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Loreta Kullashi (born 20 May 1999 in Helsinki) is a Swedish professional footballer of Kosovar-Albanian descent who plays for Damallsvenskan club  Eskilstuna United DFF and the Swedish national team.

Childhood and early career
Loreta Kullashi started her club career at Halmstad club Snöstorp Nyhem FF. Prior to that she played for Näsby IF's boys' team in Kristianstad.

Club career
On 29 March 2015, Kullashi played her first competitive game for AIK, when she started against Umeå IK in Svenska Cupen (the Swedish Cup). She made her Damallsvenskan debut on 26 August 2015 when she came on as a substitute in the derby against Hammarby IF. During her debut season in 2015, Kullashi played nine competitive games for AIK, six in Damallsvenskan and three in Svenska Cupen.

Kullashi signed her first senior contract in early 2016. That year she became the team's top scorer with 20 goals in 23 games (22 as starter). She scored 15 goals in Elitettan and 5 in Svenska Cupen.

In January 2017, Kullashi visited English club Manchester City, who compete in Uefa Women's Champions League and the FA Women's Super League.

The next month AIK Fotboll announced that they had reached an agreement with Kullashi, spanning 2017.

After a total of 29 goals and 8 assists in 44 games for AIK, Eskilstuna United DFF and AIK announced Kullashi as an Eskilstuna United DFF player on 21 July 2017, having signed a 1,5 year contract.

National team
Kullashi has represented Sweden on U17 and U19 level on several occasions.

In October 2016, Kullashi was selected for Sweden's U20 squad at the U-20 World Cup in Papua New Guinea. She was the youngest player in the Swedish squad.

On 6 June 2017, Kullashi made her debut in Sweden's U-23 team, playing from start in a friendly against England. Six days later she was picked to start in another friendly against USA.

On 21 January 2018, Kullashi made her debut for the Swedish National Team, when she came on as a substitute in a friendly against South Africa, scoring two goals.