Armend Kabashi (born 4 December 1995) is a Finnish professional football midfielder for Ykkönen side Gnistan.[1] He began his senior club career playing for Pallohonka, before making his league debut for Honka at age 18 in 2012.
 Kabashi with FC Honka in 2018. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 December 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Bad Saulgau, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gnistan | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2007 | LePa | ||
| 2007–2013 | Honka | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2013 | Pallohonka | 45 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Honka | 25 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Viikingit (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2015–2017 | Eintracht Braunschweig II | 49 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | TuS Erndtebrück | 15 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Honka | 11 | (0) |
| 2020 | KPV | 4 | (1) |
| 2021 | Gnistan | 18 | (0) |
| 2022 | AC Oulu | 20 | (1) |
| 2023– | Gnistan | 47 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2014–2016 | Finland U21 | 11 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 November 2025 | |||
Club career
editPallohonka
editHe made his first appearance on senior level on 5 May 2011 in the ranks of Pallohonka in a Kakkonen match against Sudet.
Honka
editKabashi made his professional debut on 6 April 2014 in a Veikkausliiga match for FC Honka against MYPA.[2]
Eintracht Braunschweig II
editIn 2015, he joined the reserve side of German club Eintracht Braunschweig in the Regionalliga Nord.[3]
Return to FC Honka
editGnistan
editAfter a spell at KPV in the 2020 season, Kabashi moved to second-tier Ykkönen club IF Gnistan on 21 April 2021, signing a deal for the rest of the year.[5]
Oulu
editOn 29 January 2022, he signed with Oulu for the 2022 Veikkausliiga season.[6]
International career
editKabashi was 18 years old on 5 September 2014 when he debuted in Finland national under-21 football team in a UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Wales.[7]
Personal life
editKabashi is of Kosovo Albanian descent.[8] His relatives Labinot Kabashi, Elbasan Kabashi and Astrit Kabashi are also footballers.[9][10]
Career statistics
edit- As of 11 March 2025[11]
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Pallohonka | 2011 | Kakkonen | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | Kakkonen | 22 | 0 | – | – | – | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 2013 | Kakkonen | 13 | 0 | – | – | – | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
| Honka | 2012 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1[b] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2[b] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[c] | 1 | 4[b] | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
| Total | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| Viikingit (loan) | 2013 | Ykkönen | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 1 | ||
| Eintracht Braunschweig II | 2015–16 | Regionalliga Nord | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Regionalliga Nord | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 0 | |||
| Total | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
| TuS Erndtebrück | 2017–18 | Regionalliga West | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 2[d] | 0 | 17 | 2 | |
| Honka | 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| KPV | 2020 | Ykkönen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 1 | ||
| Gnistan | 2021 | Ykkönen | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | ||
| AC Oulu | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 2[b] | 0 | 24 | 1 | |
| Gnistan | 2023 | Ykkönen | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | 10 | 1 | |||
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4[b] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3[b] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| Career Total | 226 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 251 | 7 | ||
- ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Includes Finnish League Cup
- ↑ Includes UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Includes Westfalenpokal
Honours
editReferences
edit- ↑ Armend Kabashi at kicker (in German)
- ↑ "MYPA vs. Honka 4 - 3". soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ↑ "U23 startet in die Vorbereitung". eintracht.com (in German). Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ↑ Armend Kabashi palaa Honkaan, veikkausliiga.com, 29 August 2019
- ↑ ARMEND KABASHI KELTAPAITAAN, gnistan.fi, 21 April 2021
- ↑ "Armend Kabashi liittyy Laivastonsinisiin" (Press release) (in Finnish). Oulu. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ↑ "Armend Kabashi" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ↑ "Maahanmuuttajat jalkapallon huipulla". Selkosanomat (in Finnish). Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ↑ Toiskallio, Niko (5 October 2020). "Suomalaissyntyisen keskikenttäpelaajan vuosikymmen Barcelonassa päättyi". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). Sport Statistics FC. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
kolme serkkua jalkapalloilee yhä Suomessa (Elbasan ja Astrit Espoon Palloseurassa, Armend Kabashi KPV:ssä)
- ↑ "13-vuotias vantaalaispoika dominoi Barcelonan junnuissa - katso video". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 12 June 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
Myös Kabashin serkut Elbasan, Astrit ja Armend ovat jalkapalloilijoita
- ↑ "Finland - A. Kabashi - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
External links
edit
- Armend Kabashi – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Armend Kabashi profile at the website of the Football Association of Finland
- Armend Kabashi at Soccerway
- Armend Kabashi at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Armend Kabashi at sport.de
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