Simon Loshi (16 February 2000) is a former

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who played as a

right-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Kosovo at international level.

Club career

Willem II, Feyenoord and Jong ADO

Loshi played in his youth at Willem II and, for ten years, at

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...

. On 3 July 2019, Loshi joined

Derde Divisie The Derde Divisie (; en, Third Division), formerly known as Topklasse (; en, Top Class), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league ...

side Jong ADO. His debut with Jong ADO came on 1 September in a 5–0 away defeat against OSS '20, substituting Nadir Achahbar in the 81st minute.

2019–2022: Feronikeli and Resovia

On 3 December 2019, Loshi joined Feronikeli in the

Football Superleague of Kosovo The Football Superleague of Kosovo ( sq, Superliga e Futbollit të Kosovës), also known as the ALBI MALL Superleague of Kosovo ( sq, ALBI MALL Superliga e Kosovës) for sponsorship reasons with Albi Mall, is the top level of the Kosovar football ...

. On 12 February 2020, he made his professional cup debut with Feronikeli in the 2019–20 Kosovar Cup quarter-finals against Liria Prizren starting line-up. Ten days later, he made his professional league debut in a 2–1 away defeat against Llapi, again in the starting line-up. On 5 September 2020, Loshi joined Polish

I liga I liga ( pl, Pierwsza liga, ), currently named Fortuna I liga due to its sponsorship by Fortuna, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga vi ...

side

Resovia CWKS Resovia, Resovia, and Resovia Rzeszów can refer to: *Resovia (multisport club) *Resovia (basketball) *Resovia (football) *Resovia (volleyball) Resovia, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Asseco Resovia, is a professional men's vol ...

after agreeing to a one-year contract with an option to extend it for two years. He did not play a single game for the club. In the winter break of the 2020–21 season, his contract was terminated. On 1 February 2021, Loshi returned to Feronikeli. Fourteen days later he was fielded, playing in the 1–1 home draw against

Gjilani Gjilan, or Gnjilane ( sr-cyr, Гњилане) is the eighth largest city in Kosovo and seat of Gjilan Municipality and Gjilan District. Name Ottoman chronicler Evliya Çelebi mentions ''Morava'' as a settlement of the Sanjak of Vučitrn. � ...

, after replacing Adem Maliqi in the 89th minute.

2022–2023: ASWH and Hoogstraten

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

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...

side

ASWH ASWH, short for Altijd Sterker Worden Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, is an association football club from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1929. The club won section championships in 1949, 1959, 1961, 1970, 1883, 1999, 2001, 2002, a ...

. Before the season ended, the Loshis and ASWH separated. In the 2022–23 season, Simon Loshi played for

Hoogstraten VV Hoogstraten VV (''Dutch'': Hoogstraten Voetbalvereniging) is a Belgian football club from Hoogstraten, Antwerp. It was founded in 1936 and has red and white team colors. In 1964 Hoogstraten was promoted from the provincial leagues for the first t ...

in Belgium.

International career

On 15 March 2021, Loshi received a call-up from the Kosovo under-21 side for

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against Qatar under-23. He was an unused substitute in these matches.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Loshi, Simon 2000 births Living people Kosovan men's footballers Dutch men's footballers Footballers from Tilburg Men's association football fullbacks Derde Divisie players ADO Den Haag players Football Superleague of Kosovo players FC Feronikeli 74 players Resovia (football) players ASWH players Kosovan expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Poland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Kosovan expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium