Elmin Rastoder
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 October 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Wetzikon, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Panathinaikos | ||
| Number | 74 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Rapperswil-Jona | ||
| 2017–2022 | Grasshopper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | Grasshopper II | 48 | (19) |
| 2020–2024 | Grasshopper | 9 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Vaduz (loan) | 32 | (7) |
| 2024 | → Vaduz (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2024–2026 | Thun | 63 | (20) |
| 2026– | Panathinaikos | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025– | North Macedonia | 9 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 June 2026 | |||
Elmin Rastoder (born 7 October 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League Greece club Panathinaikos. Born in Switzerland, he represents the North Macedonia national team.
Club career
Grasshopper Club Zürich
Rastoder joined Grasshopper Club Zürich's academy in 2017 and has been a part of their various youth squads.[1] In the 2021–22 1. Liga season, he scored 13 goals in 26 games for the Grasshopper U21 squad.[2]
Loan to FC Vaduz
He made his professional debut for the first team of Grasshopper on 16 October 2020 against Xamax in the Swiss Challenge League.[1] His top flight debut in the Swiss Super League occurred on 20 March 2022 against FC Basel, when he was subbed on for the last ten minutes of the game.[2] He extended his contract with Grasshopper on 7 April 2022, keeping him at the club until 2024.[1] To further develop his skills and earn more play time, he was loaned to FC Vaduz in the Swiss Challenge League for the 2022–23 season.[3] In 44 appearances for Vaduz, he scored twelve goals, including one goal in the UEFA Europa Conference League against Ukrainian side SC Dnipro-1.
Return to Grasshopper
Following the conclusion of the season, he returned to Grasshoppers to start the preparation for the next season.[4] However, he was unable to find a fixed spot on the squad during the first half of the season, managing just over 100 minutes played across six games. On 6 February 2024, he returned to Vaduz for another loan spell.[5]
FC Thun
On 3 June 2024, he signed a three-year contract with FC Thun.[6] He helped Thun win the 2024–25 Swiss Challenge League, and the following season their first ever first division title, the 2025–26 Swiss Super League.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 3 June 2024[8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Grasshopper II | 2019–20 | 1. Liga Classic | 11 | 3 | — | — | — | 11 | 3 | |||
| 2020–21 | 1. Liga Classic | 11 | 3 | — | — | — | 11 | 3 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 1. Liga Classic | 28[b] | 13 | — | — | — | 28 | 13 | ||||
| Total | 50 | 19 | — | — | — | 50 | 19 | |||||
| Grasshopper | 2020–21 | Swiss Challenge League | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Vaduz (loan) | 2022–23 | Swiss Challenge League | 32 | 7 | 4 | 4 | — | 8[c] | 1 | 44 | 12 | |
| Vaduz (loan) | 2023–24 | Swiss Challenge League | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| Thun | 2024–25 | Swiss Challenge League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 105 | 27 | 6 | 4 | — | 8 | 1 | 119 | 32 | |||
- ↑ Includes Swiss Cup, Liechtenstein Cup
- ↑ Includes two matches of the promotion play-off.
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
- As of match played 31 March 2026[9]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Macedonia | |||
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | |
Honors
Grasshopper
Vaduz
Thun
- Swiss Super League: 2025–26[7]
- Swiss Challenge League: 2024–25[7]
References
- 1 2 3 Zürich, Grasshopper Club. "GC ZÜRICH VERLÄNGERT MIT ELMIN RASTODER BIS 2024". www.gcz.ch. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- 1 2 "GC-Sturmhoffnung soll eine Liga tiefer den nächsten Entwicklungsschritt gehen". sport.ch.
- ↑ "ELMIN RASTODER ON LOAN TO VADUZ". gcz.ch. 16 June 2022. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ↑ "End of Season Squad Update". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ↑ "Elim Rastoder returns to FC Vaduz on loan". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ↑ "Update Kaderplanung: Vier Spieler neu beim FC Thun" (in Swiss High German). FC Thun. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- 1 2 3 "Der Thuner Meistertitel ist "unglaublich und unbeschreiblich"". www.sarganserlaender.ch.
- ↑ Elmin Rastoder at Soccerway
- ↑ "Elmin Rastoder". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
External links
- Elmin Rastoder at Soccerway.com
- Elmin Rastoder at WorldFootball.net
- Elmin Rastoder at National-Football-Teams.com
- Elmin Rastoder at Kicker (in German)
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Wetzikon
- Macedonian men's footballers
- North Macedonia men's international footballers
- Swiss men's footballers
- Swiss people of Macedonian descent
- Men's association football forwards
- Grasshopper Club Zurich players
- FC Vaduz players
- FC Thun players
- Swiss Super League players
- Challenge League (Switzerland) players
- Swiss 1. Liga (football) players
- Swiss expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Liechtenstein
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein
- 21st-century Macedonian sportsmen
- 21st-century Swiss sportsmen
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Panathinaikos F.C. players
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Super League Greece players