëri ish-lojtarin e Partizanit" [A rival for Abdurraman Fangaj, Egnatia brings the former Partizan player back to Albania]. newsport.al (in Albanian). 11 July 2023.
  16. "Përfaqësuesja U-19 mbajti stërvitjen e parë në Ulqin" [The national U-19 team held the first training in Ulcinj] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 8 February 2017.
  17. "Kombëtarja U19 udhëtoi për në Austri" [National U19 team traveled to Austria] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 1 October 2017.
  18. "Humbje minimale e Kombëtares U-19 përballë Austrisë" [Minimal defeat of national U19 team against Austria] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 3 October 2017.
  19. Loti Celina at Soccerway
  20. Loti Celina at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
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