Florian Kamberi

Florian Kamberi (born 8 March 1995) is a Swiss-born Albanian footballer who plays for Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen, on loan from Swiss club St. Gallen, as a forward. Kamberi has previously played for Grasshopper, Karlsruher SC, Hibernian and Rangers. He represented Switzerland at the under-21 level, and has since been selected for the Albania squad.

Florian Kamberi
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-03-08) 8 March 1995
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Aberdeen
(on loan from St. Gallen)
Number 21
Youth career
0000 Tuggen
0000 Rapperswil-Jona
0000–2013 Grasshopper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Rapperswil-Jona 15 (10)
2014–2018 Grasshopper II 26 (21)
2015–2018 Grasshopper 32 (3)
2016–2017 → Karlsruher SC (loan) 15 (1)
2018 → Hibernian (loan) 14 (9)
2018–2020 Hibernian 53 (11)
2020 → Rangers (loan) 6 (1)
2020– St. Gallen 8 (0)
2021– → Aberdeen (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2015 Switzerland U20 1 (0)
2015–2016 Switzerland U21 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:38, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Grasshoppers

Kamberi started his professional career with Swiss club Grasshoppers. On 31 August 2016, Kamberi was loaned to Karlsruher SC for the 2016–17 season in 2. Bundesliga.[1][2]

Hibernian

Kamberi went on trial with Scottish Premiership club Hibernian in January 2018,[3] and moved there on loan on 31 January.[4] Kamberi made his debut for Hibernian later that day, and scored the first goal in a 2–1 win against Motherwell.[5] Kamberi scored a hat-trick for Hibs on 3 April, in a 3–1 win against Hamilton.[6][7]

In June 2018, Hibernian signed Kamberi to a three-year contract.[8] Kamberi scored a hat-trick in a Europa League qualifier against NSÍ Runavík on 12 July.[9]

Loan spell to Rangers

Kamberi moved on loan to Rangers on 31 January 2020.[10] Following the end of this loan period, and after a period spent in Switzerland during the COVID-19 pandemic, Kamberi returned to Hibernian for pre-season training in June 2020.[11]

St. Gallen

On 6 August 2020, Kamberi moved back to his native Switzerland to sign for St. Gallen on a three-year deal.[12][13] Kamberi tested positive for COVID-19 in November 2020, and played infrequently for St. Gallen during the early part of the 2020/21 season.[14]

Loan spell to Aberdeen

On 1 February 2021, Kamberi completed a loan switch back to Scotland to sign with Aberdeen until the end of the season.[15]

International career

Kamberi was born in Switzerland and is of Kosovan descent,[16][17][18] which made him eligible to represent Switzerland, Kosovo and Albania.[19] Kamberi played in youth internationals for Switzerland,[20] and he scored for their under-21 team in a 1–1 draw against England in March 2016.[21]

Kamberi was included in the Albania squad for the first time in November 2019.[22] Delays in processing the paperwork required to transfer his international status from Switzerland to Albania, and a slight ankle injury, meant that he was unable to play in their matches with Andorra and France.[23]

Career statistics
As of 31 December 2020[24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grasshopper 2015–16[25] Swiss Super League 28310——293
2016–17[26] Swiss Super League 4000—5[lower-alpha 1]090
2017–18[27] Swiss Super League 0000——00
Total 323100050383
Karlsruher SC (loan) 2016–17[26] 2. Bundesliga 15100——151
Hibernian (loan) 2017–18[27] Scottish Premiership 1490000—149
Hibernian 2018–19[28][note 1] Scottish Premiership 33831106[lower-alpha 1]44313
2019–20[29] Scottish Premiership 2032055—278
Total 53115165647021
Rangers (loan) 2019–20[29] Scottish Premiership 6100003[lower-alpha 1]091
St. Gallen 2020–21[30] Swiss Super League 8000—1[lower-alpha 1]090
Total 8000001090
Aberdeen (loan) 2020–21[31] Scottish Premiership 000000—00
Career total 12825616515415435
  1. Appearances in the Europa League

Notes
  1. Soccerbase did not record appearances made by Kamberi against NSI Runavik on 19 July and Asteras Tripolis on 26 July and 2 August, and Molde on 9 August and 16 August 2018.

References
  1. "KSC angelt sich Kamberi" (in German). kicker online. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  2. "GC leiht Stürmer Kamberi an Karlsruhe aus" (in German). St. Galler Tagblatt. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  3. "Florian Kamberi: Hibernian poised to sign Swiss striker on loan from Grasshoppers". BBC Sport. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  4. "FLORIAN KAMBERI JOINS ON LOAN". Hibernian FC. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  5. "Hibernian 2-1 Motherwell". BBC Sport. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  6. McLauchlin, Brian (3 April 2018). "Hibernian 3–1 Hamilton Academical". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  7. "Hibernian 3-1 Hamilton: Florian Kamberi aims for second after hat-trick". BBC Sport. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  8. "Hibernian: Swiss striker Florian Kamberi signs three-year deal". BBC Sport. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  9. "Hibernian 6-1 NSÍ Runavík". BBC Sport. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  10. McLauchlin, Brian; Winton, Richard (31 January 2020). "Florian Kamberi: Rangers sign Hibs striker after Jermain Defoe injury". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  11. "Hibernian striker Florian Kamberi returns to Scotland ahead of pre-season training". Edinburghlive.co.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  12. Pilcher, Ross (6 August 2020). "Flo Kamberi finally seals Hibs exit as he joins St Gallen after Rangers loan spell". Daily Record. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  13. "FCSG Verpflichtung-Kamberi". FC St.Gallen 1879 (in German). 6 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  14. McPartlin, Patrick (20 January 2021). "Florian Kamberi 'could leave St Gallen' as former Hibs striker linked with moves to England and Germany". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  15. "Dons seal Kamberi loan deal". Aberdeen FC. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  16. "Kosovo football player Florian Kamberi, excels in the Swiss Super League". Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Republic of Kosovo.
  17. Blick. "Florian Kamberi: Das ist der junge GC-Derby-Held".
  18. "Hibs striker to face Saints despite grandfather's death". Edinburgh Evening News. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  19. Wales, Peter (7 November 2019). "Albania set to call up Hibs star Florian Kamberi". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  20. uefa.com. "Florian Kamberi – UEFA.com". Uefa.com.
  21. "England Under-21s hold out in Switzerland despite Jordon Ibe red card". The Guardian. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  22. "Konferencë për shtyp e trajnerit Reja për ndeshjet ndaj Andorrës dhe Francës". fshf.org (in Albanian). 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  23. Atkinson, Mark (15 November 2019). "Hibs' Florian Kamberi withdraws from Albania squad due to paperwork issues and ankle niggle". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  24. Florian Kamberi at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  25. "Games played by Florian Kamberi in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  26. "Games played by Florian Kamberi in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  27. "Games played by Florian Kamberi in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  28. "Games played by Florian Kamberi in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  29. "Games played by Florian Kamberi in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  30. "Games played by Florian Kamberi in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  31. "Games played by Florian Kamberi in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.


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