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Thomas Strakosha

Albanian association football player

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Born: 1995-03-19

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Active from: 1980-07-04

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Key facts

2017: Albania
2024: AEK Athens
Full name: Thomas Strakosha
Date of birth: ( 1995-03-19 ) 19 March 1995 (age 31)
Place of birth: Athens , Greece
Height: 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position: Goalkeeper
Current team: AEK Athens
2007 2010: APOEL
2010 2012: Panionios
2012 2014: Lazio
Years: Team
2013 2022: Lazio
2015 2016

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Born: 19 March 1995

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Thomas
Gender: male
Citizenship: Albania
Place of birth: Athens
Father: Foto Strakosha
Occupation: association football player
Languages spoken: Albanian
Native language: Albanian
Sport: association football

Article

Thomas Strakosha ( Albanian pronunciation: [ˈtɔmas straˈkɔʃa]; born 19 March 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Super League Greece club AEK Athens and the Albania national team.

Born in Athens, he began his youth career at APOEL in Cyprus while his father Foto worked there as a goalkeeping coach, before moving to Panionios. He joined Lazio in 2011 and progressed through the club’s youth system, later making his senior debut and making over 200 appearances, winning the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italiana twice each. In 2022, he signed for Brentford, where he made limited first-team appearances, before joining AEK Athens in 2024 and becoming the club's first-choice goalkeeper, winning the 2025–26 Super League Greece.