Xhevdet Gela

Xhevdet Gela
	Gela with HIFK in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	14 November 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Vučitrn, SFR Yugoslavia; (present-day Kosovo)
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	PK-35
Number	10
Youth career
	KiuPa
	Honka
	Espoo
	AC Allianssi
2006	Atlantis
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2009	Atlantis
2010	Haka
2011	PK-35 Vantaa
2012–2013	MYPA
2014	Widzew Łódź
2014–2015	Lahti
2016–2017	HIFK
2018	Lahti
2019	HIFK
2020–2022	Ekenäs IF
2023–	PK-35
Managerial career
2019–2022	EBK
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2024

Xhevdet Gela (born 14 November 1989) is a Finnish^[3] football player of Kosovar descent who plays for Ykkösliiga club PK-35. Besides Finland, he has played in Poland.^[4]

Career

Gela signed up with HIFK on 4 January 2019.^[5]

For the 2023 season, Gela returned to PK-35 in the third-tier Kakkonen.^[6]

Gela has also played futsal.

Coaching career

While still playing, Gela worked also as a head coach of Esbo Bollklubb (EBK) in the fourth-tier Kolmonen between 2019 and 2022.

Career statistics

As of 1 September 2024.^[7]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup^[a]		League cup^[b]		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Atlantis	2007	Ykkönen	4	0	0	0	–		–		4	0
	2008	Ykkönen	15	2	0	0	–		–		15	2
	2009	Ykkönen	24	4	0	0	–		–		24	4
	Total		43	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	6
Haka	2010	Veikkausliiga	21	2	1	0	1	0	–		23	2
PK-35 Vantaa	2011	Ykkönen	22	2	0	0	–		–		22	2
MyPa	2012	Veikkausliiga	30	1	4	0	6	0	3^[c]	0	43	1
	2013	Veikkausliiga	32	4	1	0	7	1	–		40	5
	Total		62	5	5	0	13	1	3	0	43	6
Widzew Łódź	2013–14	Ekstraklasa	5	0	–		–		–		5	0
Lahti	2014	Veikkausliiga	9	1	–		–		–		9	1
	2015	Veikkausliiga	27	3	1	1	5	0	2^[c]	0	35	4
	Total		36	4	1	1	5	0	2	0	44	5
HIFK	2016	Veikkausliiga	27	0	1	0	5	0	–		33	0
	2017	Veikkausliiga	33	4	5	0	–		–		38	4
	Total		60	4	6	0	5	0	0	0	71	4
Lahti	2018	Veikkausliiga	21	0	6	1	–		2^[c]	0	29	1
HIFK	2019	Veikkausliiga	5	0	5	1	–		–		10	1
HIFK II	2019	Kolmonen	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
Ekenäs IF	2020	Ykkönen	20	5	2	0	–		–		22	5
	2021	Ykkönen	23	2	4	2	–		–		27	4
	2022	Ykkönen	25	5	2	0	4	1	–		31	6
	Total		68	12	8	2	4	1	0	0	80	15
PK-35	2023	Kakkonen	20	2	1	0	–		–		21	2
	2024	Ykkösliiga	11	0	3	0	2	0	–		16	0
	Total		31	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	37	2
Career total			375	37	36	5	30	2	7	0	448	44

^ Includes Suomen Cup
^ Includes Finnish League Cup, Ykköscup and Ykkösliigacup
^ ^a ^b ^c Appearances in UEFA Europa League

References

^ Atlantis FC Historia
^ Palloverkko
^ Nuorten maajoukkue Gelan tähtäimessä Archived March 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
^ Ykkösen tähdet tutuiksi: Xhevdet Gela palloliitto.fi
^ Xhevdet Gela palaa IFK:hon, hifkfotboll.fi, 4 January 2019
^ "PK-35:n nuoreen joukkueeseen rutkasti kokemusta – Xhevdet Gela Punamustaan!" [PK-35's young team has plenty of experience - Xhevdet Gela is here!] (in Finnish). PK-35. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
^ Xhevdet Gela stats, Finnish FA

External links

Profile at veikkausliiga.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-08-10) (in Finnish)
Profile at mypa.fi at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-04-19) (in Finnish)
Profile at atlantisfc.fi (in Finnish)
Xhevdet Gela at Soccerway

[8] Includes Suomen Cup

[9] Includes Finnish League Cup, Ykköscup and Ykkösliigacup

[uel-10] Appearances in UEFA Europa League

[1] Atlantis FC Historia

[2] Palloverkko

[3] Nuorten maajoukkue Gelan tähtäimessä Archived March 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

[4] Ykkösen tähdet tutuiksi: Xhevdet Gela palloliitto.fi

[5] Xhevdet Gela palaa IFK:hon, hifkfotboll.fi, 4 January 2019

[6] "PK-35:n nuoreen joukkueeseen rutkasti kokemusta – Xhevdet Gela Punamustaan!" [PK-35's young team has plenty of experience - Xhevdet Gela is here!] (in Finnish). PK-35. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.

[7] Xhevdet Gela stats, Finnish FA

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