Place of birth Kavaje, Albania Name Regi Lushkja Years Team Current team Besa Kavaje | 2014– Besa Kavaje 2014 Albania U-19 | |
Date of birth (1996-05-17) 17 May 1996 (age 19) | ||
Regi Lushkja (born 17 May 1996) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Laçi in the Albanian Superliga and the Albania national under-21 football team.
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Early career
Lushkja started his youth career at Besa Kavajë in 2011. During the 2012–13 season he played for the under-17 side managed by Ylli Teliti forming a strong duo striker partnership with Ardit Deliu, where in the first-half of the season the duo scored 90 % off all Besa Under-17 goals. He gained entry with the first team during the 2014–15 season where he soon established himself as a starter under coach Bledar Sinella playing 15 matches as a starter and 3 other as a substitute. In the next season he retained his starting place playing 12 matches and completing 10 as full-90 minutes.
Laçi
On 20 January 2016, Lushkja joined Laçi for an undisclosed fee. He made his competitive debut later on 7 February in a 0–3 home defeat to Tirana valid for the matchday 20.
International career
Lushkja has represented Albania at under-19 level, making his debut on 29 August 2014 in a friendly against Bulgaria.
Following injures of 3 players at Albania national under-21 football team, Qazim Laçi, Leonardo Maloku & Emanuele Ndoj during the gathering for the Friendly match against France U21 on 5 June 2017 and the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification opening match against Estonia U21 on 12 June 2017, coach Alban Bushi choosed Lushkja among Agim Zeka as a replacement. He was not part of the 18-man squad which featured in the opening match of the qualifiers against Estonia U21.