Eros Grezda

Early career

Eros Grezda started his career at Prishtina, playing there between the ages of 9 and 15. He subsequently moved for a short while to Rabotnički where he was scouted by Dinamo Zagreb, where he soon moved and spent 1 year playing with the under-17 side.

Austria and Slovenia

Grezda's first taste of senior football was in Austria, where he moved in the summer of 2012, signing for Grazer AK's lower league reserve side. He played in merely two games before moving on. Grezda arrived in Slovenia in the summer of 2013, signing for second-tier NK Aluminij. He stayed in Kidričevo for a year and a half, accumulating 29 caps and 6 goals for the first team. He then moved up a tier, signing for the Slovenian PrvaLiga side NK Zavrč on 23 January 2015 alongside Antonio Pavić.

Lokomotiva

On 9 July 2015 Grezda signed for Lokomotiva in the Croatian First League for a fee of €100,000. He scored twice against Slaven Belupo on 23 December 2015 in a 3–0 win and was named best player of the week. He scored another brace against Osijek on 27 February 2016 in a match which finished in a 1–3 victory. He scored the first and last goals in the 9th and 90th minutes. On 20 April he was selected in the team of the week. On 8 May 2016 Grezda scored his 9th goal of the season in the derby against Zagreb where Lokomotiva won 2–0. Grezda assisted the fellow Albanian U21 international Endri Çekiçi's goal against Osijek on 25 February 2017 in the 32nd minute, providing a…

Under-21

Grezda is a Kosovar Albanian and initially only had Kosovo citizenship but declared that he was waiting on an invitation by the Albanian Football Association. He first received a call up from Albania under-21s coach Skënder Gega in August 2014 for a friendly against Qatar, but due to visa problems the game which was planned to be played in the United Kingdom did not go ahead. He was again called up in September for a friendly against Romania on 8 October 2014. He made his debut for Albania U21 in the Friendly match against Romania U21 on 8 October 2014, playing as a starter in a 3–1 loss. Following his good form with Lokomotiva, Grezda again grabbed the attention of the Albanian Football Association and he received a call up by coach Redi Jupi for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Greece U21 and Hungary U21 on 24 & 28 March 2016 respectively. However, due to the absence of Albanian citizenship Grezda could not feature in either game. He received Albanian citizenship on 31 March 2016 alongside fellow Albania under-21 member Jasir Asani. He was called up for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Greece U21 on 2 September 2016. He debuted against Greece U21 playing as a starter and substituting off at half-time for Kostandin Kariqi due to injury.

Senior

Grezda got his first call up to the Albania senior team by coach Gianni De Biasi for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification…

Club

As of 1 January 2020

International

As of 10 April 2019

As of 10 April 2019 Scores and results list Albania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Grezda goal.

Grezda was born in Gjakova, FR Yugoslavia (modern day Kosovo) and grew up in the capital Pristina. He is the third child of Genc and Valbona Grezda.