Costel Gâlcă receives reinforcements » He returns to Rapid after 5 months of nightmare: “He will play 100%”

Ashley Davis04/01/2026

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Article by Maria Olteanu – Published on Saturday, 03 January 2026, 23:02 / Updated on Saturday, 03 January 2026 23:03

Costel Gâlcă receives reinforcements in this winter's training camp. Victor Angelescu, the minority shareholder from Rapidannounced that right winger Drilon Hazrollaj (21 years old) has recovered from the medical problems that kept him off the field for almost half a year and will play again in white and cherry.

The Kosovar was very unlucky and did not get to collect many minutes in the shirt of the Giulești team, becoming unavailable since mid-August, when he played 56 minutes in the draw with FCSB, score 2-2.

Although it seemed that he entered Costel Gâlcă's black list and that he will not get many more chances in the new year, the Kosovar went to the training camp with the rest of his colleagues and is expected to play at the resumption of the championship.

Drilon Hazrollaj returns to the team from Rapid

“He has recovered. He will play, normally, 100%. He was injured, he was injured almost the whole season. After the match against FCSB in the tour, he was injured and did not play again. He had muscle problems and then pubalgia.

It kept him very muscular, when he started to train, pubalgia. At the moment, he will do all the training with us and will play”, announced Victor Angelescu, quoted by orangesport.ro.

Costel Gâlcă receives reinforcements » He returns to Rapid after 5 months of nightmare:

The players Alexandru Dobre, Drilon Hazrollaj, Franz Stolz and Denis Ciobotariu presented the new equipment of the Rapid formation for the 2025-2026 season. Photo: Cristi Preda (GSP.RO)

Arriving in the summer from Malisheva, in exchange for the sum of 900,000 euros, Hazrollaj missed almost the entire start of the season due to medical problems.

The Kosovar suffered from pubalgia, a condition that, in the view of the staff, could have been managed much better if the 21-year-old player had strictly followed the recommendations and made the necessary sacrifices for recovery.

The last game played by Hazrollaj is the one against FCSB, in the round, which ended in a draw, 2-2. It was happening on August 17, 2025.

5appearances were made by the Kosovar in Rapid's shirt in the 2025-2026 Superliga, in which he accumulated only 159 minutes

Rapid went to Antalya on Saturday, to the training camp

On Saturday at noon, Rapid left for the training camp in Turkeyand Drilon Hazrollaj is in the group that traveled to Antalya.

Ianis Maghiar, the young 15-year-old goalkeeper who has been part of the club's academy for the past few months, was also quickly taken to the training camp. Instead, Franz Stolz is making his way back to Genoa, in Serie A.