Eros Grezda

Eros Genc Grezda (born 15 April 1995) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Croatian club Osijek and the Albania national team.

Club Career

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 Rabotnicki 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 Kidricevo 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 Zavrc on 23 January 2015 alongside Antonio Pavic.

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 Cekici's goal against Osijek on 25 February 2017 in the 32nd minute, providing a cross from right side as Lokomotiva won 2–0. Grezda scored 1 goal and won a penalty kick himself on 7 April 2017 against Cibalia where Lokomotiva won 4–1. A week later Grezda scored again, in the Zagreb derby against Dinamo Zagreb in a 1–2 loss where Grezda scored the opening goal in the 5th minute.