Ronald Gërçaliu

Albanian-born Austrian footballer

Ronald Gërçaliu
Personal information
Gërçaliu in 2009
Full name	Ronald Gërçaliu
Date of birth	(1986-02-12) 12 February 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Tirana, Albania
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	FC Kufstein
Number	20
Youth career
1995–1997	KF Tirana
1998–2004	SK Sturm Graz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2005	Sturm Graz	46	(0)
2006	Red Bull Salzburg	2	(0)
2006	Sturm Graz	12	(0)
2007–2008	Austria Wien	43	(1)
2008–2009	Red Bull Salzburg	23	(0)
2009–2010	SC Wiener Neustadt	24	(0)
2010–2012	FC Ingolstadt 04	4	(0)
2012	ŁKS Łódź	12	(1)
2012–2014	Erzgebirge Aue	9	(0)
2014	Universitatea Cluj	8	(0)
2014–2015	SC Rheindorf Altach	17	(0)
2015–2016	KF Tirana	24	(0)
2016–2019	SC Schwaz	56	(8)
2019–2020	SC Imst	13	(1)
2020–	FC Kufstein	0	(0)
International career
2005–2008	Austria	14	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Ronald Gërçaliu (German: Ronald Gercaliu, pronounced [ˈʁoːnalt ˈɡɛʁtsali̯u]; born 12 February 1986) is an Albanian-born Austrian footballer who plays for FC Kufstein. Eligible to play for Albania, he chose to play for Austria after being called up by Hans Krankl in 2005.^[1]

Club career

Born in Tirana but moved to Austria in 1997, Gërçaliu came up through the ranks at Sturm Graz, becoming first-team mainstay in 2004–05 season and also played professionally for Salzburg and Austria Wien. In summer 2008 he rejoined Salzburg after only one and a half season at Austria Wien. On 28 June 2009, it was announced that Gërçaliu signed with SC Wiener Neustadt for the new season. After one season he left SC Wiener Neustadt and signed for German club FC Ingolstadt 04. On 3 January 2014 he signed a two-year contract with Universitatea Cluj and, after a season playing for SC Rheindorf Altach, in July 2015 he signed a contract with KF Tirana, the team of the city where he was born.

International career

He chose to play for Austria after being called up by Hans Krankl in 2005 and then made his debut for Austria in an August 2005 friendly match against Scotland and was a participant at Euro 2008.^[2]