Art Smakaj, born on 4 February 2003 (age 23), is a Kosovo defensive midfielder who now plays for LASK, wearing squad number five.
His senior career has been shaped chiefly by Lokomotiva Zagreb. Across three league seasons there, he made 71 appearances and scored three goals, giving him the sort of steady first-team grounding that matters more than any tidy label attached to his position.
His most productive league campaign came in 2024-25, when he scored two goals in 32 appearances for Lokomotiva. For a holding midfielder, that is not the main measure of the job, but it does show a player trusted often enough to build a proper body of work.
Smakaj’s career to this point is a straightforward one: established at Lokomotiva Zagreb, then on to LASK as a Kosovo international-level professional still in the developing stage of his senior years.
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