Eljon Toçi

Eljon Toçi

Personal information
Full name	Eljon Toçi[1]
Date of birth	(2003-01-09) 9 January 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	Dibër, Albania[2]
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-forward
Team information
Current team	Pro Patria
Number	29
Youth career
0000	Olimpia Merano
0000–2020	Südtirol
2020–	Fiorentina
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2020	Südtirol	4	(0)
2021–	Fiorentina	0	(0)
2023–2024	→ Sestri Levante (loan)	11	(0)
2024	→ Pro Sesto (loan)	15	(4)
2024–	→ Pro Patria (loan)	0	(0)
International career^‡
2021	Albania U19	7	(3)
2022	Albania U20	1	(0)
2021–	Albania U21	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023

Eljon Toçi (born 9 January 2003) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Serie C Group A club Pro Patria on loan from Fiorentina.^[3]

Club career

Early career

Toçi started his career with local club Olimpia Merano in South Tyrol as a young child, before joining Südtirol, also in the same region. He would progress through the ranks at the club and was promoted to the first team in January 2020, where he made his senior professional debut in a Serie C match on 19 January 2020, coming on as an 85th-minute substitute in the 4–1 win over Rimini.^[4]

Fiorentina

On 4 August 2023, Toçi was loaned by Fiorentina to Serie C club Sestri Levante.^[5] On 12 January 2024, he moved on a new loan to Pro Sesto, also in Serie C.^[6]

References

1. Eljon Toçi at WorldFootball.net
2. "Eljon Toci, djali dibran qe ngjitet ne shkallet e karieres futbollistike ne Bolzano te Italise" [Eljon Toci, the boy from Dibra who climbs the stairs of his football career in Bolzano, Italy]. DibraOn (in Albanian). 23 January 2020.
3. Eljon Toçi at Soccerway
4. "Südtirol 4–1 Rimini - 19 January 2020". Soccerway. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
5. "TOCI MAKES LOAN MOVE TO SESTRI LEVANTE". Fiorentina. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
6. "BENVENUTO ELJON TOCI!" [WELCOME ELJON TOCI!] (in Italian). Pro Sesto. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.